Readers' Group Prize 2008
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Edinburgh Book Club wins the Penguin & Orange Readers' Group Prize 2008
Laura’s Book Group from Edinburgh has won the 2008 Penguin & Orange Readers’ Group Prize. As part of their prize, the reading group will receive a visit from author Lauren St. John who will lead a reading group session on her book, Rainbow’s End (Penguin).
Laura’s Book Group has been meeting for over two and a half years, in and around Edinburgh. There are eleven women and two men in the group, who travel from all over central Scotland to attend meetings which are occasionally held in venues pertinent to the book’s theme. Recently they met in the meeting room of a pub below the Forth Road Bridge when discussing The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Laura Wilkie, founder of the book group commented: "We can't believe it! We love our book group, so to be given this recognition from Penguin and Orange is such an honour. Laura’s Book Group has made a difference to all our lives, taking on a life of its own with catch-phrases, weekend AGM's away, culinary experimentation and stimulating friendships with people we would otherwise have never met. The benefits have been more than we would ever have expected three years ago!"
Read Lauren St John's account of her visit to Laura's Book Group, Edinburgh here.
Find out more about the Readers' Group Prize here www.readersgroupprize.com
The Bullingdon Prison Reading Group, Oxfordshire came second, one of all the oldest prison reading groups in the country.
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