Tag: reading club
Book Club, The Iliad, (Cobán, Guatemala)
At the Reading Club at our headquarters in Cobán, we began reading The Iliad, and in this session we discussed the first twelve songs, analysing the main characters in the […]
World Philosophy Day: Book Exchange at the National Library (Guatemala)
We celebrated World Philosophy Day by sharing with others some of the books that have moved us, given us profound ideas, or from which we have learned a great deal. […]
Fables and Virtues a reading club for thoughtful souls (Australia)
Fables & Virtues reading club. We delved into Aesop’s fable of the Peacock and the Crane and uncovered various layers of meaning. Surprisingly, the Peacock did not remain the apparent […]
Book Club: Isabel Allende, first session of La Casa de los Espíritus (Guatemala, Guatemala)
At the Centro Histórico venue, we kicked off this year with the book ‘La Casa de los Espíritus’ by Isabel Allende. We learned a little about the trajectory of this […]
Book Club: ‘The Dream of the Just’ (Cobán, Guatemala)
In the Cobán Reading Club we read ‘The Dream of the Just’, by Francisco Pérez de Antón, and during the session we were able to reflect on the history of […]
Winter Reading Club (Australia)
We held our first reading club round table session on a cozy, rainy evening. It was full of open discussions and meaningful conversations where we explored the dimensions of time […]
Book Club Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ (Guatemala, Guatemala)
In this session of the Book Club we began an intriguing heroic journey with The Odyssey. We learned a lot about the roots of the book’s history and its author. […]
Reading Clubs (Guatemala)
In most of the country’s Centres, we hold Reading Clubs. The process is similar: we choose a classic literary work, we read it and then on the day of the […]
Reading Club: “Rayuela” by Julio Cortázar (Guatemala, Guatemala)
This year we resumed our Reading Club, starting with with Rayuela by Julio Cortázar at the New Acropolis branch in the Historic Centre. Each month we meet to discuss what […]
Reading Club: Shakespeare’s Macbeth (Guatemala)
This year the Reading Club resumed its activities, which began with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. It went on to El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, by Miguel de […]
