SEPTEMBER 2018 EVENTS
Created by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings, R.I.P. – R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril (now in its thirteenth year!) has moved to a new home, hosted by Heather from My Capricious Life. The event takes place from September 1st, 2018 through October 31st, 2018. As always, the idea of R.I.P. is to read books from one or more of the following categories, during the months of September and October:
Mystery // Suspense // Thriller // Gothic // Horror // Dark Fantasy // Supernatural
– or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above. There are multiple levels of participation (Perils) that allow you to be a part of R.I.P. XIII without adding the burden of another commitment to your already busy lives.
The Persephone Readathon Round 2 will take place from Friday, September 21st through Sunday, September 30th. This will be a laid back readathon; read as much or as little as you’d like. The goal is simply to enjoy reading and discussing all things Persephone Books. Make sure to follow along and share on social media using #PersephoneReadathon throughout the event.
The readathon will be hosted by Dwell in Possibility.
What are Persephone Books you may ask? Persephone Books are a London based independent publisher and bookseller, who specialize in neglected books by (mostly) women writers from (mainly) the mid-twentieth century. You can view their website here, and read more about them here and here. At this time, Persephone has published 128 books (Full list here).
If you’re a Classics Clubber, please leave details about classic book blogger events you’d like to share with the group in the comments below. The most recent will be at the top if you’re on the hunt for something. Please let us know the start and end date for the event, some details, and a link to the home site. It’s fine to do this whether you’re the host of the event or simply want to share one you’ve discovered, as long as you’re a clubber. If you want to be notified of new events, subscribe to the comments below. (Also check out any events our members on Twitter may have tweeted about at hashtag #cceventsched.) 🙂 – The Club
I’m hosting my 6th annual Tolkien Blog Party this month, Sept.22-29. Details in this blog post: https://theedgeoftheprecipice.blogspot.com/2018/09/announcing-sixth-annual-tolkien-blog.html
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I’m hosting a read-along of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald beginning on June 1, 2017. All are invited to join me! This post on my blog contains further details.
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I will be hosting AusReading Month again in November. I’ll post details here a bit closer to the date.
I’m also planning a HLOTR readalong in 2017 here – http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/are-you-readalong-ready.html
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I’m hosting a readalong of George Eliot’s Middlemarch starting June 27th 🙂 Details and schedule are here, come join us! http://anarmchairbythesea.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/eliot-along-read-middlemarch-with-me.html
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Just posting advance notice of a Jean Rhys Reading Week to take place between 12th and 18th September. I’ll be co-hosting the event with Eric Karl Anderson who writes at the Lonesome Reader blog. All readers welcome. Here’s a link to the announcement post, with more details to follow over the summer:
https://jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/announcing-jean-rhys-reading-week-12th-18th-september-2016/
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I’m hosting a read-along of Jane Eyre beginning on May 29. You can learn more about it here.
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I’m hosting a low -key Children’s Classics event in April, with optional Emil and the Detectives readalong. Details here: https://simplerpastimes.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/coming-soon-classic-childrens-lit-event-4/
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Bex @ An Armchair by the Sea and I (Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors) are cohosting a Little House Read-Along for 2016. We are reading one book per month throughout the whole year. Details: http://books-n-music.blogspot.com/p/little-house-read-along-2016.html and http://anarmchairbythesea.blogspot.com/2015/11/announcing-little-house-series-read.html. You are welcome to join in for any month! I would have posted, but thought this page wasn’t being used much… 🙂 #littlehouseRAL
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Hi everyone – planning on running a Bronte-themed event “Brooding about the Brontes” in mid-April – further details on my site http://girlwithherheadinabook.co.uk – participation strongly encouraged!
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Throughout Nov 2015. I’m hosting a readalong of Australian author Henry Handel Richardson (aka Ethel Florence Richardson) and her classic trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney.
Wikipedia says “This is now recognized as one of the greatest novels in the English language.” It was acclaimed for its rich characterizations and then-startling depiction of mental illness attacking an otherwise respectable person, while his much-younger wife, who does not think herself clever, must become resourceful with a high-level of uncomfortable capability”.
I hope you join us 🙂
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/ausreading-month-sign-up-post.html
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I’m doing a read-along of The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan from September 7th through October 23rd, 2015: http://thereadingwench.com/2015/08/26/the-joy-luck-club-read-along/
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I’m also hosting a read-along of Hamlet beginning Oct. 1. Details are here.
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I’m hosting my 3rd annual Tolkien blog party Sept. 22-28. Details and buttons are here.
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I’ll be hosting a read-along of BEOWULF from May 1 – 31, 2015.
I’m planning to weekly pre-post background information on the poem for a better understanding of it as we read together. I hope there are some Classic Club members here who would like to join us. For read-along information, please click: http://cleoclassical.blogspot.ca/2015/04/join-beowulf-read-along.html
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I’m interested in reading Portrait of a Lady and would love company! I’ve never hosted a read-along but would if anyone was interested.
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I know this is short notice, but I’m starting a read-along of Little Women tomorrow (March 1st, 2015). You can read more details in this post on my blog, The Edge of the Precipice. Feel free to join in any time — you don’t have to miss out just because you arrive a little late! There’s no official sign-up, and I’ll post about the first chapter tomorrow.
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I’m hosting AusReading Month in November to celebrate classic Australian literature 🙂
http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/australia-in-print.html
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I’m hosting a Pilgrim’s Progress Event in July 🙂
Check it out @ http://unscripted35.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/the-pilgrims-progress-reading-event-announcement/
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I’m hosting a Moby Dick readalong this month. Check it out: http://reading-in-bed.com/2013/05/06/moby-dick-read-a-long-sign-up/
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I’ve decided to let my readers and fellow Classics Club members help choose the post-2000 “Modern Classic” for my read-a-long in May. I included the announcement in my upcoming events post here: http://thetruebookaddict.blogspot.com/2013/04/upcoming-events-hosted-by-me.html The poll is up at the top of my right sidebar.
Really looking forward to this!
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It seems it hasn’t been updated for some time, so decided to suggest some nice events I’ve found recently that may suit =)
1) Dickens in December: http://beautyisasleepingcat.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/dickens-in-december/
2) January in Japan: http://januaryjapan.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/announcing-january-in-japan.html
3) Social Justice Theme Read in February: http://rachelreadingnthinking.blogspot.cz/2012/11/social-justice-theme-read-2012.html
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You should mark that it’s LGBT history month in the US (for the Literary Others). LGBT History month also occurs in February in the UK (and Canada I believe).
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For June I’d love to host (or help host) an event to read either (a) Dutch or Japanese classic(s). In the case of Dutch, perhaps The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch, or Japanese: The Tale of Genji?
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I’m planning to read my favorite author: Zola for April (starting on his birthday on the 2nd), so I think I might host a Zola reading event as well.
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I think this is a wonderful plan. I live by plans and it helps me lay out what I want to read next.
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