Host- Denise McLean
Venue Denise’s House 1411/168 Grey Street South Brisbane
Book - The Naked Husband by Mark D'urberville
Attendees - 1.Sue McGrath Anderson, 2. Ingrid Blackett, 3. Prue Dear, 4.Janet Campbell 5. Donna McCart, 6. Denise Kirby McLean, 7. Heley Campbell, 8. Sylvia Ogilvie, 9. Paula Thomas, 10. Anna Wallace

Comments - Food - Denise had worked late, not shopped, so put together leftovers from the half finished jars in the fridge, cardboard biscuits snapped in half and fortunately the baby tomatoes were in bloom in pots on the deck. Everyone was secretly pleased, as they all knew they could easily compete and top these meagre offerings. Ingrid gifted us all a fibre bookmark with a costumed doll from Laos.

Conversation was animated and the book was discussed, as we checked each other out, listening to our stories that the book had inspired, deciding if this BC was what we wanted. Names for BC were discussed- you are all called, and always have been New Fun Bookclub in my group email. We said goodbye to Ingrid, as she was travelling around the world for a year, though she was definite she wanted to rejoin us in a year .

BC#2- Tuesday 5 April 2005
Host- Anna
Venue - Hilton Hotel (author night hosted by Dymocks Bookstore)
Book - Farewell My Ovaries by Wendy Harmer
Attendees -

Comments - Sue and Sylvia decided this was to be their last BC as Sue said she was too shy and the whole BC thing stressed her. Sylvia was too busy travelling, working and dealing with relatives.

Anna remembers there being only a few token men in the audience. Wendy’s presentation was very funny and she wore a very groovy black coat dress with embroidery. After the event we walked up to the Zen Bar and had nibbles and champagne. Anna tried in vain to shake the bookclub off to have Wendy to herself but we chose to ignore the signs and stayed to the end. Wendy talked about her new book and said the main character is based on Francie Perrins who was there with us.


BC# 3 - Thursday 5 May 2005
Host – Donna McCart
Venue - Donna’s House Oxlade Drive, NEW FARM
Book - Silk
Silk – a lovely novella by Alessandro Baricco. We sat on the verandah with wine and cheese. It was a non-eventful evening - not taking into account the usual gossip, story telling and counseling. I recall that Helen was in fine form that evening. Some members had also read Blood of Others, also by Baricco. (written by Doona McCart)