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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at the monthly Members Book Club. The titles on the reading list for January to May 2024 connect to ideas in the exhibition ‘Fairy Tales’.

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) by Angela Carter

Angela Carter was a storytelling sorceress, the literary godmother of Neil Gaiman, David Mitchell, Audrey Niffenegger, J. K. Rowling, Kelly Link, and other contemporary masters of supernatural fiction. In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber –which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan’s 1984 movie The Company of Wolves – she spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Bluebeard,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” giving them exhilarating new life in a style steeped in the romantic trappings of the gothic tradition.

Ticket includes light refreshments. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles from the QAGOMA Store.

January – May 2024 reading list

• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2018) by Holly Ringland
• The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) by Angela Carter
• Gingerbread (2019) by Helen Oyeyemi
• The Bear and the Nightingale (2017) by Katherine Arden
• The Snow Child (2012) by Eowyn Ivey

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Ticket holders must provide 2 days notice of cancellation to be eligible for a refund. Within 24 hours of the event date, ticket holders may request to transfer their payment to another Members event. No-shows cannot be refunded or transferred.