Books & Writing
The Writers Workshop
Have you ever written down your dreams? Would you like to turn your experiences into stories or poetry? Do you love to write? The Writers Workshop is for any Club member interested in pursuing the art of writing (in English). Assigned topics allow the writer to tell a story while sharpening technical skills, style and voice in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. One Friday morning a week.
Book Discussion Groups
Come join one of our book discussion groups to meet women who enjoy reading and sharing their views on a wide range of books. Once a month on a Thursday morning and Thursday evening.
Daytime Book Discussion Group
Our upcoming Daytime Book Discussion reading list is:
| 2019 | |
| November | Kitchen/Moonlight Shadow by Banana Yoshimoto |
| December | A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles |
| 2020 | |
| January | Radio Girls by Sarah Jane Stratford |
| February | Warlight by Michael Ondaatje |
| March | All Among the Barley by Melissa Harrison |
| April | Golden Hill by Francis Stafford |
| May | The Salt Path by Raynor Winn |
| June | The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre |
Evening Book Discussion Group
Our upcoming Evening Book Discussion reading list is:
| 2019 | |
| December | Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah |
| 2020 | |
| January | A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles |
| February | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens |
| March | Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen |
| April | Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb |
| May | Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson |
| June | The Blackhouse (Lewis Trilogy #1) by Peter May |
| July | Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones |
Cercle de Lecture (French book group)
All who can speak intermediate French are welcome! One Thursday morning a month.
Here is the book list for 2020
| January | La Tresse – Laetitia Colombani |
| February | Le Milieu de l’horizon – Roland Buti |
| March | La Mort du Roi Tsongor – Laurent Gaudé |
| April | La liste de mes envies – Grégoire Delacourt |
| May | Pierre et Jean – Guy de Maupassant |
| June | Tsubaki – Aki Skimazaki |
| September | Soumission – Michel Houellebecq |
| October | Les
chemins noirs – Sylvain Tesson avec Une Rose et un Balai – Michel Simonet |
| November | choix de livres pour 2021 |
Digital Storytelling
Tell stories with photos, text, voice and sounds effects. All done on your smartphone or tablet. In this activity we will learn how to combine photos, narration, text and sound to create digital stories you can save or share - perfect for travelogues, documenting family events or even creating simple micro-documentaries. This is an on-going, project-oriented activity centered mainly on writing and photography. You will need a smartphone or tablet (laptops are OK) with a video editing app installed (iMovie, Adobe Rush, WeVideo or others). One Tuesday afternoon a month.
AIWC ClubroomsRoute de Chêne 11 1207 Geneva | Office HoursMon -Th 9:00-16:00 Closed
on Swiss Holidays and two weeks around Christmas and New Year's. Reduced hours apply in July and August. |