Our July Newsletter is now out , the books reviewed and commented by our members are:
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson ( book of the month).
Tiger Tiger! or The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester.
The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (International Impac Dublin Award 2010).
What Becomes by A.L.Kennedy.
Poet’s Choice by Edward Hirsch.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Harp in the South by Ruth Parks.
Solar by Ian McEwan.
Would be great to hear your comments!
Try this fun analysis of your writing and see who you write like.
Unfortunately I write like Dan Brown, big blow to my self-esteem…
I found last night’s Jennifer Byrne Presents repulsively fascinating, the subject I mean. Never heard of Christopher Hitchens before but he was captivating in spite of the name dropping. She’s good in this kind of interview, one to one, not so good at the First Tuesday Bookclub format.
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick’s incisive look at daily life in North Korea, has won the $30,000 Samuel Johnson Prize, Britain’s most prestigious award for nonfiction books. The announcement was made Thursday in London.
This book is not what it seems (a love story). Although the writing is not wonderful the painstakingly assembled information about North Korea that it delivers makes it a good read. It’s hard to believe that people are living in those conditions when there’s absolutely no justification for it. For us in “the lucky country”, it’s a must read.
Read an excerpt here.
Listen to the author on The Bookshow
Yes we had a good one starting with the announcement of the Miles Franklin Award to Peter Temple for his (crime) novel Truth. Read all about it in this article by Jason Steger.
Today we were all a bit surprised by the ascent of our first female prime minister Julia Gillard in a peaceful coup d’etat and the third bit of news is that our June Newsletter is now out, also see the sidebar.
Working on how to incorporate an Archive of all our past Newsletters so they become immortal.
The Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, author of a controversial novel on race and class, The Slap, and the first Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature writer in residence, will be speaking on the opening day.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/17/edinburgh-international-book-festival
Just a preview of our June meting where we discussed The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was an excellent discussion of a wonderful book ( it doesn’t happen every time) and a very convivial gathering at one of our members’ home.
The June newsletter will be out next week and a link will appear in our sidebar. Next meeting 12/07 will be at Ceramic House, when we will discuss Gilead By Marilynne Robinson.
Check out this article about the Jaipur Literature Festival
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?685066
Bloomsday is coming!
James Joyce
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/books/11bloom.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
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