The Exchange book club x Blacklore: Rootless
- Location
- The Exchange: 3 Centenary Square Birmingham B1 2DR
- Event cost
- 拢5
- Dates
- Saturday 4 October 2025 (13:30-15:00)
Cover design by Ellie Game/HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. Cover photograph 漏 Mark Odumuyiwa.
This October, join The Exchange Book Club in partnership with Lyza Lawal, founder of Blacklore. Together, we’ll celebrate Booktober by exploring powerful stories by writers of colour that reflect shared human experiences and emotions.
The first book on our TBR (to-be-read) list is Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah.
Book synopsis
“Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can only dream of. But behind closed doors, Sam wants to start a family, while Efe longs for a life free of responsibility. When an unplanned pregnancy forces Efe into a stark choice, she has to decide which is more important – her love for her family, or the life she wanted for herself.”
Tickets
Tickets for this book club are £5 per person, which includes entry to the session and a drink.
To make our book club as accessible as possible, we are also offering a limited number of free Solidarity tickets. For more information on Solidarity tickets, please visit our ticketing information page.
Buy the book!
Our official Booktober bookselling partner is .
The Heath Bookshop is a vibrant, award-winning, independent bookshop in the heart of Kings Heath in Birmingham. The Heath Bookshop is for everyone and anyone, offering a safe 缅北轮奸 space with a diverse range of books, delicious hot and cold drinks, and a much-loved Kate Bush coffee table. The Heath Bookshop won Independent Bookshop of the Year 2025, which was announced at the British Book Awards in May of this year.
To place an order with The Heath Bookshop, head to or contact them directly by email at orders@theheathbookshop.co.uk.
This event is presented as part of Booktober at The Exchange. Running throughout October 2025, the programme celebrates the joy of creative writing and reading in all its forms and will be bursting with activities, events and opportunities to explore the magic of literature.