{"id":313,"date":"2016-08-11T17:56:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T16:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:45:15","slug":"novel-discussion-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=313","title":{"rendered":"Novel Discussion Group 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creina Mansfield<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><b>We meet once a month, on Saturday mornings, between 10.30 and 12.30. The format is open, with participants expressing their views about all aspects of the novels.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>We tend to read \u2018literary\u2019 fiction, but occasionally discuss a more commercial novel&#8211; to see if we can detect a difference.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Saturday October 17th\u00a0<i>The Instrumentalist<\/i>\u00a0<i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0(2024) by Harriet Constable<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday November 21st\u00a0<i>Bryant &amp; May: Wild Chamber<\/i>\u00a0(2017) by Christopher Fowler\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday December 19th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<i>Clear\u00a0<\/i>(2024) by Carys Davies<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday January 16th\u00a0 2027\u00a0<i>Butter<\/i>\u00a0<i>\u00a0<\/i>(2017) by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Day: Saturdays<br \/>\nDates:\u00a0October 17th, November 21st, December 19th &amp; January 16th 2027\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Time: 10.30-12.30<br \/>\nCross Street Chapel,<br \/>\nCross Street,<br \/>\nManchester\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<wbr \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the complete session<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a360<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Price for individual lectures <\/b>(please indicate which lectures when booking):<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Price<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Concessions<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Minimum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Maximum No.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a318<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to<\/p>\n<p>Creina Mansfield,\u00a0Beech Court,\u00a0Beech Hall Drive,\u00a0Macclesfield,\u00a0SK10 2EF<br \/>\n<strong>email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:creina.m@hotmail.com\">creina.m@hotmail.com<\/a>\u00a0 <strong>phone<\/strong>: 01625 511581<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creina Mansfield We meet once a month, on Saturday mornings, between 10.30 and 12.30. The format is open, with participants expressing their views about all aspects of the novels. We tend to read \u2018literary\u2019 fiction, but occasionally discuss a more commercial novel&#8211; to see if we can detect a difference. \u00a0 Saturday October 17th\u00a0The Instrumentalist\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(2024) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7488,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-313","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7487,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313\/revisions\/7487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}