A new social book club in Hive sauna, overlooking Hathersage Pool
Would you like to combine the relaxing health benefits of a warm sauna with engaging discussion of a shared book? Well now you can.
Share your thoughts in this welcoming community and make new friends.
Can I take a book into the sauna?
No you can’t, the glue melts and the pages of your book may become wet! So instead, your sauna book club will meet for an informal discussion of the book that month in the embracing warmth of our woodfired sauna.
How does the book club work?
The book club meets once a month on a Thursday evening between 6pm and 7pm and runs for 5 months.
You will have access to the sauna and cold plunge between 6pm and 7pm. This will be your time to chat about the book together. You will also have access to the pool to swim before your session – 5pm to 6pm (but not between 6pm and 7pm as there’s a coached session.)
Save the dates and book your seat:
- Thursday 18th Dec – Kitchen by Banana Yoshimto – on sale now
- Thursday 8th Jan – Foster by Claire Keegan – on sale now
- Thursday 12th Feb – The Snow Child by Enowyn Ivey – on sale 1st Jan
- Thursday 12th March – All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki – on sale 1st Feb
- Thursday 9th April – The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa – on sale 1st March
Thursday 18th Dec – Kitchen by Banana Yoshimto
Less than 200 pages long, Banana Yoshimoto’s two classic tales about mothers, trans identity, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy.
First published in 1987, it won two of Japan’s most prestigious literary prizes, remained at the top of the bestseller lists for over a year and has gone on to be a much-loved international bestseller. View on amazon
Thursday 8th Jan – Foster by Claire Keegan
It’s a hot summer in rural Ireland. A girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, not knowing when she will return home. In the strangers’ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. But in a house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers how fragile her idyll is. View on Amazon
Thursday 12th Feb – The Snow Child by Enowyn Ivey
Derived from the Russian folk tale, it is set in Alaska in the 1920s and follows Jack and Mabel, a childless older couple struggling as homesteaders in the Alaskan wilderness. The sudden emergence of a young girl from the woods changes their lives.
Thursday 12th March – All Over Creation by Ruth Ozekin
Twenty-five years after running away from her family’s farm in Idaho, Yumi Fuller returns home to care for her ailing parents and to confront her best friend and her conflicted past. She finds a world changed beyond recognition; and with the arrival of a group of young anti-GM activists, she finds herself caught up in a new revolution.
All Over Creation is an exploration of the dichotomies of love and responsibility and a celebration of the capacity for renewal that resides within us all.
Thursday 9th April – The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles – based on her shoe size or her birthday – and the numbers reveal a poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory.
For more info contact fi@hivesauna.com