Newsletter: 19 March 2026

Happy Spring,

This week gave us the first day this year where we were able to have the shop door open, and our alleyway garden is coming back to life, just in time for vernal equinox this Friday. With the days getting longer, we hope we can tempt you inside for some bookish evenings, with one event still to go in March, and six in our diary for April, alongside our book groups. Our card is filling up for May and June as well, so head over to our events page to book your place.

Best wishes,
The Five Leaves Team  

Upcoming Book Groups

Fiction Book Group

Wednesday, 29th April 7PM: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

Thursday, 28th May 8PM: Carol (The Price of Salt) by Patricia Highsmith

Thursday, 25th June 7PM: Beloved by Toni Morrison

Non-Fiction Book Group 

Wednesday, 12th August 7PM: Who’s Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler

Thursday, 12th November 7PM: The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

Irish Book Group 

Tuesday, 28th April 7PM: Reading Turgenev by William Trevor

Monday,18 May 7PM: The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr

Monday, 29th June 7PM: The Time of the Child by Niall Williams 

Witchcraft & Paganism Book Club 

Wednesday, 22th July 7PM: Magic for the Resistance by Michael M. Hughes