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The next club is announced! Next April, we are reading from 1961 #1961Club
1961 club badge (13-18 April 2026)
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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On the blog this week, some recommendations for books to read for the forthcoming #1961Club.

Featuring titles by Carson McCullers, Ross Macdonald and Frédéric Dard (tr. David Bello). #BookSky 💙📚 #CrimeFiction

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The forthcoming #1961 Club – some recommendations for books to read
In a few weeks’ time, Karen and Simon will be hosting another of their hugely enjoyable ‘Club’ weeks, focusing in this instance on 1961. Starting on Monday 13th April, the #1961Club is a week-long …
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March 27, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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For anyone interested in watching films as an adjunct to the #1961Club. #FilmSky #BookSky
March 30, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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New on the blog today, some recommendations of books to read for the forthcoming #1961Club hosted by @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @stuckinabook.bsky.social.

Featuring books by Barbara Pym, Natalia Ginzburg, John le Carré & more! #BookSky 💙📚 #TranslationThurs

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The forthcoming #1961 Club – some recommendations for books to read
In a few weeks’ time, Karen and Simon will be hosting another of their hugely enjoyable ‘Club’ weeks, focusing in this instance on 1961. Starting on Monday 13th April, the #1961Club is a week-long …
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March 26, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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My first review for the #1961Club is The Chateau by William Maxwell, only 17 years after I started it! www.stuckinabook.com/the-chateau-...
The Chateau by William Maxwell – #1961Club
Apparently, I bought The Chateau by William Maxwell back in 2009. Worse, I got it through the post, so I was clearly impatient to be getting into it – and I remember that I relatively quickly…
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April 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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Finishing off the #1961Club with a novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett: www.stuckinabook.com/the-mighty-a...
The Mighty and Their Fall by Ivy Compton-Burnett – #1961Club
My final 1961 Club read is by an author I’ve loved for years, and the most divisive writer out there – Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett. For those not in the know, her novels are told almost en…
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April 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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A *very* late entry in my #1961Club viewing. Further evidence that 1961 was a knockout year for cinema! @kaggsy59.bsky.social @stuckinabook.bsky.social #FilmSky
jacquiwine.bsky.social JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · May 31
IL POSTO (Ermanno Olmi, 1961). Absolutely loved this! A wonderful, low-key Italian gem about young love and the transition from school into the soulless world of office work, complete with all its petty resentments and inherent hierarchies. (1/2) #FilmSky >>
Black & white shot of a young man and a young woman standing at the bar of a coffee shop in Milan. They are smiling as a tentative, romantic friendship is beginning to form between them. Three other men are partly visible in the background.
May 31, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Not long to go until the #1961Club!
Badge advertising the 1961 Club, 13-19 April 2026. Background is an image of a library in the 1960s.
March 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Some great recommendations for the #1961Club from Jacqui!
jacquiwine.bsky.social JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Apr 11
Giving this another bump as the #1961Club, hosted by @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @stuckinabook.bsky.social, is happening next week.
Some recommendations of books first published in 1961, featuring Barbara Pym, Natalia Ginzburg, John le Carré & more! #BookSky 💙📚

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A pic of books include in this post: Bird in a Cage Clock Without Hands Call for the Dead Voices in the Evening No Fond Return of Love The Wycherly Woman
April 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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As an adjunct to the bookish #1961Club, which officially starts tomorrow, I'm planning to watch some films released that year.

Here's my watchlist of potential choices, too many to see in one week. But feel free to join me if the mood takes you! #FilmSky #BookSky 💙📚

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1961 Films - a watchlist for the #1961Club
A list of 22 films compiled on Letterboxd, including La Notte (1961), Il Posto (1961), Victim (1961), Viridiana (1961) and Léon Morin, Priest (1961).
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April 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Reading in bed with Harry for the #1961Club
April 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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For the #1961club today - Dr. Seuss!! "You might think such a thing wouldn't matter at all." #1961Club #drseuss #thesneetches kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/y...
“You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.” #1961Club #drseuss #thesneetches
Something slightly different on the Ramblings today for the #1961Club – Dr. Seuss!! I’ve mentioned before on the blog how one of the books I remember most strongly from my childhood is …
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April 15, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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"The world was changing..." #1961Club #Simenon #AgathaChristie kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/t...
“The world was changing…” #1961Club #Simenon #AgathaChristie
I’ve got into the habit of starting our Club Reading Weeks with some Golden Age crime; it’s often the case that there’s an Agatha Christie or one of Simenon’s Maigret titles…
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April 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Coming up on Monday - the #1961club 😀 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/c...
Coming up on Monday – the #1961Club!!!
So, on Monday Simon and I will be launching the first of this year’s Club Reading Weeks and as previously announced we’ll be focusing on 1961. It looks to be a really interesting year f…
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April 10, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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LEON MORIN, PRIEST was another film from my #1961Club watchlist, assembled to tie in with this week’s bookish event hosted by @kaggsy59.bsky.social & @stuckinabook.bsky.social (3/3) #FilmSky #1961Club
B&W poster for the film showing the two lead actors - looking very serious again.
April 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Following my mini-thread on William Wyler’s THE CHILDREN’’S HOUR for the #1961Club, this book recommendation might be of interest to #FilmSky people. (CC: @eggsbened.bsky.social.) 👇
jameswhitfield.bsky.social James Whitfield @jameswhitfield.bsky.social · Apr 13
This new book by Michael Koresky has really detailed and interesting chapters on the history of both films and the play. It’s a fascinating read if you haven’t already seen it.

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Sick and Dirty
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, NonfictionAN ALLSTORA'S QUEER HISTORY 101 BOOK CLUB PICK"An absorbing landmark of film criticism.” -…
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April 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque - my second read for the #1961Club bookaroundthecorner.com/2026/04/18/h...
Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque – my second read for the #1961Club
Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque (1961) French title: Le ciel n’a pas de préférés. Translated by Dominique Auclères. Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque is my second read…
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April 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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The #1961Club Have you read these #books published in 1961? wordsandpeace.com/2026/04/13/t...
The 1961 Club: older reads
The #1961Club For over 10 years Simon, at Stuck in a Book, and Karen at Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings have been organizing club year events, usually in April and October, in which they encourage…
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April 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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On the Rambling today - Villains, dumb policemen, adventurous children and lively dogs! #enidblyton #1961Club kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/v...
Villains, dumb policemen, adventurous children and lively dogs! #enidblyton #1961Club
Enid Blyton is an author who I read constantly during my childhood, but I haven’t revisited her that often over the years. She was, of course, astonishingly prolific and produced so many book…
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April 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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Exploring some Beat poetry for the #1961Club "...nothing to weep for..." #1961Club #kaddish #allenginsberg kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/n...
“…nothing to weep for…” #1961Club #kaddish #allenginsberg
As I mentioned in my first post of the week, in 1961 the world was changing; and although classic crime novels and lighter books like “Provincial Daughter” were being released, writers …
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April 17, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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This BBC Radio drama about the making of Basil Dearden’s landmark 1961 film VICTIM is excellent.

Thanks @theunhurriedreader.bsky.social and @eggsbened.bsky.social for recommending it! #FilmSky #1961Club

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Drama on 3 - Victim - BBC Sounds
The story of ‘Victim’, the first British film to seriously address homosexuality.
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April 24, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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Oh, isn't it great? All hail Queen Ivy! #1961Club
April 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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The #1961Club comes to an end - but what year will we choose next??? 🤔📚 kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/t...
The #1961Club comes to an end – but what year will we choose next??? 🤔📚
Well, as the saying goes – that’s a wrap! The 1961 Club has come to an end, and what a fabulous week it was! This turned out to be a particularly good year for books and I don’t k…
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April 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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THE CHILDREN’S HOUR (William Wyler, 1961, rewatch). A powerful, heartfelt film in which the depiction of homosexuality is very much a product of conservative societal attitudes at the time. Audrey Hepburn is magnificent as Karen - assured, humane and beautifully poised. (1/3) #FilmSky #1961Club
Film poster showing illustrations of the two lead actresses on a deep pink background
April 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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LEON MORIN, PRIEST (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961).
Was Jean-Paul Belmondo the original Hot Priest? Decades before Andrew Scott set hearts aflutter in FLEABAG, Belmondo was cutting a dash in this cerebral, philosophical film about faith, religion & duty. (1/3) #FilmSky #1961Club
A b&w shot from the film showing Belmondo looking very cool in his priest’s get-up.
April 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM