Everyone is welcome at our Contemporary Fiction book club, where on the first Wednesday of every month we discuss a recently-published paperback novel. In August, we'll be delving into The Artist by Lucy Steeds. 

Date:
Wednesday 5th of August

Venue: 
Max Minerva's, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU

Time:
Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45.

Tickets:

Attendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers. 

If you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night. 

ABOUT The Artist

PROVENCE, 1920

Ettie moves through the remote farmhouse, silently creating the conditions that make her uncle's artistic genius possible. Joseph, an aspiring journalist, has been invited to the house.

He believes he'll make his name by interviewing the reclusive painter, the great Edouard Tartuffe. But everyone has their secrets. And, under the cover of darkness, Ettie has spent years cultivating hers.

Over this sweltering summer, everyone's true colours will be revealed. Because Ettie is ready to be seen. Even if it means setting her world on fire.

Winner of the 2025 Waterstones Debut Prize

Longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize of Fiction