Peace Book Club

Next Event: Tuesday 30 April 2024, 1 – 2pm.

Book for review: To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova.

For our next Women’s Leadership Programme Peace Book Club on Tuesday 30 April, our book club members have chosen ‘To the Lake: a Balkan journey of war and peace’ by Kapka Kassabova.

By exploring on water and land the stories of poets, fishermen, and caretakers, misfits, rulers, and inheritors of war and exile, Kassabova uncovers the human destinies shaped by the lakes. Setting out to resolve her own ancestral legacy, Kassabova examines how geography and politics imprint themselves upon families and nations, human suffering and the capacity for change.

With its strong nature-based inspiration, this months peace book club title will also mark #earthday.

Don’t forget to register in advance to join our next get-together, or if you are not a member and would like to join our Peace Book Club, please email: amina.moustafa@glencree.ie.

Peace Book Club Discount: As a member of the Glencree Peace Book Club, you can avail of a discount on book purchases with the independent bookshop The Winding Stair. To claim this discount, please click on this link to go to The Winding Stair website and enter the code GLENCREE in the discount box at the checkout.

The book is also available in public libraries through the interlibrary loans scheme or for purchase on Blackwells with free delivery >

Past Reviews

Books already reviewed by our Peace Book Club include:

‘Stand Up, Speak Out’ by Monica McWilliams
‘The Anatomy of Peace’ by the Arbinger Institute
‘The Power of Us’ by Jay J. Van Bavel and Dominic J. Packer
‘My Fourth Time, We Drowned’ by Sally Hayden
‘The Island of Missing Trees’ by Elif Shafak
‘Trespasses’ by Louise Kennedy
‘Dangerous Love’ by Chad Ford
‘Think Big’ by Dr Grace Lordan
‘She is Fierce’ by Anna Sampson
The Body Keeps the Score’ by Bessel van der Kolk

Would you like to share a book review? We invite Peace Book Club members to write a review of a book relating to peacebuilding, women’s leadership or conflict resolution, that we can share with other members. If you’re interested, please email Amina.Moustafa@glencree.ie.

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.

The Peace Book Club takes place online on the last Tuesday of every month at 1pm. If you would like to take part in this event or for more information about the Glencree All-Island Women’s Peacebuilding Network, please email: amina.moustafa@glencree.ie.

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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.

If you would like to join the Glencree All-Island Women’s Peacebuilding Network, please email Amina on: amina.moustafa@glencree.ie

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