In Jamaica, in 1920, something unbelievable is happening: A preacher has. Sometimes the novels chosen are new, often they are from the backlist and occasionally re-issued from way back. From Kei Miller’s Augustown (Pantheon, 2017, ), the latest novel from the Jamaican-born writer and poet. Free UK p&p over £15, online orders only. But to keep ourselves on our toes, we have a rule that author gender is alternated, girl-boy-girl-boy, and the continents always rotated (with occasional glitches). To order Augustown for £10.65 (RRP £12.99) go to or call 03. Too good to be true? The catch is that the bookshop gets to choose what the book group reads. Each month the discussion is lively and unpretentious, with naughty snacks and plenty to drink. You don’t even have to have had read the book. The title to be read and discussed is sign-posted and on sale for the whole of the previous month (with a discount for those who make it known they intend to come) and everybody is welcome, whether first-timer, part-timer or regular-timer.
With rare exceptions such as bank holidays, the book group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm.
Below us, the green and blue disc of the earth. Nextand this is the important bityou must imagine yourself inside it. Like a wide-angled lens, Millers novel fits much into a small frame - Augustown itself, Rastafari, gang and police violence, religious opposition to. Now past its tenth year the Crow Book Group has grown into a regular social event. First you must imagine the sky, blue and cloudless if that helps, or else the luminously black spread of night.
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