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library newsletter

hiya folks,
check out the library newsletter.
if you have anything written up that you feel would be worthwhile publishing drop me a note and post it on the blog too.

cheers
alex.

Our next meeting! ;-)

Ahoy there my matties arrr! ;-) I am reposting the information for the next meeting because I accidentally posted it in a comment rather than a new post. For our last meeting we went to a James Joyce manorial for a group reading of the Ulysses. Everybody read a few pages to the whole group, and we soon found our selves laughing at the wit of the text ;-) we had such good fun that we decided to do it again for our next meeting. We are to meet at 5:00pm in anger street on the fourth floor in the student common area. Same game plan as last time and once again feel free to bring some biscuits or wine.

Hurry up, take your time choice is yours but don't be late ;-)

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011

Hi again,
I was surfing on the internet and came across an article you all mind be interested in.
If you would ask me, two novels sound like a fascinating story.
“Half Blood Blues” by Esi Edugyan and “Snowdrops” by A D Miller.
It is only a suggestion, as we need to pick something to read!
Check out yourself on the link below
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14801563

Keep in touch,
Jagoda

"The Speckled People"

Hi bloggers,
I hope you have been keeping well and are going to enjoy
your trip tonight.
Unfortunately, I can’t make it but hopefully this is the first
venue of many more to come…
As this blog is for posting anything in connection to art
and culture in general, I would like to share with you guys my opinion and
review on the play I’ve seen recently.
Last Saturday I went off to see The World Premier of “The Speckled
People” by Hugo Hamilton in the Gate Theatre.
It was an amazing, moving story of a young boy trapped in a
language war. Set in 1950s Ireland.
The story is told through the child's-eye view with an Irish Father and a German mother at a
time in post war Europe when it was difficult to be German but in Ireland at
that time it was particularly difficult to be different.
The topic itself
seems to be very serious but it was often very funny. I won’t say any
more in case you will decide to go and see it yourself. I highly recommend it,
money well spent!!
As far as I know they are continuing to play until November.
For more info visit website http://www.gatetheatre.ie/
Best wishes,
Jagoda

Welcome

hi all, welcome to the book club blog.
i've called it provisionally "our book club" and added a few links to resources etc. all of this (design, look and feel etc.) is up for review of course. this could be one of the things for review at one of the meetings coming up: naming, look and feel of blog...

best wishes, alex.
P.S. Happy posting...