EVENING BOOK CLUB
The WLS Evening Book Club is a very simple affair, open to all. Here’s how to join:
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Borrow one of our library copies free of charge.
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Hop online from 7-8 p.m. each First Wednesday for some great conversation!
New to book clubs? Come join us! There’s nothing quite like the pleasure of talking about something you just read with some nice folks who’ve read it, too.
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We hold our meetings on MS Teams, so you can join us right from your favourite reading chair. New to MS Teams? It’s easy - we’ll help you connect.
Any questions, contact library@wls.org.nz. or read our information sheet.
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THIS MONTH
Join us to discuss Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
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It is 1938 and for Manod, a young woman living on a remote island off the coast of Wales, the world looks ready to end just as she is trying to imagine a future for herself. The ominous appearance of a beached whale on the island's shore, and rumours of submarines circling beneath the waves, have villagers steeling themselves for what's to come. Empty houses remind them of the men taken by the Great War, and of the difficulty of building a life in the island's harsh, salt-stung landscape. When two anthropologists from the mainland arrive, Manod sees in them a rare moment of opportunity to leave the island and discover the life she has been searching for. But, as she guides them across the island's cliffs, she becomes entangled in their relationship, and her imagined future begins to seem desperately out of reach.
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The Evening Book Club meets online via MS Teams on the first Wednesday of the month.
Next session is Wednesday 4th December, 7-8 pm
PAST TITLES:
Here are the books we’ve read and enjoyed! Want to read them in your own book club? Contact library@wls.org.nz about checking out a free book club set of any title or read our information sheet.
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