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:
- I value the opportunity to connect with friends I have made in this group. Margaret chooses interesting books which encourage much discussion.
- Margaret puts a lot of thought, work and effort into our sessions in reading for pleasure. We all enjoy the group and return for more the next term.
- Margaret (facilitator) is insightful. Members thoughtful, friendly and interesting. Books well chosen.
- I came in late and was a Zoomer but enjoyed the quality and interest level of the discussion. Great people who are friendly and inclusive!!
- Course great as always. I prefer a normal class but thank you for making zoom possible.
- In spite of covid and only meeting via zoom I think we had another wonderful year of exciting and challenging books to read and discuss under the inspirational and encouraging leadership of Margaret. Looking forward to another great year in 2021.
- I enjoyed the interaction in class with a lot of thoughtful opinion.
- I enjoyed sharing a wonderful variety of books with a great group of people
- Getting together with the class and discussing books! Even if it was virtually. The Zoom experience was better than I had imagined it would be.
- Margaret is an excellent facilitator who is passionate about the books we read.