Offer now expired: A Christmas Guardian Review Book Club with Sue Townsend

"Pandora and I are in love! It is official! She told Claire Nelson, who told Nigel, who told me. I told Nigel to tell Claire to tell Pandora that I return her love. I am over the moon with joy. I can overlook the fact that Pandora smokes five Benson and Hedges a day and has her own lighter. When you are in love such things cease to matter." The Guardian Bookclub host a very special Christmas Book Club with Sue Townsend , who will be talking to John Mullan about The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾ It's 1981: Margaret Thatcher is in power, the Falklands War is around the corner and Prince Charles and Lady Diana are getting married. But teenaged Adrian has other things to worry about: pimples, a drunk pet dog, his stuck up girlfriend, his parents' marital troubles and the BBC's repeated refusal to broadcast his poetry. This painfully honest, funny and moving novel launched a hugely popular series – eight diaries and counting – and introduced us to one of the most beloved characters in British fiction. Tickets are £9.50 online or £11.50 from the box office. Book your tickets online: www.kingsplace.co.uk Box Office: 020 7520 1490 Hosted by John Mullan, professor of English at University College London, the Guardian's Book Club examines a book a month, via a weekly column in the Guardian Review, a live Q&A session with the author, and a blog-discussion of the featured novel. Mullan's first three columns discuss the book in question; his final column consists of a selection of your comments from the live event and the blog. To join our mailing list email [email protected] . To find out more visit www.theguardian.com/books/series/bookclub