Staff Book Club
**MEET THE AUTHOR EVENT**
Crime writer and BBC Crime Correspondent Simon Hall talks about his writing, with emphasis on the book The Balance of Guilt
Date: Thursday 24 May 2012
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Xfi, Streatham Campus
This is a free event, open to all and supported by the University of Exeter Staff Association. Places are limited so please contact Jo Cole at j.v.cole@exeter.ac.uk to book your place or for further information.
Our warmest thanks go to Simon Hall for freely giving up his time to attend this event. For more information about Simon visit his website: www.thetvdetective.com
An Audience with Simon Hall.pdf
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There are two books clubs which are open to all staff to join. One is held in the evening at a venue in Exeter, the other at lunchtimes on the Streatham campus (if staff from St Luke's, Cornwall or any other site would like to join the lunchtime club via videolink, please get in touch and we will sort the appropriate facilities - contact details below)
You don't have to finish a book to come along - your opinions are still welcome!
Lunchtime Book Club
The lunchtime club will be meeting on the FIRST WEDNESDAY of every month.
We set up to three meetings in advance so that you DO NOT have to attend every month. Please just come along if you wish to, or get in touch.
DATES:
Weds 13 June 2012: One Day, by David Nicholls
Weds 4 July 2012: Book TBC
TIME: 12.30pm - 1.30pm
VENUE: Seminar Room A/B, the Research Commons (Old Library). Turn right after the reception desk and follow the corridor to the end - in the summer months we may be on the terrace.
**Members are able to bring their own pack lunch and there is a small vending machine for snacks in the Research Commons.**
The books are suggested by members and drawn democratically from a box. By setting books ahead, it allows people to attend monthly, bi-monthly or every quarter, as they able.
Decisions can change as the club develops but so far we have decided to read paperbacks where possible, fiction or biography, or older childrens' fiction.
BOOKS read so far:
Scoop - Evelyn Waugh (January 2012)
Into the Blue - Robert Goddard (February 2012)
Possession - by A.S.Byatt (March 2012)
Into the Wild - by John Krakauer (April 2012)
For further information e-mail Jo Cole at staffbookclub@exeter.ac.uk (or contact her via the Development & Alumni Relations Office).
Evening Book Club
This club meets every six weeks on a Wednesday after work at a venue in Exeter. (5.30pm-7pm ish)
The next set of books are:
30th May 2012, venue tbc - The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
11th July 2012, venue tbc - The Bell by Iris Murdoch
For more information on the evening book club email Amy Boylan at staffbookclub@exeter.ac.uk
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