I've been out and about over the last couple of days doing letter-box drops of new flyers. Please feel free to bring along any interested friends, the Kenmore Book Club is all about making new friends who share our love of books.
This month's meeting falls over the school holidays and I know that some of you will be tied up with family duties for this meeting. Please check in for details on this month's meeting on the weekend as I will be ferrying little ones around immediately after the meeting so I may not be able to post the notes from the meeting on Wednesday straight away.
I've checked with the BCC Library and there are enough copies of this month's book and next month's books so that we can save our hard earned pennies for coffee and cake.
See you all on Wednesday.
Regards
Kate
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Books For October
Hullo again
Okay, so we haven't yet formally reviewed "One Book: Many Brisbanes" but at our first meeting we decided to pick out the titles for October in case we finished September's offering too quickly :-)
These are the books that we will be reviewing in November (gosh, is in nearly Christmas time already?!?!) and they can be booked on-line at the Brisbane City Councils website below
http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat/?utm_campaign=cpMaskURL&utm_medium=stmcatch&utm_source=libcatalogue
Book #1.
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again” – is often quoted as one of the most famous first lines in literature. The haunting tale of mystery, memories and the past that the young, second Mrs de Winter must face at Manderley is a story that never losses its appeal. If you haven’t read this classic for some time it is well worth revisiting and is still a great story for discussion.
This book is available at most libraries and there are several listings for Audio Books which might be useful when one is cleaning house.
Book #2
Title: The Interpretation of Murder
Author: Jed Rubenfeld
"A murder mystery with a clever plot, The Interpretation of Murder is set in New York in the early 20th century. Dr. Stratham Younger, a student of Sigmund Freud is asked to investigate a murder. Using some of Freud’s teachings, Younger analyzes the actions, motives, relationships, and personalities of all those involved in the crimes. The New York scene is very well drawn and Freud’s part in the novel adds an interesting twist."
There are large print editions of this book available at Indooroopilly and Audio Books available for some of the other libraries (A quick call to Indooroopilly Library will explain how to order that in to the library).
I'm going to talk to the co-ordinator of the Mobile Library which parks off Marshall Lane every Tuesday too see if we get the books brought there as well the month before, to ensure that we can read through all the books before the allotted time is through.
If anyone needs assistance with booking their books (no pun intended) through their home computers, please contact the Brisbane City Council on (07) 3403 8888.
Warmest regards and happy reading until next Wednesday (1st October).
Regards
Kate
Okay, so we haven't yet formally reviewed "One Book: Many Brisbanes" but at our first meeting we decided to pick out the titles for October in case we finished September's offering too quickly :-)
These are the books that we will be reviewing in November (gosh, is in nearly Christmas time already?!?!) and they can be booked on-line at the Brisbane City Councils website below
http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat/?utm_campaign=cpMaskURL&utm_medium=stmcatch&utm_source=libcatalogue
Book #1.
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
“Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again” – is often quoted as one of the most famous first lines in literature. The haunting tale of mystery, memories and the past that the young, second Mrs de Winter must face at Manderley is a story that never losses its appeal. If you haven’t read this classic for some time it is well worth revisiting and is still a great story for discussion.
This book is available at most libraries and there are several listings for Audio Books which might be useful when one is cleaning house.
Book #2
Title: The Interpretation of Murder
Author: Jed Rubenfeld
"A murder mystery with a clever plot, The Interpretation of Murder is set in New York in the early 20th century. Dr. Stratham Younger, a student of Sigmund Freud is asked to investigate a murder. Using some of Freud’s teachings, Younger analyzes the actions, motives, relationships, and personalities of all those involved in the crimes. The New York scene is very well drawn and Freud’s part in the novel adds an interesting twist."
There are large print editions of this book available at Indooroopilly and Audio Books available for some of the other libraries (A quick call to Indooroopilly Library will explain how to order that in to the library).
I'm going to talk to the co-ordinator of the Mobile Library which parks off Marshall Lane every Tuesday too see if we get the books brought there as well the month before, to ensure that we can read through all the books before the allotted time is through.
If anyone needs assistance with booking their books (no pun intended) through their home computers, please contact the Brisbane City Council on (07) 3403 8888.
Warmest regards and happy reading until next Wednesday (1st October).
Regards
Kate
Brisbane Writers Festival
Hullo again Kenmore Book Club.
Well the Brisbane Writers Festival was a huge success and I went to every session that I could (I think about 10 or 11 in the end). The topics were as diverse as "Boy's Own Adventures Through the Oil rigs" (my title) with Paul Carter - a brilliantly funny young man who fell into writing after he failed his psychiatric evaluation, through to a gut-wrenching story of a young Newsweek journalist who lost his fiancee after she was targeted and killed by the Taliban while she was undertaking aid work in Baghdad. I think that there wasn't a dry eye in the auditorium after Michael finished sharing his story with us.
I was also lucky enough to meet with 5 of the "One Book: Many Brisbanes" authors and they were genuinely delighted that we were reviewing their book for book club.
I will be bringing the program along with me to next Wednesday's meeting to share with you all and to talk about some very exciting, and amazing books I discovered.
Shortly I'll post the books that the Book Club decided upon for October. There's a couple of completely different ones so that we can talk about more than one book. Both are available in large numbers at the Brisbane City Council Library.
Warmest regards to you all and see you on Wednesday 1st October.
Regards
Kate
Well the Brisbane Writers Festival was a huge success and I went to every session that I could (I think about 10 or 11 in the end). The topics were as diverse as "Boy's Own Adventures Through the Oil rigs" (my title) with Paul Carter - a brilliantly funny young man who fell into writing after he failed his psychiatric evaluation, through to a gut-wrenching story of a young Newsweek journalist who lost his fiancee after she was targeted and killed by the Taliban while she was undertaking aid work in Baghdad. I think that there wasn't a dry eye in the auditorium after Michael finished sharing his story with us.
I was also lucky enough to meet with 5 of the "One Book: Many Brisbanes" authors and they were genuinely delighted that we were reviewing their book for book club.
I will be bringing the program along with me to next Wednesday's meeting to share with you all and to talk about some very exciting, and amazing books I discovered.
Shortly I'll post the books that the Book Club decided upon for October. There's a couple of completely different ones so that we can talk about more than one book. Both are available in large numbers at the Brisbane City Council Library.
Warmest regards to you all and see you on Wednesday 1st October.
Regards
Kate
Sunday, September 14, 2008
New Information
Welcome back everyone!
We seem to be finally rid of the freezing winds and the Western Suburbs 'flu, both of which have plagued us all. So this seems to be the perfect time to get cracking on our reading.
The first morning tea meeting went off without a hitch. My thanks to those who showed up and also thank you to the many of you who 'phoned or emailed me to let me know that you couldn't make it due to the 'flu.
The dinner meeting was post-poned, too many of us had either ourselves or relatives to look after. In retrospect, it was probably unrealistically hopeful to launch an evening event in the middle of winter and 'flu season. However, we will be soldiering on for our October event.
In our first meeting we chatted about what books we liked to read and what we hoped for from the book club. We all agreed that we all had different tastes but that we wanted to be exposed to books we hadn't read and we wouldn't normally otherwise read.
Brisbane City Council has provided some excellent resources for our little bookclub (thank you especially to Robert at Indooroopilly Library).
I will have more updates about the Brisbane Writers Festival shortly as well.
Regards
Kate
We seem to be finally rid of the freezing winds and the Western Suburbs 'flu, both of which have plagued us all. So this seems to be the perfect time to get cracking on our reading.
The first morning tea meeting went off without a hitch. My thanks to those who showed up and also thank you to the many of you who 'phoned or emailed me to let me know that you couldn't make it due to the 'flu.
The dinner meeting was post-poned, too many of us had either ourselves or relatives to look after. In retrospect, it was probably unrealistically hopeful to launch an evening event in the middle of winter and 'flu season. However, we will be soldiering on for our October event.
In our first meeting we chatted about what books we liked to read and what we hoped for from the book club. We all agreed that we all had different tastes but that we wanted to be exposed to books we hadn't read and we wouldn't normally otherwise read.
Brisbane City Council has provided some excellent resources for our little bookclub (thank you especially to Robert at Indooroopilly Library).
I will have more updates about the Brisbane Writers Festival shortly as well.
Regards
Kate
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