Adult
Library book club
City
of Sydney Library and Information Service
Monthly
book club genre meeting – Thursdays 7.30 – 9pm
A
different genre is discussed each month as part of the library’s program to
promote literature to adult clients of all backgrounds.
The
purpose is to promote a wider view on the various aspects and elements of
appeal for each genre, this month is survival
and adventure tales. The Blog website topic is called ‘Into the Wild’,
taken from the book by Jon Krakauer, which has suggestions of the title from
Jack London’s classic, ‘Call of the wild’. The wild in wilderness means whatever lies
just beyond human reach, a region that is uncultivated, uninhabited and often
inhospitable.
20
books are discussed with an overview and a book cover image with some relevant
landscape photographs to make a vivid impression of the survival and adventure
stories.
Themes
are threaded through to broaden the adult readers view on unexpected and varied
aspects of survival and adventure tales.
Themes
with appeal elements such as: it’s got to be gripping and have an edge,
authentic life and death situations of varying degrees and levels in the
wilderness. It is often extreme, remote and vast, from mountaineering in the
Andes or Himalayas, to hiking in Alaska or roaming the Yukon in Canada or doing
the long walk home in remote Western Australia, 1,600km following the rabbit
proof fence.
Survival
and adventure tales have an internal quest, a self-introspection with lyrical
writing to inspire the readers imagination. It is against and with nature, has
a challenging response to adversity, endurance, courage and faith, coming
through, leading to self-awareness and enlightenment. (or not)
The
reader is encouraged to browse through the blog with a collection of 20 books and are welcome to take out on loan from
the library.
The
blog is to inspire and enthuse patrons into dreaming about the wild and adventure
and what’s out there to read!
There
are other relevant website links to offer enthusiasts on the subjects of
adventure, such as, travel sites, national geographic and documentaries and
landscape photography.
No comments:
Post a Comment