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APRIL 2024 NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB MEETING

Join us on TUESDAY, 23rd APRIL at 6.30pm to review ‘The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary’, written by Simon Winchester.
(Published by Penguin Modern). If you have any enquiries, please contact Michael on 0417 556 143 or email friends@friendsofemeraldhilllibrary.com

NOVEL: 'THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN'

TTHE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary — and literary history. The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand. When the committee insisted on honouring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.

JUNE 2024 NON-FICTION BOOK CLUB MEETING

Join us on TUESDAY, 25 JUNE at 6.30pm to review Scholestique Mukasonga non-fiction novel; ‘Cockroaches’ (Translated by Jordan Stump – 250 pages)

NOVEL: 'COCKROACHES'

Scholastique Mukasonga’s ‘Cockroaches’ is the story of growing up a Tutsi in Hutu-dominated Rwanda — the story of a happy child, a loving family, all wiped out in the genocide of 1994. A vivid, bittersweet depiction of family life and bond in a time of immense hardship, it is also a story of incredible endurance, and the duty to remember that loss and those lost while somehow carrying on. Sweet, funny, wrenching, and deeply moving, Cockroaches is a window into an unforgettable world of love, grief, and horror.

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Emerald Hill Library hold a Daytime Book Club meetings once a month, on the FIRST TUESDAY of each month. If you’re interested in joining the Library’s Daytime Book Club please contact the library directly on 03 9209 6611, or visit the Emerald Hill Library to learn more.

Friends of Emerald Hill Library (FoEHL) Book Club

Friends of Emerald Hill Library (FoEHL) also hold regular FoEHL Book Clubs and Events. Our meetings are held in the evenings or over the weekend, covering various topics and interests, with renowned guest speakers joining the discussions.

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If you have any enquiries, please contact Michael on 0417 556 143 or email friends@friendsofemeraldhilllibrary.com

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