Discussion led by Dr. Christina Morgado-Treml

May
Book of the Month

Date: Thursday, May 19th
Time: 18.30 -20.00
Price: € 12,00 per meeting
or block of 5 for €50,00
​includes discussion and a coffee or tea.
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 
by Timothy Snyder  (Author), Nora Krug  (Illustrator)

Timothy Snyder’s New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow (“4: Take responsibility for the face of the world”), an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent (“11: Investigate”), a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than clichéd phrases for the sake of mass appeal (“9: Be kind to our language”), and more.

In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in Belonging—at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories—to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder’s riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance.
What's Next
May 19th - On Tyranny (the graphic edition) by Timothy Snyder
June 30th - Becoming by Michele Obama
Summer Break
August 18th - Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
September 22nd - The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
October 20th - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
November 24th -The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 
December 15th - Matilda by Roald Dahl

Books We've Read in 2022
January - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
February  - Walking into Alchemy by Amelia Marriette
March  - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
 April -  Altruists by Andrew Ridker

Books We Read in 2021
January - People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
February - 1000 Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
March - Normal People by Sally Rooney
April - Endurance by Alfred Lansing
May- The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas
June - Pirenesi by Susanna Clarke
August - American Pastoral by Philip Roth
September - Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
October -The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel by Neil Gaiman
November - Look to Windward by Iain Banks
December - Mr. Dickens and his Carol by Samantha Silva