Book Talk is a monthly resource for prison reading groups, which consists of two book recommendations. It includes a brief description of the book and some discussion questions. Book Talk is used to widen a prison reading group’s reading range and to help newer groups get going if they are unsure of what to read.
Choose which title your group would like to read and then request copies of the book from us via Rosa – rosa@prg.org.uk.
Here are the handouts to download and print:
January 2025 – Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier & The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
February 2025 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee & Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
March 2025 – Brave New World by Aldous Huxley & The Kamogawa Food Detective by Hisashi Kashiwai
April 2025 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald & The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany
Book Talk 2024, titles include – Before the Coffee Gets Cold, One Day, The Secret Life of Bees, The Handmaid’s Tale
Book Talk 2023, titles include – West, Private Peaceful, The Whistleblower, The Woman in Black, Mayflies
Book Talk 2022, titles include – Small Things Like These, Klara and the Sun, The Power of the Dog, Almond, The Offing
Book Talk 2021, titles include – Things Fall Apart, House of Correction, On the Come Up, Elevation, Such a Fun Age
Book Talk 2020, titles include – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Small Island, The Nickel Boys, A Christmas Carol