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Post by stuhuggett on Jun 30, 2006 21:30:48 GMT 1
See the Film Club thread for the gist of this: Helen Driver wanted to get one going sometime though. The disadvantage being that we'd need multiple copies of the books, and the time to read them. Any takers or ideas?
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Post by carolyn on Jul 1, 2006 10:59:24 GMT 1
If you're going to have a book club, you'll need to make the time to read the books! A month normally works well for most people.
Why not approach ESCC Library Service. In Brighton & Hove the libraries make available to the public their 'book club' stock - where they've already bought 12 copies of one book - and they are kept together as a set.
Also - if your club is not too big (or obscure - book wise) you'll probably find that the library can provide you with what they need from their regular stock.
Unless you go to Hastings where the management is forcing the librarians to get rid of stock - to install a coffee machine!!!
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Post by caroline on Jul 1, 2006 11:51:08 GMT 1
I'd be up for this, and probably the film club thing too. Would be good for me, I think...I usually have three or four books on the go at any one time, and don't always finish them. Can I make a non-recommendation? (Some of you have already heard me rant about this, but anyway...) Can I NOT recommend Boy George's autobiography, which can be condensed as follows: "Boo-hoo, I'm gay and not famous, boo-hoo, I'm gay and famous, but nobody knooows *tortured hand-wringing*, heroin- yum, heroin- yuk, drugs are bad, m'kay." Went into it quite liking the guy, but he comes across as such a git, I am determined never to read the new companion volume, 'Straight'. Evarrr. Gosh, didn't realise quite how far that book had got up my nose! Sorry.  On the other hand, the 'Witchfinders' book that Stu got me for my birthday is really quite good, if you're interested in that kind of thing, which I am. Anyone got any recommended reads? Or dire warnings? (In the absence of a book club at the moment...) |
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Post by carolyn on Jul 4, 2006 14:03:24 GMT 1
Just off the top of me head - really enjoyed Hotel World by Ali Smith, and am now reading The Accidental by her.
Currently reading Small Island for one book club, but cannot attend meeting to give feedback that it is rather dull. So avoid if possible.
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Post by stuhuggett on May 11, 2007 18:54:35 GMT 1
Julie Burchill & her boyfriend's new non-fiction 'state of the nation' book 'Made In Brighton' (Virgin) looks funny... At least the systematic demolition of Burchill, the book, and indeed Brighton itself, in the new issue of Private Eye, makes it look funny!
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Post by petra on May 11, 2007 19:29:28 GMT 1
IT'S NOT FUNNY
I could actually sue.
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Post by stuhuggett on May 11, 2007 19:35:09 GMT 1
Private Eye or Burchill's book?
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Post by petra on May 11, 2007 20:08:12 GMT 1
Burchill.
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Post by stuhuggett on May 11, 2007 20:24:56 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Jul 13, 2007 23:39:32 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Aug 13, 2007 22:25:20 GMT 1
Original Book Club thread bumped-up...
By the way, does ANYONE know the name of the novel, published a few years back by Serpent's Tail, which was a fictionalised account of the life of Green Gartside?
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Post by stuhuggett on Oct 30, 2008 12:34:37 GMT 1
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Post by stuhuggett on Feb 27, 2009 17:36:14 GMT 1
Got a copy of Iain Sinclair's (largely Hastings & St Leonards themed) poetry (and some prose) book Buried At Sea in the post today (ordered from the London Review Bookshop here) - not read it yet (obviously, me + poetry = slow), but there's some attractive colour seascape photos included, and it appears to be signed too. |
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Post by stuhuggett on Mar 18, 2009 15:54:10 GMT 1
Rebecca's launching her book/dvd Ways To Disappear in Hastings tomorrow - I might be able to make the launch for 5 minutes before I head over to Eastbourne, but otherwise I'll put more details up on the Bibliography thread once I've seen a copy.
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Post by stuhuggett on Apr 17, 2009 12:08:42 GMT 1
Rebecca's book/dvd (credited to Rebecca E Marshall) Ways Of Disappearing is available direct from its publishers Etruscan Books mail-order for £10 (plus postage). It's not up on their website, but they've emailed me to confirm it's orderable now. I had a quick look when I popped by the book launch briefly last month - it's part of a range of CD-sized books, primarily of poetry, that Etruscan issue. I'll send off a cheque at the end of the month for one. |
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