Theme nominations for 2015

[Lisa]

Hi everybody,

We previously suggested starting theme read discussions. Our first themed read will be this October.next year we plan to alternate themes with general reads, therefore we aim to have 6 themed reads next year. This was suggested as a way to widen the variety of works by women writers read by this group, as some of these books may not yet be considered 'classic' mostly due to age and influence.

The moderator suggestion for themes follows:

1 African-American Women Writers before 1990
2 African Women Writers (timeline to be decided)
3 Australian Women Writers
4 Asian Women Writers
5 Chronology (middle ages, romantic period, etc)
6 Most Overlooked Classic by A Women Writer
7 Non-European Women Writers
8 Reread (reread a book from the group's "read" shelf)
9 Short Stories
10 Poetry
11Indigenous women writers
12 Sci Fi/ dystopian
13Religious philosophy
14 Nobel prize winners
15 Biographies of female writers

From 1 to 11 October, we will be asking for other them suggestions.

Please suggest themes here.

[Theresa]

Indigenous woman writers? Can't say how many classics of 50 years plus we can find though. I have recently read the 1973 Canadian 'classic' Halfbreed by Maria Campbell that might fit. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Could non-fiction be considered a theme of its own?

Science Fiction? I have recently read a science fiction novel called The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGunn. Here is a good review that doesn't give away too much of the plot, and makes a good case for it being called a classic: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Theresa]

After reading George Eliot's Middlemarch with its description of Saint Teresa of Ávila, I became interested in the lives of the female saints and was curious to see what they had written. I wish I could find something written by Brigid of Kildare, but there doesn't seem to be anything except biographies written by others.

If you scroll down the page, you will find a small list of some things written by Saint Teresa of Ávila: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_...

I also became interested in Saint Theresa of Lisieux (whom I was named after). She seems to have done quite a lot of writing. http://www.archives-carmel-lisieux.fr...

So..maybe a theme such as 'female authors of christian mysticism' or 'female writers of church doctine' or religious philosophy? or something along those lines?

[Karlyne]

Theresa wrote: "After reading George Eliot's Middlemarch with its description of Saint Teresa of Ávila, I became interested in the lives of the female saints and was curious to see what they had written. I wish ..."

That would be fun! Teresa of Avila seems to have had quite a sense of humor, and I've only read snippets of her.

[☯Emily , The First]

I don't know if there are many, but what about Nobel Literature prize winners?

[Anastasia Kinderman, The Only]

Theresa wrote: "Indigenous woman writers? Can't say how many classics of 50 years plus we can find though. I have recently read the 1973 Canadian 'classic' Halfbreed by Maria Campbell that might fit. https://ww..."

We could do Indigenous women writers before 1990.

[Lisa]

Biographies of female writers

[Lisa]

I've updated the list thus far, please let me know if I've left anything out and add any further suggestions

[Helen_in_the_uk]

Lisa wrote: "Biographies of female writers"

Oh, yes, I like this idea.

[Anastasia Kinderman, The Only]

Perhaps a theme centered around classic dystopia writing by women? Or would that fall under scifi?

[☯Emily , The First]

Maybe combine it? Dystopia/SciFi?

[Lisa]

Combo works as those are difficult genres to separate.
I need to remove mystery as we are reading that for December.

[Lisa]

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