July 2008
Summer Reading Suggestions
Here are some suggestions for “Summer Reading” titles ...
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June 2008
Book of the Month: Season 7 – World Classics (the future is feminine) - now with Book Club review!
“The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood (Canada)
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Have you ever wondered what it is that makes people do terrible things?
more info >>May 2008
Book of the Month: Season 7 – Future World Classics (the future is feminine) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for May
April 2008
Book of the Month: Season 7 – Future World Classics (the future is feminine) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for April
March 2008
Book of the Month: Season 7 – Future World Classics (the future is feminine) - now with Book Club review!
“Second-Class Citizen” by Buchi Emecheta (Nigeria)
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Little by little, the past was transformed into the present, and the future was also mine
more info >>February 2008
Book of the Month: Season 7 – Future World Classics (the future is feminine) - now with Book Club review!
“How Many Miles to Babylon?” by Jennifer Johnston (Ireland)
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He who lives in fear needs a small world, a world he can control.
more info >>Tuesday, 12th February 2008
Poetry Evening
Nicola’s Bookshop will host a Poetry Evening with Irish poet, Neville Keery
more info >>January 2008
Book of the Month: Season 6 – World Classics (the past is masculine) - now with Book Club review!
“The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia)
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December 2007
Book of the Month: Season 6 – World Classics (the past is masculine) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for December
Find contentment in the simple beating of one’s heart
more info >>Thursday, 6th December 2007
Author Event
Book Signing from 3 to 4 pm with Hugo Hamilton (Ireland)
more info >>November 2007
Book of the Month: Season 6 – World Classics (the past is masculine) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for November
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing (a poem)
more info >>Tuesday, 27th November 2007
Author Event
Book Launch at Kitty O’Shea’s from 6:30 to 8:30 pm with Des Geraghty (Ireland)
more info >>Thursday, 15th November 2007
Book Presentation: Does Belgium matter?
“How can one not be interested in Belgian History: War, Language and Consensus in Belgium since 1830”
more info >>October 2007
Book of the Month: Season 6 – World Classics (the past is masculine) - now with Book Club review!
“Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Colombia)
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September 2007
Book of the Month: Season 6 – World Classics (the past is masculine) - now with Book Club review!
“A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole (U.S.)
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Testimonials - Creative Reading Group 2006/2007
Read what some of last year's participants have to say about the Creative Reading Group!
more info >>Friday, 28th September 2007
Creative Reading Group 2007/2008
The second year of the CRG will run from October 2007 to June 2008 and will focus on books from Africa and the Caribbean
more info >>August 2007
INSPIRATION for August
Wednesday, 29th August 2007
Summer Reading Group 2007 – Another Way To Travel This Summer!
Click here to find out which book was voted Best Summer Read 2007!
more info >>July 2007
INSPIRATION for July
June 2007
Book of the Month (Season 5 - Censorship in the 21st Century) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for June
May 2007
Book of the Month (Season 5 - Censorship in the 21st Century) - now with Book Club review!
“From A Crooked Rib” by Nuruddin Farah (Somalia)
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April 2007
Book of the Month (Season 5 - Censorship in the 21st Century) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for April
March 2007
Book of the Month (Season 5 - Censorship in the 21st Century) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for March
Thursday, 8th March 2007
Author Event
From 8 pm to 9:30 pm, a reading by Alice Jolly, Brussels based British author, from her second novel “If Only You Knew”.
more info >>February 2007
Book of the Month (Season 5 - Censorship in the 21st Century) - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for February
Friday, 16th February 2007
Author Event
Starting at 6 pm, Book Presentation by Judi Neal of her book “Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that take risks, build bridges, and break new ground”
more info >>January 2007
Book of the Month (Season 4 - "From Book To Film") - now with Book Club review!
INSPIRATION for January
Tuesday, 30th January 2007
FREE Information evening with Debbie Ford trained coach
NICOLA’S BOOKSHOP is pleased to invite you to a free information evening on coaching
more info >>Sunday, 28th January 2007
Young Poets Competition
Winners announced! - Prize giving at Nicola’s Bookshop at 3pm.
more info >>December 2006
Book of the Month (Season 4 - "From Book To Film") - now with Book Club review!
November 2006
Book of the Month (Season 4 - "From Book To Film") - now with Book Club review!
October 2006
Book of the Month (Season 4 - "From Book To Film") - now with Book Club review!
“Like Water For Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel (Mexico)
more info >>Thursday, 26th October 2006
Creative Reading Group 2006/2007
Following on from the success of the Book Club and the Summer Reading Group, Nicola’s Bookshop is launching a Creative Reading Group, which will run annually from October to June.
more info >>September 2006
Book of the Month (Season 4 - "From Book To Film") - now with Book Club review!
August 2006
Sunday, 27th August 2006
Summer Reading Group 2006 - Another Way To Travel This Summer!
Click here to find out which book was voted Best Summer Read 2006!
more info >>June 2006
Book of the Month (Season 3) - now with Book Club review!
Tuesday, 6th June 2006
Author Event
Reading by Donal Gordon from his 21st-century translation of Dante’s “Divine Comedy”
more info >>May 2006
Book of the Month (Season 3) - now with Book Club review!
Sunday, 7th May 2006
Author Event
Book Signing from 3 to 4 pm with Niq Mhlongo (South Africa)
more info >>April 2006
Book of the Month (Season 3) - now with Book Club review!
March 2006
Book of the Month (Season 3) - now with Book Club review!
Sunday, 19th March 2006
Author Event
Book Signing from 3 to 4 pm with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria)
more info >>February 2006
Book of the Month (Season 3) - now with Book Club review!
January 2006
Book of the Month (Season 2) - now with Book Club review!
December 2005
Book of the Month (Season 2) - now with Book Club review!
“Some Prefer Nettles” by Junichiro Tanizaki (Japan)
more info >>November 2005
Book of the Month (Season 2) - now with Book Club review!
“The Book of Proper Names” by Amélie Nothomb (Belgium)
more info >>October 2005
Book of the Month (Season 2) - now with Book Club review!
“Welcome To Paradise” by Mahi Binebine (Morocco)
more info >>September 2005
Book of the Month (Season 2) - now with Book Club review!
June 2005
Books of the Month (Season 1)
Monday, 13th June 2005
Author Event
Book signing from 5 - 6 pm with Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania)
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