Thursday, May 28, 2009

BookClub Garden Party: June

Shinners has suggested a Bookclub garden party for our next meeting. To kick off the summer in style, this event takes place on the 27th June - let's hope for sunshine!

It is a chance to meet up and chat about summer reads -favs from previous holidays or ones people are hoping to read on next holiday? It's always good to get recommendations for good summer books!

There will be crustless cucumber sandwiches and tea in china cups on the menu! Floral dresses are optional but would really add to the occasion...of course our mascot (Baby Bookclubber) Seán will be guest of honour, maybe even bring his first book?

The read for this summer event is Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy
Aged thirteen, Jane makes a vow to herself and to her feuding parents - she will never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose. Years later, now a Harvard professor and living with Theo, a filmmaker, Jane falls unexpectedly pregnant. Resolved as she's been to childlessness, she begins to warm to the idea of motherhood, even with a partner who is increasingly absent. But a devastating turn of events takes the decision out of her hands in a way she could never have predicted. Her familiar world torn apart, Jane feels forced to leave her old life behind, and piece by piece begins to destroy the little that is left. She resigns from her job, cuts all ties with friends and family and moves to a place where no one will find her. Isolated, she feels she has finally succeeded in leaving her world. Yet when a young girl disappears, prompting a high-profile police investigation, Jane is drawn in. Convinced that the person at the heart of the case is much closer to her new community than anyone realises, she has to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a shocking truth.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Talking Books

Talking Books - a series of conversations with Dermot Bolger

Date: Thursdays, April 16th, May 14th, June 11th, July 9th
Location: Deansgrange Library
Time: 7pm
Cost: Free, but advance booking is essential.Contact Deansgrange Library 01-285 0860 to reserve tickets.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is delighted to present ‘Talking Books’, a series of intimate public conversations by novelist, playwright and poet Dermot Bolger with leading Irish writers about the art of writing and the everyday practices, routines and difficulties involved with creating a sustained piece of literature. Broadening out to include questions and comments from the audience, these evenings are intended to be enjoyed by emerging writers and by anyone interested in contemporary Irish writing. These conversations with Dermot Bolger are presented by DLR Arts in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Library Service and will take place in Deansgrange Library at 7:00 pm on the dates listed below.

Thursday April 16th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Gerard Donovan, author of Schopenhauer’s Telescope and Julius Winsome.

Thursday May 14th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Brian Keenan, author of An Evil Cradling and Four Quarters of Light: An Alaskan Journey.

Thursday June 11th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in conversation with Deirdre Purcell, author of Falling for a Dancer and Diamonds and Holes in My Shoes.

Thursday July 9th @ 7:00 pm
Dermot Bolger in a final conversation with Claire Kilroy, author of Tenderwire, & John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

Talking Books is part of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s Place and Identity programme of Per Cent for Art commissions funded through the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Further information: Ciara King, Public Art Programme AdministratorE: cking@dlrcoco.ie T: +353 (0)1 271 9529

Thursday, May 07, 2009

A Good Reason to Eat Chocolate....

Not that we need any but Galaxy are giving away 1 million books comprised of their ten favourite best-sellers. Simply buy a bar of Galaxy with the promotional wrapper and enter the unique code on their website:
http://www.galaxybookclub.ie/reads/