ZIWA Activities and Interest Groups
Online Book Club
Bulletin Board
and the latest posts:
Author reading events at Kaufleuten - by Julia
Update on Kindle - by Julia for Elizabeth Callow Wirth
Book news autumn 2011 - by Julia
Do you own a Kindle? - by Julia
German Book Reading at Kaufleuten 22 June - by Julia for Nina Maria Marewski
Who's this group for?
Anyone in ZIWA can join. We have our own email address: ziwa.onlinebookclub@gmail.com, and will start a mailing list. We are open to news, ideas and book recommendations. We invite you to submit a book review which we will publish. It can be any book that you have enjoyed reading or using: a new title or an old favourite. We keep a bulletin board for your comments, news and ideas to do with books and authors. For example, if you would like to exchange a book, you can offer it here.
Recommendations and other stuff
Interviews with the authors
ZIWA has been invited to attend a book reading of her new book, The Long Song, by renowned British author, Andrea Levy. The Long Song was nominated for the Booker Prize 2010. Levy's novel Small Island of 2004 was also an international success and its BBC TV adaptation won an International Emmy. Here is the interview with Andrea Levy.
The Book Club Chairladies' picks
At our January Chairladies' Business Breakfast, the book club chairladies all came along with a book recommendation. Here are the titles they chose:
- Book Club Read and Talk in German: Fremd Genug, by Erica Pedretti.
- English Book Club in Zollikon: The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery.
- French Book Club: Le Cercle littéraire des amateurs d'épluchures de patates, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
- German Book Club: Der Koch, by Martin Suter.
- German Book Club in Wollerau: Atemschaukel, by Herta Müller.
- Grüningen Book Club: The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad.
- Oriental Literature Book Club: Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi, and My Land and My People by the Dalai Lama.
- Spanish Book Club: Pasión India by Javier Moro, and El Corazón de Piedra Verde by Salvador de Madariaga.
- Zürich Evening Book Club: The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Book Reviews
Please find here below the book reviews, tips, and recommendations received so far.
- Sent by Paola Cavallari – February 2012
"Der Teufel von Mailand" by Martin SuterI usually like the works of this Swiss novelist, and this is ... more ... - Sent by Julia Newton – February 2012
Author Readings at Zurich Kaufleuten Do you remember last year, a group of ZIWA readers went to K ... more ... - Sent by Julia – October 2011
The Wood Cutter by Reginald Hill. Hill is the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series of crime nov ... more ... - Sent by Julia – July 2011
Books set in China Over the past 10 - 20 years, many books have appeared which are set in modern ... more ... - Sent by Julia Newton – June 2011
Summer reading suggestions from our ZIWA members: Barbara Strobel writes:One of my major pleas ... more ... - Sent by Julia for Nina Marewski – May 2011
Nina Maria Marewski, one of our ZIWA German book club members, published her first novel, Die Moldau ... more ... - Sent by Nerida – April 2011
Another trilogy of pure action, written by Stieg Larson:The Girl who Played with Fire,The Girl with ... more ... - Sent by Cynthia Hoehn – April 2011
AMSTERDAM by IAN McEWANPeople seem to be divided into two groups in their opinions of the author Ian ... more ... - Sent by Gerda Janssens – March 2011
"Our Book Club is really functioning very well. People like to meet, to read and to discuss. Somet ... more ...
We would like to hear from you!
Do you have a favourite work of fiction, or a beloved author? What cookery book can't you live without? Which travel guide do you take with you on holiday? Which childhood favourite left a lasting impression? Do write and tell us. And we'll publish your book stories here.