The Lane Non-Fiction Book Club - July 2026
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Join our Non-Fiction book club for our monthly discussion of titles from across the non-fiction spectrum. In July, we're discussing Every Valley by Charles King.🗓️ Thursday 23rd July
đź•’ Doors 5:30pm, Discussion 6pm
📍 The Lane Bookshop
🎫 Tickets: $5 including wine and nibbles
The book being discussed is Every Valley by Charles King.
ABOUT THE BOOK
The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written.
London - Dublin, 1741-42.
An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.
A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city’s abandoned infants.
An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity.
A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.
And a great composer to kings – George Frideric Handel – now ill and straining to keep an audience’s attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.
Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley is a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.
'Fascinating...cinematic...truly informative, imaginative and engaging' Financial Times
Date
Thursday 23 July 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+08)Location
The Lane Bookshop
52C Old Theatre Lane, Claremont WA 6010