 The next Irish Feminist Network Book Club will take place on Friday, 3rd of February at 6:30pm at the Tea Garden, 7 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1.
The book we will be discussing is Autumn by Ali Smith. Check out some reviews of the book here and here. And some more info on Smith's writing here. Looking forward to seeing you there! :) FYI The Tea Garden is cash only; they don't accept cards.
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 The next book club will be held on Thursday, 2nd of May at 7:30pm in Bewleys cafe. All are welcome!
As chosen by the last book club's attendees, the play of the month is: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. You can find the script online for free, or probably also printed. There's a HBO TV series, or you could go to see the play (let us know if you find an Irish production this month!) "I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them." Good Reads Vagina Monologues Page Reviews: Guardian Review of The Vagina Monologues, http://knollpaper.wordpress.com/current-issue/gender/vday/ To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. We'll be in the back of Bewleys in the restaurant section. The reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network.  When: Thursday, 4th of April, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street The Book: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Facebook Event: IFN April Book Club How to find us: We'll be downstairs in the restaurant section. Our reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network. We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. About: **Trigger warning: This book deals with mental illness and suicide** Recently, Faber have released a 50th anniversary edition of the book and there's been some controversy about the cover: Guardian article on Bell Jar Cove And here's some more info: Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational--as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, The Bell Jar is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic. Goodreads Review Book reviews: Independent Newspaper Bell Jar Review This one has major spoilers: Classic Lit Bell Jar Review There's also a movie from 1979: IMBD Bell Jar Film Page To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. Happy reading & hope to see you next month!  The next book club will be held on Thursday, 7th of March at 7:30pm in Bewleys cafe. All are welcome!
As chosen by the last book club's attendees and those in the FB group, the book of the month is: Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins. **If you're planning to come to the book club, it might be wise to locate a copy of the book asap as you may have to order it online http://www.amazon.com/Black-Feminist-Thought-Consciousness-Empowerment/dp/0415964725** Patricia Hill Collins will also be visiting Ireland in March. You can register to see her speak at UCD. More info here: http://www.facebook.com/events/321752221268307/?ref=ts&fref=ts UCD have also provided two free essays on their website, which you can download from here: http://www.ucd.ie/socialjustice/newsevents/body,159635,en.html And here's some info about the book: "In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353598.Black_Feminist_Thought Book reviews: http://clementinemorrigan.com/2012/01/10/a-reflection-on-patricia-hill-collins-defining-black-feminist-thought/ http://blogs.stlawu.edu/gss290fall2011/2011/09/16/conceptualizing-knowledge-in-black-feminist-thought-by-patricia-hill-collins/ To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. We'll be in the back of Bewleys in the restaurant section. The reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network.  When: Thursday, 7th of February, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street The Book: Queen Bees and Wannabees by Rosalind Wiseman Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/449013075151967/?ref=ts&fref=ts How to find us: We'll be downstairs in the restaurant section. Our reservation will be under Irish Feminist Network. We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. About: **If you're planning to come to the book club, it might be wise to locate a copy of the book asap as you may have to order it online http://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Bees-And-Wannabes-boyfriends/dp/0749924373/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357579717&sr=8-1 ** As a follow up to Bossypants, we'ved decided to read the book which was the basis for Tina Fey's Mean Girls. You can watch the trailer below. Here's some info about the book: "When Rosalind Wiseman first published Queen Bees & Wannabes, she fundamentally changed the way adults look at girls’ friendships and conflicts–from how they choose their best friends, how they express their anger, their boundaries with boys, and their relationships with parents. Wiseman showed how girls of every background are profoundly influenced by their interactions with one another." http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/434051.Queen_Bees_and_Wannabes Book reviews: http://rosalindwiseman.com/publications/queen-bees-and-wannabes/qbaw-reviews/ http://jezebel.com/5377987/queen-bees-wannabes--how-technology-has-changed-teens-forever Book club questions, (how convenient!): http://rosalindwiseman.com/publications/queen-bees-and-wannabes/qbawbook-club-questions/ To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules: -Everyone has the right to contribute to the discussion -Refrain from personal attacks, criticise the idea and not the person -Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of age, gender, race, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious belief, disability, membership of the travelling community, marital status or family status. Happy reading & hope to see you next month!  When: Tuesday, 2nd of October, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Bewleys Cafe on Grafton Street How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/events/152011694938590/ About: It's fiction month, and we thought it would be good to read something by Maeve Binchy, who sadly passed away at the end of July. She was one of Ireland's most successful female writers. You can read more about her here: http://www.thejournal.ie/beloved-irish-writer-maeve-binchy-has-died-aged-72-538914-Jul2012/ "It began with Benny Hogan and Eve Malone, growing up, inseparable, in the village of Knockglen. Benny--the only child, yearning to break free from her adoring parents...Eve--the orphaned offspring of a convent handyman and a rebellious blueblood, abandoned by her mother's wealthy family to be raised by nuns. Eve and Benny--they knew the sins and secrets behind every villager's lace curtains...except their own. It widened at Dublin, at the university where Benny and Eve met beautiful Nan Mahlon and Jack Foley, a doctor's handsome son. But heartbreak and betrayal would bring the worlds of Knockglen and Dublin into explosive collision. Long-hidden lies would emerge to test the meaning of love and the strength of ties held within the fragile gold bands of a... Circle Of Friends." There are a range of reviews of Circle of Friends here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41977.Circle_of_Friends There's also a movie from 1995. Here's the trailer: To facilitate discussion, we'll have these ground rules:
 When: Tuesday, 7th of August, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Where: Accent's Coffee Shop - Downstairs How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/events/343964049014730/ About: Not only is this a great classic novel, there's also a 2005 movie. The trailer is below. There's even a BBC series! You can download the book for free from Project Gutenberg! Here's the link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1342 Happy reading & hope to see you next month!  When: Tuesday, 3rd of July, 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Where: Accent's Coffee Shop - Downstairs How to find us: We'll have the book displayed upright on the table. The Book: 'Delusions of Gender' by Cordelia Fine Facebook Event: RSVP http://www.facebook.com/events/187041481425136/ About: Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference is a book by Cordelia Fine published in 2010 which criticizes claimed evidence of the existence of innate biological differences between men and women's minds, as being faulty and exaggerated, and argues that cultural and societal beliefs contribute to commonly perceived sex differences. Read the Guardian review: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/15/girls-boys-think-same-way Happy reading & hope to see you next month!  Next Book Club: November 1st. The book: Backlash by Susan Faludi
The next meeting of the IFN Book Club takes place at 7pm on Tuesday November 1st at Accents Coffee & Tea Lounge, Lower Stephen Street. This month’s book is Susan Faludi’s ‘Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women’. To find out more join the IFN Book Club group on Facebook and all are welcome to join (even if you don’t get a chance to read the book!). You can also click attending on the event here. What: Discussion of Susan Faludi’s ‘Backlash’ at the IFN Book Club When: Tuesday, November 1st at 7pm Where: Accents Coffee & Tea Lounge, 23 Lower Stephen Street Accents is located just off Stephen’s Green, their Facebook page is here and website here. Directions walking from Stephens Green shopping centre here. |
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