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Intrepid Pens and IdeFix: Pen Pals! (PART III)
Posted: March 14, 2011 in Book Club Forum, Creative Writing CircleAnd below is the letter we recieved from “D” — another participant in the Idefix program in Berlin (and a new Intrepid Pens friend). Scroll down to the Comments Section to see what we sent back. * * * January 5, 2011 Hello you people from Vancouver! How do you do? I hope that you [...]
Intrepid Pens and IdeFix: Pen Pals! (PART II)
Posted: March 14, 2011 in Book Club Forum, Creative Writing CircleLast month, Intrepid Pens worked on replies to our new friends in Berlin. Below is the letter we received from “K”. In the Comments Section are our replies. * * * January 5, 2011 My name is ["K"], I’m a German woman, I’m 42 years old, and I live in Berlin! I’m also an ex-drug-user [...]
(Jan. 2011) The Book Club started a new book this evening: “The Flying Troutmans” by Miriam Toews. Copies came to us thanks to a very generous donation by a Vancouver-based Book Publicist. We read through the first few pages together at tonight’s meeting and laughed out loud. Comments from group members will be posted below [...]
“Intrepid Pens and IdeFix: Pen Pals!”
Posted: February 21, 2011 in Book Club Forum, Creative Writing CircleA few months ago Intrepid Pens received a letter from an English teacher in Berlin. She’d seen an article about us in an online Canadian newspaper, and was inspired to get in touch. Her name was Sonja. Here’s what she told us: Originally from Canada and now living (and studying) in Berlin, Sonja teaches ESL [...]
(2010) Last week we started on Alice Munro’s Runaway: Stories. We’re doing a story a week. Post your feedback in the “Comments” section below.
(2010) The group will dig in to Mary Karr’s “The Liar’s Club” this afternoon. (It’s one of my favourite memoirs so I’m looking quite forward to it.) Special thanks to Carnegie Library, Aaron, Susan, Heidi, Rhianna, and Rachel for working so hard to get us copies of this hard-to-find title.
(2009) And post your feedback for this one here!
(2009) The Cactus Book Club has already tackled this book. The DTES Club will start on Saturday. Post your feedback here!
