Book Group - Reading for Pleasure - For existing students
Course Outline
This course encourages reading and the sharing of ideas through discussion, looking at the influence of our personal history and how it relates to our preferences in book selection today.
Please Bring
Please purchase or come with the following books:
Whereabouts - Jhumpa Lahiri
Love Stories - Trent Dalton
About the Tutor
Margaret Baird is a trained English teacher. She currently works as an Individual and Couple Councillor in private practice. Leading groups both in the self-help and the book group area has been her special interest. She is currently a member of two book groups and is keen to encourage enrichment through reading and discussion.
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Course testimonials:
- Intelligent lively discussion and group friendships. Margaret Baird is an excellent facilitator.
- I have been in this group for years and will continue to participate. Margaret Baird is excellent. All opinions are respected. I look forward to enrolling as soon as possible.
- I enjoyed the interaction in class with a lot of thoughtful opinion.
- This fabulous and connected group is a joy to us all. We’ve read books that have extended and challenged us and shared stories and reflections that give enormous value to us personally and as a group.
- Margaret was very able to continue our course with zoom and I enjoyed the term very much even though we were not able to meet f2f during this time of covid
- Getting together with the class and discussing books! Even if it was virtually. The Zoom experience was better than I had imagined it would be.
- Margaret is an excellent facilitator who is passionate about the books we read.
- Margaret (facilitator) is insightful. Members thoughtful, friendly and interesting. Books well chosen.
- Margaret is a warm and engaging person and skilled in leading this group and encouraging in-depth discussion and the bringing to light each person's thoughts on the subject book. The group as a whole is friendly and welcoming.
- I have been doing this course for years. It is very interesting and a marvellous group of people. I have enrolled for next term already.