language AND LITERATURE
ICHI BOOK CLUB Meeting #2 Wednesday, 14 October 2020 from 19:00-20:00
Our e-book club is here! We have partnered with the Inverloch Library to get one going.
Of course, given current circumstances it is an online version of a book club, but who knows what this could become when all this is over.
In the meantime, we will just make the most of what resources are available to us.
To participate you will need a library card and a pin, to enable access to the Libraries RB digital portal. If you don’t have a library membership and pin, you can sort it out online (https://www.wgrlc.vic.gov.au/ ), or phone the lovely people at the Library on 5674 1169.
This month (September /October), Jen has chosen Alice to Prague by Tanya Heaslip, the charming true story of an outback girl who finds adventure - and love - on the other side of the world.
What happens when a young independent Northern Territory country girl decides to follow her dreams and go off in search of adventures abroad? An honest, often funny, bittersweet memoir of love, loss and belonging; of the hard-won understanding around where home lies.
In 1994, with a battered copy of ‘Let's Go Europe’ stuffed in her backpack, Tanya Heaslip left her safe life as a lawyer in outback Australia and travelled to the post-communist Czech Republic.
Dismissing concerns from family and friends that her safety and career were at risk, she arrived with no teaching experience whatsoever, to work at a high school in a town she'd never heard of, where the winters are frigid and plunge to sub-zero temperatures.
During her childhood on an isolated cattle station in Central Australia, Tanya had always dreamed of adventure and romance in Europe, but the Czech Republic was not the stuff of her dreams. On arrival, however, she falls headlong into misadventures that change her life forever.
This land of castles, history and culture opened up to her and she to it. In love with Prague and her people, particularly with the charismatic Karel, who takes her into his home, his family and as far as he can into his heart, Tanya learns about lives very different to hers.
Alice to Prague is a bittersweet story of a search for identity, belonging and love, set in a time, a place and with a man that fill Tanya's life with contradictions.
About the Author: Tanya Heaslip was born on a cattle station in outback Australia at the height of the Cold War. She grew up to study and then practice Law. In 1989 she travelled to Europe for the first time and in 1994 she moved to the Czech Republic where she taught English for two and a half years. Since then Tanya has returned to the Czech Republic many times.
Tanya now lives in the Northern Territory with her husband.
Now we are up and running, we have decided to meet monthly, on the second Wednesday of the month, so the next meeting will be 14/10/2020. This should give everyone time to read the book, even if you are going to get a hard copy delivered.
Of course the book is available from the Inverloch Library in digital form to read with the RB Digital reader, free and unlimited for Library members. https://westgippsland.rbdigitalglobal.com/book/9781760871185
If you want to take part, then welcome! Email Jill on admin-ichi@dcsi.net.au to enrol and get the zoom meeting login link.
Our e-book club is here! We have partnered with the Inverloch Library to get one going.
Of course, given current circumstances it is an online version of a book club, but who knows what this could become when all this is over.
In the meantime, we will just make the most of what resources are available to us.
To participate you will need a library card and a pin, to enable access to the Libraries RB digital portal. If you don’t have a library membership and pin, you can sort it out online (https://www.wgrlc.vic.gov.au/ ), or phone the lovely people at the Library on 5674 1169.
This month (September /October), Jen has chosen Alice to Prague by Tanya Heaslip, the charming true story of an outback girl who finds adventure - and love - on the other side of the world.
What happens when a young independent Northern Territory country girl decides to follow her dreams and go off in search of adventures abroad? An honest, often funny, bittersweet memoir of love, loss and belonging; of the hard-won understanding around where home lies.
In 1994, with a battered copy of ‘Let's Go Europe’ stuffed in her backpack, Tanya Heaslip left her safe life as a lawyer in outback Australia and travelled to the post-communist Czech Republic.
Dismissing concerns from family and friends that her safety and career were at risk, she arrived with no teaching experience whatsoever, to work at a high school in a town she'd never heard of, where the winters are frigid and plunge to sub-zero temperatures.
During her childhood on an isolated cattle station in Central Australia, Tanya had always dreamed of adventure and romance in Europe, but the Czech Republic was not the stuff of her dreams. On arrival, however, she falls headlong into misadventures that change her life forever.
This land of castles, history and culture opened up to her and she to it. In love with Prague and her people, particularly with the charismatic Karel, who takes her into his home, his family and as far as he can into his heart, Tanya learns about lives very different to hers.
Alice to Prague is a bittersweet story of a search for identity, belonging and love, set in a time, a place and with a man that fill Tanya's life with contradictions.
About the Author: Tanya Heaslip was born on a cattle station in outback Australia at the height of the Cold War. She grew up to study and then practice Law. In 1989 she travelled to Europe for the first time and in 1994 she moved to the Czech Republic where she taught English for two and a half years. Since then Tanya has returned to the Czech Republic many times.
Tanya now lives in the Northern Territory with her husband.
Now we are up and running, we have decided to meet monthly, on the second Wednesday of the month, so the next meeting will be 14/10/2020. This should give everyone time to read the book, even if you are going to get a hard copy delivered.
Of course the book is available from the Inverloch Library in digital form to read with the RB Digital reader, free and unlimited for Library members. https://westgippsland.rbdigitalglobal.com/book/9781760871185
If you want to take part, then welcome! Email Jill on admin-ichi@dcsi.net.au to enrol and get the zoom meeting login link.
BASS COAST WRITERS
Do you like to write? We are people of all ages with different writing ability and support each other. We enter competitions and publish a book once a year. Come along to the House on a Thursday afternoon to be part of something very special.
All welcome!
Do you like to write? We are people of all ages with different writing ability and support each other. We enter competitions and publish a book once a year. Come along to the House on a Thursday afternoon to be part of something very special.
All welcome!
ODE TO A MASK MAKER - A poem written by BCW President Gayle Marien on the theme of "Is it Over?"
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Topically, Gayle says "I have combined that with my efforts to make face masks and produced a poem. The poem is a pantoum which is made up of quatrains that are four line stanzas or verses. The second and fourth lines of each stanza become the first and third lines of the next and the final line in the poem is the same as the first. Read the poem here
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Bass Coast Writers remote readings for Neighbourhood House Week 2020 in May.
Here are the five stories as shared on Facebook written by members of the Bass Coast Writers. (The introduction for all the videos is the same - please fast forward if binge watching!)
Here are the five stories as shared on Facebook written by members of the Bass Coast Writers. (The introduction for all the videos is the same - please fast forward if binge watching!)
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FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS with Bernadette
(Native Speaker Teacher)
Learn to speak, write, and understand basic French used in everyday situations.
FRENCH FOR INTERMEDIATE with Bernadette
(Native Speaker Teacher)
For students with a good basic knowledge of French grammar. In this class the focus is on vocabulary and role play (eg: booking a train/plane ticket/a hotel room, at the restaurant/café, asking for directions etc to prepare you for your next trip to France.
(Native Speaker Teacher)
Learn to speak, write, and understand basic French used in everyday situations.
FRENCH FOR INTERMEDIATE with Bernadette
(Native Speaker Teacher)
For students with a good basic knowledge of French grammar. In this class the focus is on vocabulary and role play (eg: booking a train/plane ticket/a hotel room, at the restaurant/café, asking for directions etc to prepare you for your next trip to France.
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS with Lucia
Learn Italian from an Italian! Lucia, our tutor is a native speaker. For adults beginners who want to understand basic Italian.
We will go through very common situations, and a bit of grammar. You will learn to ask for information, to talk about yourself, to talk to your Italian relatives and friends. You will also learn something about Italian traditions, food, historical sites, local habits.
All you need to bring with you is an exercise book.
Learn Italian from an Italian! Lucia, our tutor is a native speaker. For adults beginners who want to understand basic Italian.
We will go through very common situations, and a bit of grammar. You will learn to ask for information, to talk about yourself, to talk to your Italian relatives and friends. You will also learn something about Italian traditions, food, historical sites, local habits.
All you need to bring with you is an exercise book.