Then I came to the depressing realization that no one uses e-mail or visits ordinary Web pages anymore; everything takes place within the dystopian cocoon Facebook, and the details of the September meetup were posted there nearly a week ago. Good thing the SBB now has a Facebook page to be a part of all the action. Now if only I could divine anything useful from the muddle of text and pictures and comments and events that Facebook calls a "Wall."
The September read, as mentioned several times before, is Teri Hein's Atomic Farmgirl, and the event will take place at the Little Garden Cafe near Audubon Park (directions and further info here) on Sunday, September 19. It'll start at 1pm and, if last month's meeting is anything to go by, will run until about 3:30 and will involve talk of Red Lobster.
In my recent summary of the August book club meetup, I didn't want to jump the gun on the announcement of future reads, but the Violets have now made them public, so they're fair game:
- October: Any Human Heart by William Boyd
- November: We're Getting On by James Kaelin
- December: The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
If you're interested in adding your two cents to how the book club operates — that is, monthly meetings with a new book each month — the September meetup will be a good time to do so. RSVP on their Facebook event page.
Also, this weekend the Shrinking Violets will be focusing on creating rather than consuming. Budding authors and moonlighting poets are encouraged to head down to Coffee Social on Sunday, August 29 at 11am for the Shrinking Violets Creative Writing Group. Advice, constructive criticism, feedback, idle chatter, and writing exercises are planned; they only ask that attendees bring a laptop and/or a notebook and writing implement.
More about the event, including contact info, is here (on Facebook, where else?). Please let me know if any of the Facebook links require a login or are somehow inaccessible and I'll report any missing details here.
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