Are you a Bibliophile?

Hello bibliophiles...for some months I've needed to press the Pause button on this blog as other life priorities took precedence.   

But here I am again, coincidentally, with the upcoming annual Byron Writer's Festival that promises us lively conversations, workshops and talks.   

My recent dive into a fascinating book from my library 'Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the YA-YA Sisterhood, by author Brenda Knight, inspired me to start a book discussion group on this same topic. 

An yes, I'm a Bibliophile like Brenda!

Though I've read about and studied many of the women in this book, there are many more who I hadn't heard of. 

Could other women be interested as well, in learning and discussing them in a group?

Brenda pays tribute to a range of pioneering women who've paved the way for us. Many escaped the public eye, some survived jailing, name-calling, rejection and many were black-listed for speaking up, or writing about their religious passion or about life. 

From the first recorded writer of either gender - Enheduanna from Sumeria - to modern mystics, novelists and literary laureates, I believe this book is worth sharing. I was surprised that our Australian feminist scholar, Germaine Greer, was not profiled - a tendency I've noticed a few times by American authors.

 

This Women Who Love Books Too Much discussion group will commence mid August in Mullumbimby just after the festival, so hopefully some of you will feel your juices flowing to join me. 

You can email me marianatrapera @ gmail.com for details.