https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings daily 0.75 2026-02-15 https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/march-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/e4c77534-464c-45f0-9245-d3406995c0c3/81Nvw5dtdoL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - March 2026 - How to Kill a Witch by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi (2025) Nonfiction, 320 pages The hosts of the popular "Witches of Scotland" podcast unravel the grim yet absurdly bureaucratic process of identifying, accusing, trying, and executing women as witches in Scotland in the late 1500s. Meeting details 15 March 2026 @ 2 p.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/february-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/0f57a1ec-0064-4c47-9312-90c5a9e51812/615nYhbeDpL._AC_UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - February 2026 - Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (2003/2004) Nonfiction, 187 pages After she’s sent away by her family to live in Vienna at the outset of the Iraq-Iran War of the 1980s, Marjane Satrapi struggles to fit in and make friends as an immigrant in a strange, foreign land. She ultimately returns to Iran after the war to see what has become of her family and her homeland. Meeting details 8 February, 2026 @ 11 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/december-january-2025-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/2bcc5c5a-b61e-4513-88ad-47ef63c6fc0c/A+Thousand+Splendid+Suns Meetings - December 2025 - January 2026 - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (2007) Fiction, 372 pages Life in Afghanistan from the Soviet takeover of the 1980s through the Taliban control post-9/11, told through the eyes of two women, Mariam and Laila, born 20 years apart. Meeting details 25 January, 2026 @ 11 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/october-2025-b64fa-hsz2z monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/d4543ef8-1aca-435b-a9a2-1555affd7613/616z6dC0bYL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - November 2025 - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2003) Nonfiction, 153 pages The eye-opening, heartbreaking, and often funny story of one woman’s childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution until she leaves to attend high school in Austria, covering ages 6 to 14. Meeting details Sunday, 30 November 2025 @ 11:00 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/october-2025-b64fa monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/1a4919c2-b465-4e60-8d86-a91e258a1833/9781784706289.jpg Meetings - November 2025 Reread - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez (2019) Nonfiction, 448 pages Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women , diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world. Meeting details (UPDATED) Sunday, 16 November 2025 @ 11:00 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/october-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/806ae3a3-0c23-4152-8646-a866d8264280/girl+woman+other.jpg Meetings - October 2025 - Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (2019) Fiction, 352 pages Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters - mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Meeting details Sunday, 19 October 2025 @ 11:00 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/september-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/195dd6cb-4c46-4510-bab1-c22640c7f5e8/71FjgJZ1f%2BL._UF1000%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - September 2025: Trans Nonfiction - What’s the T? by Juno Dawson (2021) Nonfiction, 304 pages A guide for understanding trans identity and sexuality from a trans author, collaborating with her trans and nonbinary friends. Great introduction to what it means to be trans or nonbinary. Meeting details Sunday, 21 September @ 11:00 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/august-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/28874cbe-1e24-4235-bb40-330700bac772/cover_9781787701151__id953_w600_t1729870205__1x.jpg Meetings - August 2025: Modern Masterpieces - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (2011) Fiction, 331 pages The intense friendship and rivalry between two girls growing up in the impoverished outskirts of Naples. Adapted into an HBO series. CW: child abuse, sexual assault, domestic abuse. Translated into English by Ann Goldstein. Meeting details Sunday, August 24th @ 11 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/july-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/1f48e745-ea2c-4e8f-9340-ed1d57f8fcdc/7473784.jpg Meetings - July 2025 - The Comrade from Milan by Rossana Rossanda (2005) Nonfiction, 384 pages Written by Rossana Rossanda, an enormously influential Italian figure of the far left, the work covers a firsthand account and analysis of Italian life under fascism and the Italian socialist movement during and after World War II. The text is translated by Romy Giuliani Clark. Meeting details Sunday, July 20th @ 11 a.m. Mimi’s Bakehouse and Café in City Art Centre, Edinburgh https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/june-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/bd9cb914-212d-43b6-abde-bd779a6e7baf/Brotherless+Night.jpg Meetings - June 2025: Genre Month - Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan (2023) Fiction, 348 pages Sixteen-year-old Sashi wants to become a doctor. But over the next decade, as a vicious civil war subsumes Sri Lanka, her dream takes her on a different path as she watches those around her, including her four beloved brothers and their best friend, get swept up in violent political ideologies and their consequences. Meeting details Sunday 22 June 2025, 11:00am Mimi’s Bakehouse, City Art Centre, 1 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/may-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/02e22625-4084-46f4-a840-934d4b79e8ee/Black+Box.jpg Meetings - May 2025: Women in Japan, Part Two - Black Box by Shiori Ito (2018) Nonfiction, 288 pages Part of a 2-month series on gender in Japan. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault - if that is not something you want to read in your free time, please join us another month! Set in the author's native Japan, Black Box is a first-hand account of Ito's attempts to find justice following a sexual assault by a well-connected journalist, and the obstacles she faced in the police, Japanese law, and social attitudes. Ito is widely credited with starting the #MeToo movement in Japan as an exceptionally brave survivor who dared to speak publicly about the assault she experienced. Meeting details Sunday 18 May 2025, 11:00am Mimi’s Bakehouse, City Art Centre, 1 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/april-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/06df3b0b-5e6d-471a-8dcd-c30c7562dd25/71XaKogtzYL.jpg Meetings - April 2025: Women in Japan, Part One - Butter by Asako Yuzuki (2024) Fiction, 464 pages A Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story. Part of a 2-month series on gender in Japan. Meeting details Saturday 19 April 2025, 11:00am Coffee Saints, 2a Little King Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3AR https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/march-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/dd156626-ccbd-4764-9058-5a6b92fc9435/71pFUMP4k9L._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - March 2025 - The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White (2019) Nonfiction, essays, 336 pages Deborah Frances-White analyzes her own feminism and the state of modern white-woman feminism as a whole, discussing body image, misogynistic workplaces, and sexual assault. Meeting details Sunday 23 March 2025, 11:00am Mimi’s Bakehouse, City Art Centre, 1 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DE https://www.feministbookclubedinburgh.com/meetings/february-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67b9b340409f1656aaa4cd20/c1d0a8de-7fb9-4ee1-a56e-6dc2aa150d1e/612ii5NbQKL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg Meetings - February 2025: Classics Month - Lysistrata by Aristophanes (411 B.C.) Play, 132 pages An Ancient Greek comedy about a group of women who pledge to deny their husbands sex until they end the wars between the Greek city-states. 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