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Chick

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For those of you who are coming please read this and let me know if you can come early.


Please reply.


Thanks


Chick.



Dear Chick and everyone


our guest author Lorrie Moore has a double booking now on 27 May and I need to

start the recording earlier. Are you and your friends able to arrive at

Broadcasting House at 5pm ?


Sorry for any inconvenience but this is out of my hands.


Can you let me know as soon as you can?


Many thanks


Dymphna

Greetings and thanks to every one who came along last night, a very good meeting and a big welcome to Claire. Our next meeting is at the Clockhouse on Wednesday 14th May upstairs in the Blake room. Our next book is Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore which is also the next radio 4 book club book. Three copies have been ordered from Rye Books.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Will_Run_the_Frog_Hospital%3F


Don?t forget our broadcast with the author of The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas

on Sunday 4th May radio 4 at 4.00pm.


I have arranged to give out World book night books on Sunday at the Ivyhouse Public house in Stuart Rd SE15 after 5.00pm, would anyone like to come and help? The book is Confessions of a GP by Dr Benjamin Daniels.


Claire, you are booked for the radio 4 book club on 27th May.


http://www.worldbooknight.org/books/item/10129-confessions-of-a-gp



Cheers

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Greetings and thanks to everyone who came to another very good meeting last night. Not the most popular book we have read.


Our next meeting is June 4th again at the Clockhouse 8.00pm ish in the snug area downstairs. We chose two short books due to the next meeting being in three weeks.


The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wallpaper


And Gods own Country by Ross Raison.


http://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/22/featuresreviews.guardianreview40


Don?t forget the Radio 4 book club on Tuesday 27th May at Broadcasting House at 5.00pm.


Hoots & haggis.

Greetings and many thanks to everyone who came to our meeting, a big welcome to Emily. The next meeting is Wednesday 2nd July and the book is "under The skin" by Michel Faber.


Alexia, Jessie are you coming back?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Skin_%28novel%29


Will try and arrange a BBQ early July, does depend on my roster.


Hope to see you all then.


Three copies are in Rye Books.


Cheers

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Hi Lucy,


The next meeting is Wednesday 2nd July and the book is "Under The Skin" by Michel Faber. The venue is the Clockhouse at the bottom of Barry Rd by the Rye in the Blake room upstairs. We meet at 8.0pm.

Send me an email address and I will put you on the list.


Cheers

Hi there,


I've also just moved to the area and really keen to join a Book Club. Unfortunately I'm away on holiday until 3rd July, so will miss the next session in July.


Is there a date and book planned for August - assuming that i'm permitted to join of course!


Thanks,

JB

send an email address and I will put you on the list. You are more than welcome.


JB_200 Wrote:

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> Hi there,

>

> I've also just moved to the area and really keen

> to join a Book Club. Unfortunately I'm away on

> holiday until 3rd July, so will miss the next

> session in July.

>

> Is there a date and book planned for August -

> assuming that i'm permitted to join of course!

>

> Thanks,

> JB

Dear Book clubbers,


I invited Michel Faber to our meeting but sadly he cant come. He did send this though:


Dear Chick,


I don't mind you asking at all, and please send my best wishes to everyone at the book club and tell them that I would have loved to be there. On Wednesday I am actually booked to attend a Canongate event in Ladbroke Grove but I think it's highly likely I will have to cancel this at the last minute.


So maybe I should have asked before.


Look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday.


Chick

Greetings and thanks to everyone who came to the last meeting, I hope you all enjoyed the evening.


The next meeting is Wednesday 6th August and the next book is Woman on the edge of time by Marge Piercy.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_on_the_Edge_of_Time


See you all then.

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