Book Club at BUC, facilitated by Jeanette Acland The Miniaturist is the 2014 debut novel of English actress and author Jessie Burton and is set in 17thC Amsterdam. On an autumn day in 1686, 18-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in Amsterdam. She has come from the country to [...]
Book Club at BUC, facilitated by Jeanette Acland Book details to be advised after the July meeting. Event name & details
Book Club at BUC, facilitated by Jeanette Acland Peter Greste’s The First Casualty: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Global War on Journalism will be the focus of our discussion in July. In a world where the first casualty of war is truth, journalism has become the new battleground. Foreign correspondent, Peter [...]
Danger Music by Eddie Ayres From the former ABC Classic FM classicist comes a remarkable story about the power of music and courage to be one’s self. In 2014 Emma was spiralling into a deep depression, driven by anguish about her gender. She quit the radio, travelled, and applied for a position at Dr [...]
Our final meeting for 2018 – not to be missed! Please bring: A favourite Christmas story to share. It can be non text, picturebook, chapter book – whatever you like The name of a book you read this year that still resonates with you. A very small plate of food to share. This gathering [...]
We have decided to do something different in August. Bring along a favourite poem to share and discuss with the group. There will be no book club in September Everyone welcome. Faye or Christine would be happy to talk to you about book club if you would like more information. [...]