PhD Book Club For our next book, after the spring vacation, we turn to non-fiction, with Truth and Beauty: prizewinning novelist Ann Patchett's memoir of her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy. Patchett's story takes place over many years, and is about creative friendships, student adventures and the craft of writing amidst the ups and downs of life itself.To borrow a copy, please email Chaplaincy@ed.ac.uk.We have 10 copies available but Edinburgh public libraries also have a number of copies, so do join your local library if you haven't already.Read the PhD Book Club blog posts here. May 08 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area
PhD Book Club For our next book, after the spring vacation, we turn to non-fiction, with Truth and Beauty: prizewinning novelist Ann Patchett's memoir of her friendship with the writer Lucy Grealy. Patchett's story takes place over many years, and is about creative friendships, student adventures and the craft of writing amidst the ups and downs of life itself.To borrow a copy, please email Chaplaincy@ed.ac.uk.We have 10 copies available but Edinburgh public libraries also have a number of copies, so do join your local library if you haven't already.Read the PhD Book Club blog posts here. May 08 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Chaplaincy Centre 1 Bristo Place EH8 9AL Team Area
May 08 2026 15.30 - 16.45 PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk.
