Fiction Book Club – October 2026

Join us at our Book Club, led by one of our friendly booksellers! We’ll be hosting a monthly discussion in the bookshop on a specially chosen title, complete with a complimentary beverage for all attendees.

Our Fiction Book Club aims to highlight some of the most intriguing and compelling reads on our general fiction shelves, whether we’re (re)discovering classics or diving into fresh contemporary novels. With such a broad range of subjects and perspectives, we hope there’ll be something for everyone to enjoy… perhaps a new favourite book awaits.

Please note that book clubs will usually take place on the first Tuesday of the month.

Helm is a ferocious, mischievous wind – a subject of folklore and wonder – who has blasted the sublime landscape of the Eden Valley since the very dawn of time. This is Helm’s life story, formed from the chronicles of those the wind enchanted: the Neolithic tribe who tried to placate it, the Dark Age wizard priest who wanted to banish it, the Victorian steam engineer who attempted to capture it – and the farmer’s daughter who fell in love.

But now Dr Selima Sutar, surrounded by measuring instruments, alone in her observation hut, fears the end is nigh. Vital and audacious, Helm is the elemental tale of a unique life force – and of a relationship: between nature and people, neither of whom can weather life without the other.