Book Group - Reading for Pleasure (For Existing Students Only)
Course Outline:
This course encourages reading and the sharing of ideas through discussion, looking at the influence of our personal history and how it relates to our preferences in book selection today.
Please Bring:
Please purchase or come with the following books:
*Term 1 - 2024 Booklist:
Yellowface Rebecca F. Kuang
The Soumate Sally Hepworth
Birthday Stories Haruki Murakami
About the Tutor:
Margaret Baird is a trained English teacher. She currently works as an Individual and Couple Councillor in private practice. Leading groups both in the self-help and the book group area has been her special interest. She is currently a member of two book groups and is keen to encourage enrichment through reading and discussion.
This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.
Course testimonials:
- This is a Top group where the continued renewal of the membership speaks for itself. A highlight of the week! Margaret is a gifted facilitator and friend to everyone.
- Intelligent lively discussion and group friendships. Margaret Baird is an excellent facilitator.
- Very enjoyable even though it has to be on Zoom for the time being! Venue rating would have been higher had it not been at home!!
- As always, another stimulating term of discussion, controversy and illumination.
- I enjoyed the trainer and the participants
- Excellent course. I appreciate the effort the college has made to improve the facilities in the meeting room. Air con coffee etc. Louise
- Margaret (facilitator) is insightful. Members thoughtful, friendly and interesting. Books well chosen.
- Margaret was very able to continue our course with zoom and I enjoyed the term very much even though we were not able to meet f2f during this time of covid
- I have enjoyed reading the different books selected by Margaret which I probably would not have chosen myself. This has broadened my reading base and enjoyment of reading enormously. Margaret is a great teacher/leader as is shown by the fact our class is consistently full!!
- I have been attending Reading for Pleasure for some years and I have always looked forward to joining the group each term. Margaret has done an excellent job of coordinating our group and is considerate and inclusive of all our members.