[bookshare-discuss] Let's read Historical Novels.

From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 14:26:28 -0800
    Accessible World News Wire 

  

Adelswverein - The Gathering

Last evening the let's Read Historical Novels group on AccessibleWorld.org had 
the pleasure of having author Celia Hayes as a guest to answer questions about 
her novel, "Adelswverein - The Gathering", which was our assignment for this 
meeting.  The novel follows two families, one of German descent but long 
settled in Texas, and one that has just come as part of a charitable groups 
project from Germany to settle in inland Texas in the 1840s.

It was obvious that members of the book discussion group thoroughly enjoyed 
this well written, well-researched novel.  We asked Hayes questions about some 
of the historical events she illustrated through her fictional interpretation 
of the time and place, including the dangerous voyage from Europe, the 
abandonment of the settlers by their sponsors, the relations with the local 
Indian tribes, and some of the factual characters encountered.  We talked about 
several of the characters in the novel, in particular the sisters Magda and 
Liesl and their respective men folk. Those who read the book affirmed their 
intentions of reading the other two novels in the trilogy.

One thing this conversation accomplished was to make one more author aware of 
print impaired people as intelligent, engaged and enthusiastic readers. Ms. 
Hayes posted on her professional association's Yahoo group afterwards about how 
much she felt her work had been understood and appreiciated, and she encouraged 
more authors to connect with us by making their books accessible.

This month we are reading Michael Curtis Ford's novel of Ancient Greece, The 
Ten Thousand.  It is available through NLS and will soon be available on 
BookShare.  We will discuss the book at our scheduled meeting in April. 

  

Date:  Tuesday, April 7th, 2009. 

  

Time:  6:00 p.m. Pacific, 7:00 p.m. Mountain, 8:00 p.m. Central, 9:00 p.m.
           Eastern and elsewhere in the world Wednesday 1:00 GMT.

Where:  Let's Read Historical Novels Room at: 

  

http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs87449e52193e 

  

Or, alternatively,

http://www.accessibleworld.org. Select The Let's Read Historical Novels Room; 
enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.

All online interactive programs require no password, are free of charge, and 
open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, 
and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the 
presenters and others in the virtual audience. 



Approximately 20 minutes prior to the event start time, go to the Let's Read 
Historical Novels Room at either of the sign-in links above. 

  

If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing 
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and 
then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the 
Accessible World online rooms.

Sign up information for all Accessible World News Wires and discussion lists 
are also available at our website: http://www.accessibleworld.org.

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Robert Acosta, Chair
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Accessible World 

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[bookshare-discuss] Let's read Historical Novels.

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