Welcome to The Wayzgoose Club
°, a book group of inner city Melbourne. We’re here to celebrate our love of reading and broaden our literary horizons; to stimulate the little grey cells and to have fun.
We’ll be meeting on the first Thursday of each month. Where? We have no idea, but it will be in or near the Melbourne CBD. It will be quiet enough for discussion, roomy enough for the group to meet comfortably, with reasonably priced meals and close to public transport. (If you know somewhere that sounds like book group nirvana, please let us know.)
We’re up for fiction or non-fiction; classic and contemporary. We’re not much into poetry but if you think you can convince us otherwise, go for it. Books will be selected from a shortlist (we’ll be deciding these titles in the coming weeks). That said, there’s room for impromptu decisions. The deal-breaker will be an item’s availability.
Membership is invite only so let us know if you’re interested.
°What the hell is Wayzgoose? This was the annual celebratory outing or feast for printers, dating from way back. While not quite as rowdy, we see our book group as a celebration of the printed word. For more info: see this Wikipedia entry or World Wide Words.
The ultimate novel for disaffected youth. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen- year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. An exploration of teenage alienation. For 20 years it was the most censored book in American schools and libraries. Surprisingly enough, none of us have read this cult classic!
Jade has nominated that we read 'something by Charles Dickens', the Victorian author and social campaigner. His novels were largely written in serial form for magazines and newspapers. He is known for his strong social conscience and deft comic touch. There are heaps of dramatisations we can watch in conjunction to our reading. Any suggestions for titles?
At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. In its clear-eyed and forensic dissection of the ever-growing middle class and its aspirations and fears, The slap is also a poignant, provocative novel about the nature of loyalty and happiness. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and the Pacific) and longlisted for the Miles Franklin.
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