{"id":70130,"date":"2020-08-04T04:55:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/?p=70130"},"modified":"2020-07-23T21:57:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:57:36","slug":"literature-conversation-and-friendship-over-a-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/goldenplains\/news\/literature-conversation-and-friendship-over-a-cup-of-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature, conversation and friendship over a cup of coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PLANNING to meet on the second Tuesday morning each month, the Linton Gold Diggers Book Club hopes soon-to-open caf\u00e9, the Linton Larder, will become its home in August.<\/p>\n<p>Member and coordinator, Lesley Berriman said the literary and social group originally launched 18 months ago in the Linton Caf\u00e9 with six participants, and has been strong ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great little friendly club. We have a coffee, something to eat, a chat and discussion about the books for a couple of hours,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, everyone chooses a book of their own, everyone reads it and they can discuss it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m thinking of introducing something where one person a month does a bit of background research on the author and presents that with their book summary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All passionate reading lovers, the current members engage with texts of diverse genres in different ways, whether in audiobook form, or physically, from the library or their own collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve just done Bryce Courtenay\u2019s <em>Four Fires<\/em>, which is a huge story and great on audio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m into thrillers and mysteries where they keep you guessing to the end, and others are into historical stories where murder and romance are thrown in,\u201d Ms Berriman said.<\/p>\n<p>Sandwiching book chat between social conversations, the club likes to make sure they check-in with one another during each meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see how we\u2019re all going and have a laugh about different things that have happened during the month. It\u2019s very sociable, it\u2019s not snobby, and everyone\u2019s welcome to the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very open and fun. We\u2019ve got our characters,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Lesley Berriman to keep up-to-date with the group on <strong>0429 494 677<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLANNING to meet on the second Tuesday morning each month, the Linton Gold Diggers Book Club hopes soon-to-open caf\u00e9, the Linton Larder, will become its home in August. 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