The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Tag: Literature
The Invisible Mile – David Conventry
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS A reimagining of the 1928 Ravat-Wonder team from New Zealand and Australia who were the first English-speaking team to ride the Tour de France, then 5476 km of unsealed roads. A psychological journey in which the cyclists rode over mountains… Continue Reading “The Invisible Mile – David Conventry”
Genesis – Bernard Beckett
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks Anax sits an all-day exam for admittance to The Academy, the governing body of her utopian society. However, things are not as they seem and instead unresolved scientific and philosophical questions are raised. Unable to attribute misfortune to… Continue Reading “Genesis – Bernard Beckett”
Owls Do Cry – Janet Frame
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo Owls Do Cry is semi-autobiographical, recounting a character’s – and Frame’s own – time in a mental hospital in provincial, pre-1940s New Zealand. Protagonist Daphne Withers is mute, surrounded by uncaring carers, and begins receiving shock treatment. With… Continue Reading “Owls Do Cry – Janet Frame”
The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Jobless and homeless during world financial collapse, Charmaine and Stan sign up for a social experiment called The Positron Project. In it, no one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in for six… Continue Reading “The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood”
2016 – The Back Story
It’s easy to become engrossed in the story, to be taken with the now and the potential and forget what has been; the moments that created the existence of now. And it’s easy for best sellers and award-winning authors to look out there into… Continue Reading “2016 – The Back Story”
2015 – End Of Year Thoughts
There was a lot in the literary world to be excited about this year: Harper Lee’s much awaited sequel, Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel in ten years, and Haruki Murakami making an appearance in New Zealand to name a few. But as the year progressed… Continue Reading “2015 – End Of Year Thoughts”
The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Sophia An elderly couple moves across an unrecognisable Britain, one where myths and traditional heroes frequent and where an eerie fog hangs. In search for their son they battle fog-induced forgetfulness and wonder whether being enabled with memory will… Continue Reading “The Buried Giant – Kazuo Ishiguro”
Go Set A Watchman – Harper Lee
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks Apparently the first draft of To Kill A Mockingbird, discovered more than 50 years after the release of Mockingbird. Published in its draft form, it follows Scout as an adult and observes her relationship with her father, Atticus,… Continue Reading “Go Set A Watchman – Harper Lee”
2015 Bookerthon
For Bookerthon 2015 we have ventured to beautiful Northland to complete our reading and discussion of the six eclectic books that make up this year’s shortlist. With Suzy having moved out of Nelson (sob!) we felt we needed to be in the same location… Continue Reading “2015 Bookerthon”
Satin Island – Tom McCarthy
READ FOR BOOKERTHON U, a corporate anthropologist, spends his days procrastinating over endless buffer-zones of information and becoming obsessed by images of the world. ❍ “It’s difficult to describe this book. It’s almost as if it doesn’t have a plot, rather it is made… Continue Reading “Satin Island – Tom McCarthy”
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