BOOK GROUP.SAT 14 MARCH,12-2.QUAKERS.PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL

Regular second-saturday-of-the-month (Fiction) BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP.

WE READ ALL GENRES OF FICTION.
(we have read sci-fi/dystopia, literary fiction, lgbtq content/author,historical and much more)

We choose books in turn; after you have attended twice, you get to go on the choosing books rota!

FORMAT:
PART ONE:A CHOSEN BOOK

AND

PART TWO:A DISCUSSION ON A RELATED THEME (after the break)
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*This is a SAFER-SPACE group for LGBTQ(18+) people ONLY*
(Book authorship/content does NOT have to be LGBTQ)

**THIS GROUP IS TRANS-AFFIRMATIVE.We welcome all trans people and gender-non-conforming folk; expression of any gender-critical views is NOT tolerated.**
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NB IF YOU ARE A FIRST-TIMER TO THE GROUP:

You will be made very welcome by our facilitator/hosts and the group:)
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THIS MONTH:

PART ONE:

THIS MONTH'S BOOK:

"PAUL TAKES THE FORM OF A MORTAL GIRL"(Andrea Lawlor"); the narrative of a gender shape-shifter, through varied incarnations of the lgbtq experience, around the USA. "A punk 'Orlando'"

SHORT BREAK

PART TWO:

GENERAL BOOK (fiction) DISCUSSION on the THEME: "Time shifts and Gender shifts, from Orlando, and backwards and forwards"

RECOMMENDED READS from our last month's reading.

LGBTQ NOTICEBOARD (not just book-related); feel free to flag up an LGBTQ event or 2!
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VENUE/LOCATION:

We are at THE FRIENDS' MEETING HOUSE(QUAKERS),22 School Lane,off Hanover St,Liverpool L1 3BT; ENTRANCE: 22 School Lane ; central Liverpool location.

WE MEET 11.45-12 , in the FOYER of the Friends Meeting House(entrance School Lane).

Steve (Host/Organiser)will be in foyer-from 11.45 till 12-to greet you:) see Steve's pic on this site.

If you arrive after 12, please ask their Receptionist what room we are in, they will direct you; and please knock on the door!

ACCESSIBILITY:

This whole venue (including all booked rooms) is accessible for wheelchairs/other motability aids.

There is a lift(wheelchair accessible) to all floors

THERE ARE self-contained/cubicle "TOILETS FOR ALL" ; and disabled toilets
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COST:
£5 per person.

This is purely to cover room rental and the Organiser's Meet Up subscription costs; no profit is made; we are unfunded.

Please pay -at the start of event- to Steve(Host and Organiser), preferably in cash; but he can give his bank details(again, pay at the start of the event)
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FACILITIES:

There is no cafe; but we can use one of their kitchens(there is one on each floor, some rooms have one attached!)

Please bring own food(not needing heating/refrigeration); coffee/tea/milk(cows only) and sugar provided by our regulars:)

Venue kitchen has crockery cups cutlery.

And/or : You can bring take -out drinks and food(not requiring heating/reheating)

If you want NON-cows milk, please bring your own(there is a fridge)
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LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING NEWCOMERS AND REGULARS:)