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Don’t have a heart attack – book club is beginning for 2011!

Jo — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 02:54:29 +0000

Hello Ladies! I had an attack of the guilts after I caught the end of a First Tuesday Book Club special the other night and realized that my role as your Femiliterate facilitator has been non-existent since last year. A few of you have politely said “when’s the next book club Jo?” (and one less [...]

First Femiliterate for 2010!

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:07:26 +0000

We’ve been a bit slow getting started this year but better late than never! To refresh your memories, we finished last year on the dark and brooding note of Dracula…a creepy classic where we found interesting insights into Victorian notions of masculinity and femininity (remember wonderful Madam Mina? She has a man’s brain and a [...]

Femiliterate Book 3 – The Choicening

Jo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:15:55 +0000

Hi girls Here it is – the book selection for the third book club. Thanks for all your contributions and enthusiasm. Looking forward to a fab night on the 5th November! And your selections are: Dracula by Bram Stoker When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, [...]

Next Up – a deep Breath for Tim Winton

Jo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:22:03 +0000

Breath by Tim Winton – 2009 – paperback – 276 pages – $21.51 from Fishpond.com.au For all those feminines who couldn’t make it to our first book club meeting, we missed you but we had a good night meeting each other and discussing “Home” by Marilynne Robinson. Lindy gave a very enthusiastic summary of the [...]

Home by Marilynne Robinson

Jo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:20:27 +0000

Home by Marilynne Robinson Hi everyone – thanks to those who voted for our first book choice. We’re going to be reading and talking about HOME by Marilynne Robinson so go out and grab yourself a copy and get into it! I’ve had a look around and the cheapest online retailers are fishpond.com.au who sell [...]

Choose Your Book

Jo — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:54:09 +0000

Welcome ladies to the first post from the Femi-Literate book club! Our first meeting will be on Thursday 2nd of July 8pm-10pm at Lindy and Jo’s place at 2 Violet St, Bronte This is what we plan to do: we will meet at the pre-determined spot there we will talk about The Book we have [...]