OLE3465 The Blackbird Bookclub

£0.00 / unit

Tess Maginess, BA, MA, PhD, PFHEA and panel

Fee £50.00 (concession rate £40.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.

Spring 2026

5 weekly sessions on Mondays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 11 May

The Blackbird Bookclub continues to celebrate classical and contemporary literature. New students very welcome.

11 May

David Park, Ghost Wedding

David Park

18 May

Seamus Heaney Collected Poems (2025)

Tess Maginess

25 May

Margaret Drabble, ‘Hassan’s Tower’ in

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman (short stories)

Louise McIvor

1 June

Benjamin Labatut, When We Cease to Understand the World

Eamonn Hughes

8 June

Wendy Erskine, The Benefactors

Wendy Erskine (TBC)

Dates and speakers correct at time of going to press.

This class will take place on QUB campus

Support Requirements

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