Our Next Peace Book Club
'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan.
Tuesday 29 October 2024, 1 – 2pm
Online via Zoom
For our next Women’s Leadership Programme Peace Book Club, our members have chosen 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan.
Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, according to the judges the book ‘explores the silent, self-interested complicity of a whole community'. Based in New Ross, Co Wexford in the lead up to Christmas 1985, coal merchant Bill Furlong uncovers the local convent's cruel treatment of unmarried mothers and their babies. It forces him to confront his own past and puts a spotlight on the silence of a community controlled by the church.
Small Things Like These has been made into a film which will be released in Ireland in November with Cillian Murphy playing the role of Bill Furlong.
--------------------Looking ahead, save the date for our discussion of 'Apeirogon' by Colum McCann on Tuesday 26 November.
Earlier books reviewed by our members include 'The Ghost Limb' by Claire Mitchell; Stand Up, Speak Out' by Monica McWilliams; 'The Body Keeps the Score' by Bessel van der Kolk, and many more (view image below for our full library of Peace Book Club reads to date.
In early 2023, Glencree Women’s Leadership Programme launched the ‘Peace Book Club’ for members of the Glencree All-island Women’s Peacebuilding Network and participants engaged in the programme.
As part of its work in supporting and empowering women peacebuilders to actively engage in dialogue, peacebuilding and political processes that promote peace, the Peace Book Club provides space for collective learning, reflection and conversation amongst participants.
Peace Book Club takes place online on the last Tuesday of every month at 1pm. Advance registration is essential. If you would like to join our Book Club or for more information about the Glencree All-Island Women’s Peacebuilding Network, please email: amina.moustafa@glencree.ie.
Peace Book Club Reviews
As a member of the Glencree All-Island Women's Peacebuilding Network, you can avail of a discount on book purchases with the independent bookshop The Winding Stair. To claim this discount, click on the link to go to The Winding Stair website and enter the code GLENCREE in the discount box at the checkout.
Books are also available in public libraries through the interlibrary loans scheme or for purchase on Blackwells with free delivery.
About the Glencree Women’s Peacebuilding Programme
This event is an initiative of the Glencree Women’s Leadership Programme. This programme aims to support and empower women on the island of Ireland who have experience of political conflict/violence to become active leaders in the political processes that promote peacebuilding.
Central to our work in this area is the Glencree All-Island Women’s Peacebuilding Network for women who have been impacted by political conflict or violence to connect in a safe-space. Our network is open to women across generations, communities, cultures and ethnicities who would like to build relationships and share their experiences in peacebuilding and conflict transformation with other women in this space. Network members can also take part in our events and activities designed to support women in having their voices heard in policy conversations and peacebuilding processes relevant to women.
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