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This is a group where we read everything out loud during our meetings — poetry, short stories, plays, novels and non-fiction. Therefore, there’s no need to prepare by reading anything in advance. Either a link to the text will be provided, or we'll do screen-sharing.
You don't have to be a "good reader" to participate; we all get better through practice. It's more fun and more learning happens when people read together, sharing their perspectives.
Another advantage of this format is that we can all react "in the moment" to what we are reading, unlike in regular book clubs where you read the book first, and then forget some of it by the time you actually get to talk about it.
The group was founded by Phyllis in mid-2020, and has been going strong ever since!
Upcoming events
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Group readaloud: Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield
·OnlineOnlineThis is a read-aloud session, with all text shared on-screen, and discussions of what we just read between rounds – like a small-group seminar. There are no prerequisites; you do not need to purchase the book for yourself, although we encourage you to do so, as it is well worth it!
In this session, we will read "The Daughters of the Late Colonel", and then discuss.
"Katherine Mansfield’s 1920 short story, reprinted in The Garden Party and other stories, was written when she was in her early 30s (she died at the age of just 34). But this masterpiece is full of such wise tenderness, such empathy, that you feel it must have written by someone much older." (Julian Girdham)
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Latecomers (unless we know you) will generally NOT BE ADMITTED once the reading starts. If this is your first time with us, consider joining five minutes early, so we can work out any technical issues you may be having.
3 attendees
Read-Aloud: "Saint Joan", by George Bernard Shaw
·OnlineOnline(In our read-alouds, the text is screen-shared. No experience in reading aloud or advance preparation necessary.)
(Wiki:) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about the 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc. It is divided into six scenes and a final epilogue.
It was first produced in New York in December 1923 and opened in London three months later.
Written after Joan's canonisation by the Roman Catholic Church, the play depicts her progress from peasant girl to military leader, her subsequent trial for heresy and her execution.The play reflects Shaw's belief that the people involved in Joan's trial acted according to what they thought was right.
Image is a detail from Jules Bastien-Lepage's painting in the Metropolitan museum of art.
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Latecomers (unless we know you) will generally NOT BE ADMITTED once the reading starts.If this is your first time with us, consider joining five minutes early, so we can work out any technical issues you may be having.
3 attendees
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