2026
THE
PRET-A-PORTEA
BOOK CLUB
ESTABLISHED 2017
Through the lens of novels centered on gothic, mystery, historic and romantic genres, the PRÊT-À-PORTEA BOOK CLUB takes you on a literary tour of tea. During the year, we will celebrate the literary works of authors Amy Bloom, Sophie Shorland, Barbara Pym, Belinda Jones, Marian Kamali and F. Scott-Fitzgerald. Our
bi-monthly meeting venues mimic the setting of each novel.
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​​​Join the PRÊT-À-PORTEA BOOK CLUB via ZOOM.
Enjoy the same in-person book discussion online complimented by our Book Club Tea Box. Our Book Club Tea Box includes the PRÊT-À-PORTEA mug, a reading journal, tea of the month and complimentary bookmark. Tea boxes are shipped one month prior to our meeting date. For more information, please register here for the year or below by month.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
MARCH 2026
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THE
LOST
QUEEN
BY SOPHIE SHORLAND
A long-overlooked figure in history, Catherine has a crucial place in the history of the British Empire: she may have failed to produce an heir to the throne, but her marriage to Charles in 1662 marked a key turning point in Britain’s imperial ascendancy, for part of her dowry was Bombay, Britain’s first territory of the Indian subcontinent. Catherine also was highly influential in the worlds of fashion, Baroque art and music, and food and culture. She popularized tea drinking, bringing England’s national drink into fashion for the first time. Her life was at the nexus of old and new worlds, war and exploration, frivolity and scientific enquiry.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
MAY 2026
QUARTET
IN
AUTUMN
BY BARBARA PYM
This is the story of four people in late middle-age - Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia - whose chief point of contact is that they work in the same office, and they suffer the same problem - loneliness. Lovingly, poignantly, satirically and with much humor, Pym conducts us through their small lives and the facade they erect to defend themselves against the outside world. There is nevertheless an obstinate optimism in her characters, allowing them in their separate ways to win through to a kind of hope. Barbara Pym’s sensitive wit and artistry are at their most sparkling in Quartet in Autumn.
DRINK TEA. READ BOOKS
