We have monthly or occasional meetings in a city cafe, or online meetings using zoom, or conversation on WhatsApp. The current lockdown situation is respected, and real life events are proposed when possible.- Planning and conversation takes place in the WhatsApp chat groups or Google groups.- From the Main “Sophie” group, the other groups are linked **when something is happening, like a story to be discussed. Contact Graham for information.- **Membership is generally restricted to members of the International Club- The “Sophie group” has existed since 2002 and so we have lots of background.
|Book Groups| |Activity|When and Where|
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|Sophie Group |
| |www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Sophie|| |A longer book each two months, a short story each other month,chosen by proposals and vote|Meetings monthly in at an ourdoor |
|restaurant or on Zoom |
|(see Newsletter and chat for details)|
|Short Stories| (10-50 pages)|
|www.tinyurl.com/ICB-ShortStories|A short story once each month or two|The story should be available online or attached to the chat or sent in an email. You may ask for a paper copy.|
|Short short stories| (1-9 pages)|On occasion|The story is available online or provided through the chats as PDF or text|
|Genre non-fiction|
|Genre biography|
|Genre travelogue |
|Genre business|No special group. |
|Note the Movies chat for documentaties|Non-fiction books are occasionally recommended for the Sophie group. For inistance, biographies and autobiographies, or science and travel and business texts.|
|
|Juval Harari, Jared Diamond, …|
|Genre crime|
|www.tinyurl.com/ICB-CrimeStories|
| |spinoff chat|We have read John Le Carre, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allen Poe …|
|Genre Scifi / Fantasy|
|www.tinyurl.com/ICB-SciFi|spinoff chat|We have read Arthur C Clarke, Philip K. Dick, and H. G. Wells, and discussed HHGG and other cult stories|
|Regions|
| - |Americana|
| - |British books|
| - |Oceania|
| - |Oriental|
| - |Swiss books|
| - …|spinoff chats (to concentrate discussion and avoid overloading the main groups)|Chats used for books with particular area backgrounds|
|Jack London, Mark Twain, …|
|Haweswater, The Salt Path, …|
|Australian and New Zealand books|
|Silk Roads, Indian and Middle East stories|
|Dürrenmatt, Frisch, … also books from Germany and Austria |
|Writing (text and poetry) **|
|www.tinyurl.com/ICB-Writing|Graham, Stefan|For writing short texts and poems at any time. Occasional meetings ot the “Calliope” group.|
|Spirit of Rumi**|
|www.tinyurl.com/Spirit-of-Rumi |Stefan|New group for those who appreciate writings in the style of Basko, Iqbal, Rumi, etc, and Gaia themes|
