PhD Book Club We had a great, thought-provoking gathering to discuss Ann Patchett's Truth and Beauty - many thanks to those who came.We're going back to the US, but on to fiction, for our next book: we'll be reading Zadie Smith's 2005 novel ON BEAUTY, about family, race, academic quarrels, and what happens when you never finish writing your book. We don't currently have copies of On Beauty in the PhD Book Club Library - but there are copies in the Edinburgh public library system, and lots of cheap second-hand ones on Amazon.To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk.Read the PhD Book Club blog posts here. Jun 26 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 We had a great, thought-provoking gathering to discuss Ann Patchett's Truth and Beauty - many thanks to those who came.We're going back to the US, but on to fiction, for our next book: we'll be reading Zadie Smith's 2005 novel ON BEAUTY, about family, race, academic quarrels, and what happens when you never finish writing your book. We don't currently have copies of On Beauty in the PhD Book Club Library - but there are copies in the Edinburgh public library system, and lots of cheap second-hand ones on Amazon.To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk.Read the PhD Book Club blog posts here. Jun 26 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
Jun 26 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.
