BookClub 4: A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Sun 4 Oct 2009, 18:00, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
For next session of book club we will discuss a novel by Toni Morrison (A Mercy). This novel is first published in 2008.  The New York Times Book Review has chosen this book as The 10 best books of 2008.Toni Morrison, the author of this book is a Noble prize winner American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed black characters.Other works by this author are:The Bluest EyeSong of SolomonBeloved  winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988.Toni Morrison has won many prizes such as Noble prize for literature 1993,... more >>

BookClub 3: Short stories of Ernest Hemingway

Sun 2 Aug 2009, 18:00, by Ehsan Daneshyar, at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
The next session cafe lit book club will be about three short stories of Ernest Hemingway. These three short stories are selected among the stories published in "The complete short stories of Ernest Hemingway". The short stories are listed as follows:My Old ManThe KillersToday is Friday While reading a book, a club member may reflect on these questions, and research other supplementary materials.    * Did you like the book? If you have read any of the author's other books, how does this compare?    * What is this book's message?    * How did you feel about the characters? Whom did you like... more >>

BookClub 2: The Great Gatsby

Sun 3 May 2009, 17:00, by Ehsan Daneshyar, at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
The next book for reading in our BookClub is one of the classic novels, The Great Gatsby by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and we will all discuss the book.... more >>

BookClub 1: Disgrace

Sun 8 Mar 2009, 17:00, by Azam Heydari, at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
We will discuss the book "Disgrace" written by Nobel Prize winner "J. M. Coetzee".... more >>

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CaféLitt is not a place; it is a gathering of minds. We are a group of mostly Persian young students, scholars and professionals who gather every Thursday evening around 19h00 to discuss various subjects and share different ideas, ranging vastly from history to science, from literature to fine arts. We started these gatherings on Jan 17th, 2006 with 5 people and have reached an average weekly audience of about 40 people. Each week, one of us takes the responsibility of presenting a topic for about an hour in a subject s/he is intimately familiar with or has an expertise in. Afterwards, the evening turns into a discussion forum and all members of the audience will have an opportunity to ask their question(s) and share their points of view.

Some new and exciting ideas were born out of CaféLitt sessions. We have started a series of monthly meetings called CaféCinema during which a movie is presented and discussed in some detail afterward. This year's program of CaféCinema revolves around the history of Iranian cinema. Some Cinema students hold these sessions (mainly conducted in English) on the last Sunday of each month.

Likewise, CaféLitt BookClub is an activity where people who like books decide to read a book each month and discuss it during a cozy Café session on the second Sunday of every month.

CaféTheatre is a series of semi-rehearsed sessions in which we select a play, divide the roles among different people and read the play from the text in front of an audience. Similar to other CaféLitt sessions, each CaféTheatre session will end with a discussion of that day's play.  

CaféScience and CaféPhilo are our plans for near future. The purpose of CaféScience is to provide a forum for the public discussion and understanding of all scientific findings and ideas, with an emphasis on new, interesting and publicly relevant topics. During CaféPhilo sessions, we will talk about philosophy, its history and all its related aspects.

CaféLitt is pen to all comments, suggestion and new ideas. CaféLitt provides an unparalleled opportunity for learning about culture, science and philosophy in a relaxed and friendly environment, and for sharing your knowledge and expertise with like-minded members of your community.

CafeLitt is a nonpartisan, nonreligious and nonpolitical entity.


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