Book Discussion Group
A Few Words - by Trevor Agnew
All my life I have found great pleasure in books, and it has
always been my intention to join a book discussion group. Until now, I have
never found a group prepared to take books for young people seriously.
Last month I found my ideal group. Te Tai Tamariki The
Children’s Literature Trust offered a chance to join interested people in a
discussion on The Duck in the Gun, by Joy Cowley and Robyn Belton, as
well as When the Empire Calls by Ken Catran. We had a lovely
wide-ranging discussion, with all kinds of surprising bits of information about
both books bobbing up. It was an evening that was of great benefit to school
librarians and teachers but could be enjoyed by anybody. It was informative. It
was relaxed. It was fun. It was my ideal book chat group.
There was only one drawback – not many people came. In fact,
if we don’t get better numbers, there may not be any more of these gatherings.
So here are the details of the final discussion group. I’ll see you there.
The time: 6.30pm
The date: 7 November 2012
The place: Children’s Bookshop, 227 Blenheim Road
Christchurch
(next to the Mad Butcher, lots of parking)
The books: Works of Margaret Mahy. What’s your
favourite? What special memories do they evoke? Shall we talk about
the three new books – Man from the land of Fandango, Mister Whistler, Footsteps
through the fog?
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