Name: Short Story Club
Start: 2024-07-03T18:30:00
End: 2024-07-03T19:30:00

Wed 3rd Jul + 63 More Dates
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
online event
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1300 695 427
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Want to join a book club but don't always have the time?

Keen to try out a new writer each month without the commitment of a 500 page novel? This is the club for you! Each month we read one short story or piece of narrative non-fiction then meet to share and discuss it. Read the story online then join the Zoom meeting to share your thoughts with other club members.

Zoom link will be sent directly to attendees prior to the event date via email.

The reads for each month are listed below.

July: Spider the Artist by Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor was born in the United States to two Igbo (Nigerian) immigrant parents. She holds a PhD in English and was a professor of creative writing at Chicago Statue University. She has been the winner of many awards for her short stories and young adult books, and won a World Fantasy Award for Who Fears Death. Nnedi's books are inspired by her Nigerian heritage and her many trips to Africa.

August: It's Silly to be Frightened of Being Dead by Diana Athill

Diana Athill was born in England on December 21, 1917. She was educated at Oxford University, and worked as an editor and researcher. Athill started writing autobiography in her early 40s. Her memoir, Instead of a Letter, was published in 1962. Her other memoirs included After a Funeral; Make Believe; Alive, Alive Oh!; Stet; Yesterday Morning; and A Florence Diary. Somewhere Towards the End won a Costa Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her other works included a volume of short stories entitled An Unavoidable Delay and a novel entitled Don't Look at Me Like That. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2009.

September: Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Roald (pronounced "Roo-aal") was born in Llandaff, South Wales. During World War II he served as a fighter pilot and for a time was stationed in Washington, D.C.. Prompted by an interviewer, he turned an account of one of his war experiences into a short story that was accepted by the Saturday Evening Post, which were eventually collected in Over to You (1946). Dahl's stories are often described as horror tales or fantasies, but neither description does them justice. He has the ability to treat the horrible and ghastly with a light touch, sometimes even with a humorous one. His tales never become merely shocking or gruesome. His purpose is not to shock but to entertain, and much of the entertainment comes from the unusual twists in his plots, rather than from grizzly details.

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Free