As part of our commitment to LGC Reads Together, we want to keep you updated with the latest our community has to offer to long time of first-time readers.
On this page you can explore local Book Clubs, our Community Message Board, and even find out about some Local Authors!
Book Clubs
If you are looking for a community of readers to discover new books, discuss themes and motifs or just get together with like-minded people, we have a few book clubs that have openings you might be interested in
Community Message Board
We have been collecting submissions about what Letchworth residents have been reading and enjoying.
If you would like to tell us what you’re reading, follow the link to tell us all about it and be featured on our message board.
"I’m a member of various literary Facebook organisations and I usually take a note of all the books that are recommended, particularly if they’re constantly repeated, and then I put them straight into Borrow Box that I know they’re on my list and saved and coming in the future."
"I’ve just finished reading Still Life by Sarah Wiman and it was just an extraordinarily enveloping and interesting story. I get my book recommendations from book shops themselves, bookshop websites, new releases, recommendations that are linked to authors I know alike. I like to look at Instagram in particular these days, and sometimes the newspaper recommendations."
Chip Colquhoun
A powerful new children’s book: The Bestest Story in the World…Ever! launched this September at David’s Bookshop. The story is inspired by the true story of a young boy from Letchworth; Noah Shaw, who went from uncommunicative resistant reader into a confident storyteller.
Nic Wilson
Earlier this year we put a callout for book recommendations for our themed reading choices. A local author: Nic Wilson submitted great recommendations and signposted us to her nature memoir: Land Beneath the Waves. This memoir reflects on the impact the natural world has had on her struggles with chronic illness, based in the local landscapes on North Hertfordshire. Land Beneath the Waves made its way onto the Best Books of 2025 on the BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Josh Tidy
Josh Tidy is Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation's Heritage Manager. He is also well known as the 'town historian' and has a keen knowledge of the history of Letchworth and the Garden City Movement. He is a passionate advocate for Garden Cities past and present, across the world. His photography book; Letchworth Garden City Through Time, explore the archives of the world’s first Garden City, from conception to modern day.