Slow Reading: Lolly Willowes

A bookclub but with a difference - a few passages to read & discuss in a relaxed environment. Slow down, read closely, think and discuss - that's what we are asking you to do in this club. Come and relax with Syllvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes, about a middle aged woman who sells her soul to Satan in order to have a quiet life. Based on Margaret Murray's work on the witch cult, this amusing and profound 1926 novel has not been out of print since the revival of interest in women's writing and witchcraft since the 1970s. Turn off your smart phones, step away from the hectic pace of life, and discuss words. Includes a tea or coffee. Dr Debbie Challis is Creative Producer of the Portico Library and a cultural historian with an expertise on the reception of classical antiquity in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching and writing about the life of a mid Victorian female artist called Mary Severn. She is an expert on the reception of Greek myth on Alex Andreou's Podyssey and her work can be found on drdebbiechallis.com.