British Reading Club – The Little Prince

Do you know what is the most translated non-religious text? It is The Little Prince by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The story is favoured by many and there are only few people who have never read it. The November meeting of British Reading Club will be dedicated to this beloved classic. On November 21st 2023 at 5pm in British Centre we will discuss it. We might even draw a sheep J You can find the book in our library or online. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

Viete, ktorá nenáboženská kniha je najprekladanejšia na svete? Je ňou Malý princ od francúzskeho autora Antoina de Sain-Exupéryho. Tento príbeh je obľúbený mnohými a len málokto ho nečítal. Na novembrovom stretnutí britského klubu budeme debatovať práve o ňom. Stretneme sa 21. novembra 2023 o 17:00 v britskom centre, a možno si spolu nakreslíme aj ovečku J Knihu nájdete v našej knižnici ale tiež online. Pozývame všetkých našich čitateľov od 15 rokov aby sa pridali. Stretnutie prebieha v anglickom jazyku.

British Reading Club – The Red-Headed League

British Reading Club in October is dedicated to one of the best literary detectives of all time – Sherlock Holmes. We will discuss The Red-Headed League by sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Tuesday, October 24th 2023 at 5pm. You can find the story in our library or online. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

Októbrové stretnutie britského klubu je venované jednému z najlepších literárnych detektívov všetkých čias, Sherlockovi Holmesovi. O poviedke The Red-Headed League od sira Arthura Conana Doyla sa spolu porozprávame v utorok 24. októbra 2023 o 17:00. Príbeh môžete nájsť v knižnici alebo online.  Pozývame všetkých našich čitateľov od 15 rokov aby sa pridali. Stretnutie prebieha v anglickom jazyku.

British Reading Club – The Hanging Stranger and Second Variety

First meeting of British Reading Club after the summer will be dedicated to a master of sci-fi stories, Philip K. Dick. We chose two shor stories by him – The Hanging Stranger and Second Variety and we will discuss them on Tuesday, September 26th 2023 at 5pm. The stories can be read online here or you can listen to the audio versions of them here. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

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British Reading Club – The Great Automatic Grammatizator

Roald Dahl is one of British Reading Club’s favourite authors. We enjoy both his hilarious children’s books and surprising short stories. For the next meeting, on 27th of June 2023 at 5 pm, we will discuss The Great Automatic Grammatizator. Dahl wrote the story in 1954, yet with artificial intelligence and ChatGPT it feels more relevant now than almost 70 years ago. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

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British Reading Club – Widows

Most people know Margaret Atwood as an author of dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale and its sequel The Testaments, however she’s written many other novels, children’s books, poetry and nonfiction books. For the next meeting of British Reading Club we picked a short story called Widows, one of her latest works. You can read the story here. We’ll meet on Tuesday, 23th of May 2023 at 5pm. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

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British Reading Club – Monstrous Regiment

Terry Pratchett, a beloved fantasy writer, filled his stories with mystery, adventure, love and laughs. One such story is Monstrous Regiment and on the next meeting of British Reading Club we wil be talking about an excerpt from this book – you can find it HERE. We’ll meet on Tuesday, 18th of April 2023 at 5pm. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

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British Reading Club – Robert Turner’s Revenge

Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery is best known for her book series about a red-haired orphan with great imagination – Anne of Green Gables. For our next meeting of British Reading Club we’ll read another one of her many works – Robert Turner’s Revenge. In this short story we’ll follow Robert to the town where he grew up and where he plans to exact a revenge on his childhood nemesis. You can come and discuss how it turns out on Tuesday, 28th of March 2023 at 5pm. We invite all the library members over 15 to come join our club. The meetings are held in English.

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