A monthly Book Club organised by The Society of Young Publishers committee in the bustling heart of London. Spend an evening discussing plot, character, genre and anything else that comes to mind with fellow members! Each month is a different genre and you can put your favourite book forward for reading via our Twitter feed.

Book: Bel Canto by Ann Pratchett

Theme/Genre: Celebrating 20 years of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Synopsis: Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera’s most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.

It is a perfect evening – until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends and lovers.

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2002

If you are planning on attending this month, please RSVP to syp.londonbookclub@gmail.com. This is just to give us an idea of numbers, but please feel free to come along even if you don’t get round to letting us know – all are welcome!