When: Tuesday, 17 January at 6:30PM GMT

 

Where: Balcony Bar, BFI Riverfront, BFI Southbank, London SE1 8XT

 

Featured Title: The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak

 

RSVP (optional, feel free to just show up!): To sign up or ask questions, please contact Liz Clarke ‘07 at elizabeth.d.clarke@gmail.com.

 

This historical fiction centers on a young man at the periphery of the workshop of a renowned real-life Turkish architect, Mimar Sinan. Spanning almost a hundred years from the middle of the sixteenth to the middle of the seventeenth century, the novel depicts the court of the Turkish sultanate in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. As the main character navigates its complex politics, alliances, and intrigues, Shafak explores the magic and richness of the height of the Ottoman Empire. Don't feel like you have to have read the book to attend!

 

This month's meeting will be in-person and starting from February on, we will be trying out an in-person and a virtual event to include those who are not local to London.

 

RSVP (optional, feel free to just show up!): To sign up or ask questions, please contact Liz Clarke ‘07 at elizabeth.d.clarke@gmail.com.

 

*There is a WhatsApp chat for the Book Club. Please provide your phone number when you email if you would like to be added.