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The world is growing smaller every day. In today’s increasingly global culture, we all need to become familiar with other traditions, and literature provides an exciting and enjoyable mode of entry into the variety of the world’s cultures. A group for bibliophiles that focuses on world literature, that seeks to go beyond white Eurocentric or America-centric viewpoints, but also with an interest in some major children’s classics, folktales and non-fiction, to set off on a quest to discover grand books and deepen our understanding of our complex world. For this reason, we’ll be reading the world in alphabetical order. We are busy with letter A at the moment! Some readings will take place while enjoying the cuisine of the country in question—don't miss our Angolan lunch and trip to Luanda in November. There'll be a quiz at the end of every discussion.
Each country’s series will consist of:
-In-person fiction book discussion
-Online fiction book discussion
-In-person non-fiction discussion
-Online Q&A with some authors/
translators/journalists (when possible)
-Online film discussion
-Folktales with lunch (gastronomy of the country)
-Trip to the country (when possible)
Make sure you click on the right tab so you can see the entire programme for 2023. Events have already been scheduled for up to October.
Grand Books multilingual website and Youtube channel about everything bookish will be announced in the coming months.
Do you speak French and would like to be part of a French reading group and other events in the language of Molière? Join us here:
https://www.meetup.com/The-London-French-Club/
Do you speak Spanish and would like to be part of a Spanish reading group
and other events in the language of Cervantes?
https://www.meetup.com/London-Spanish-Club/
While we have real debates over books, the environment of this group is intended as friendly, tolerant and informal. Diversity is welcomed.
Looking forward to connecting with you,
Mónica
