Update 12

Hey guys!


Hope your had a great Christmas and all the best for the year ahead. Sorry this update has took so long, been super busy. 

1. Welcome to new and existing members on Twitter and Facebook! The pages are still going strong, so thank you! 
2. Christmas Session- Due to Sarah experiencing a leak in her living room ceiling the night before, she had no choice but to cancel as she had to wait in for the builders all day. We're sorry for any one who showed up!
3. We will making some posters for our next session this week, look out for them in the next few weeks!
4. We need to make a book choice for February. If you have any ideas, then just tweet us, FB us or email us. We'd love to hear from you! 
5. Finally, our next session is on the 25th January. We are reading 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' which is on in the cinemas at the moment! Will be meeting at Bookends at 2pm. We hope to see you there! 

And that's it folks. If you require anymore information then email us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk, or tweet us under @EHU_Bookclub or find us under Facebook under:- ehu bookclub. Hope to see you on the 25th January! And again, all the best for the year ahead!

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Update 9

Hey guys! Here's the latest on the club:-

• Replacement for Sarah- We are still looking for a replacement for Sarah for a year. Sarah will act as an advisor until she'll be a student again until 2012. If interested or you know a person who would be, please get in touch with us
• Mass email- We sent out a mass email to potential new members to the club. We have had a brilliant response! Thanks again to the Fresher's Fair team for all their help.
• Welcome Event- We are proud to announce that on Friday 14th October we are organising a meal in Red Hot Buffet in Liverpool to welcome old and new members to the new year. We need to have definiate numbers by Sunday or Next Monday! So if you wanna come, let us know please!
• Life in Books Feature- This will be uploaded onto the blog by Friday at the latest! 
• One Day session- This will be taking place on Wednesday 26th October at 2pm at Bookends on the ground floor of the University Library. Hope to see you there!

And that's it for now! If you need anymore information email us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk or Tweet us under @EHU_Bookclub or find us under Facebook under ehu bookclub

Hope to see you either on the 14th October or the 26th October

EHU_Bookclub

Official Announcement

Today, we have received word from one of the co-founders of the bookclub and currently person in charge Sarah about a sudden change. Here's an official statement from Sarah herself...


"Today, I have recieved word about a change in my academic career. Firstly, due to Edge Hill not informing when my degree classification would be finalised, I have sadly been informed that I have not been accepted onto my MA course this year. This is due to myself not having my degree classification finalised in order to be accepted onto the course, even though I was told in July to apply and I would be able to start the MA this month. Because of this mistake from Edge Hill, I have to apply for my MA again in order to start in September 2012. 


However, this has left me with no choice but to inform the SU of this change. I have spoken to Tina in the SU and sadly, because I will be a current student at the University next year, I sadly have to try and find a replacement for the bookclub for a year until I'm back. This means that at the moment, me and Tina need to find someone who would be willing to take over from me for a year until I'm back in 2012. However, me and Tina have agreed that if we can find someone to replace me for a year, I will take on a role within the bookclub as an advisor to the replacement in order to help them run the bookclub effectively and help them and support them in every way possible. Also, I will be attending every single session that the bookclub will be doing this academic year and you won't get rid of me (lol). 


I should also point out that me and Tina do not want the bookclub to lose everything that we've worked so far for in the last 7 months and we are both determined to work with each other and also the members of the bookclub in order to keep us going. 


I hope this clarifies what's happening. Fresher's Fair on Wednesday will carry on as normal as Tina agrees that I should do what I want to set out to do which is to promote the club effectively and try to get as many new members as possible. After the Fresher's Fair, me and Tina will be meeting in order to try a solution and also find a replacement as quick as possible. Also, the Dorian Grey session will run as planned at 2pm on the 28th September.


I'm really sorry that this is happening.  I'm very upset and also angry with what's going on but I have tried everything to try and see if I could run the bookclub, but we also have to follow SU rules and proceedures. I didn't think within the 7 months I have been in charge of the bookclub, we would have gotten the SU backing. And I cannot thank you all enough for the support that you have for the bookclub by coming to each session and also promoting the bookclub to friends that you also know. 


I really hope that I haven't let you all down but the situation the club is facing and also myself personally is something that is not beyond my control. I really hope we can find a replacement that can carry on the positivity, commitment and decidation to the bookclub like I hopefully have within the last 7 months.


I will keep you posted on what's happening every step of the way and I thank you again for all your support in this time. See you on Wednesday for the Fresher's Fair or on the 28th September for the Dorian Grey session.


Sarah"

Update 7

Hey guys. Just to let you know what we do have a stand at the Fresher's Fair on campus next Wednesday. It starts at 11am and finishes at 5pm. We would really appreciate if anyone could help us out next Wednesday at the fair. If you need anymore information, then contact us via email, Facebook or Twitter for more information.


Also, we can announce that we are on the SU website! If you go on http://www.edgehillsu.org.uk/whatwedo/sportsandsocieties/ you will find us under 'General Interest'. This is great news and thanks to all members for helping us with this! 


And finally on the 28th September, our session on Dorian Grey will be taking place. It starts at 2pm and finishes at 3.30pm. Meeting at Bookends.


And that's it. If you need anymore information on anything, then feel free to email us on EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us under EHU_Bookclub or find us on Facebook unde ehu bookclub


Hope to see you next Wednesday at the fair or on the 28th September
EHU_Bookclub

Brighton Rock Session and a quick news update...

Just to let you know that this Monday (22nd) is our session for Brighton Rock. Meeting at Bookends at 11am and finishing at half 12. Sarah will bring some discussion materials that will be used for the session and we hope to see you there!


Also, just a quick update...

• Facebook and Twitter Pages- We have recieved a huge growth on both pages. We would like to officially welcome new members to the club! (Hello!) And we would like to thank Anastasia for her help in getting some new members for the club! 
• Book suggestions/replacements- We have been getting some requests for book changes to the list. We will be discussing this shortly and brings me onto this subject...
• FRESHER'S WEEK- This issue is important to us at the moment. We are meeting in Liverpool in early September (Date, time and venue to be confirmed shortly) to discuss this further. As we need all the help we can get to push the bookclub further. As this is the ideal opportunity for the club to grow and also thank the SU for backing us. If you have any suggestions, then please contact us and we'll add them to our 'Fresher's Week Idea List'.

And that's it for the moment. If you want any further information, you can contact us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk, or find us under Twitter at: EHU_Bookclub or under Facebook; ehu_bookclub.

Hope to see you on Monday.

EHU_Bookclub

Update 6

Hey everyone, just an little update for you all:-

• Facebook/Twitter page- Getting stronger all the time. Thanks for spreading the word everyone! We appreciate it. Also, thanks to old and new members for helping us or joining us!
• SU update- We are working closely with the SU with the idea of a forum and a website that will keep you all updated with the goings of the club and also allow every member to communicate with each other.  And we are trying to get onto the Hi website also to speak to students applying to Edge Hill! We are meeting with the SU as soon as possible to arrange this.
• Fresher's Week- In order to talk about strategy, we will be meeting in Liverpool city center at the start of September to talk about this as we need to start planning the stand the SU have offered us in the fair.
• Vote- Well, we did push as much as we could about which book to replace Adele Parks on our list and sadly, no one came forward. This issue will be talked about ASAP.
• Brighton Rock session- This will be happening on the 22nd August. Details will be made avaliable on the blog, Twitter and FB as soon as we can.

And that's about it really! If you need any more information, you can email us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk, or you can tweet us under: EHU_Bookclub or you can find us at FB under: ehu_bookclub.

Hope to see you on the 22nd August

EHU_Bookclub

Update 5

Hiya everyone! Hope you are well and enjoying the great British summer (well lack of it). Just thought we would update you on every bookclub-related...

• Twitter/FB page- At the moment, we seem to have a growth with the Twitter page but the Facebook page is declining slightly. But thanks for following or joining and spread the word. The Twitter page is linked to the Facebook page so you guys don't miss any news that we announce.  And especially on Facebook, we have created events pages for at least 3 books on the list. But we will look into this.. 
• SU News- The bookclub can officially announce that today we have been ACCEPTED by the SU! This is absolutely fantastic news and we are officially recongised. I would like to thank everyone who has supported the club through this process and we hope your as happy as we are. Which leads me to another newsflash...
• Fresher's Week Stand- This was discussed at the last meeting and we understood that it was crucial to our growth. We can announce that we will be having a stand this year! Which is amazing. We are looking for people to help us, so if you're interested, then let us know but an message will be going out shortly.
• Fresher's Week- We DO need to have another meeting regarding this. In terms of what we can do with and without the stand. This meeting will have to be within the next three weeks to give the club time to prepare. However, if you have any ideas, then let us know! 
• Honest Publishing- They have been in contact again and are very interested in hearing our thoughts on their work! 
• Reading Group Website- As you may have show in a previous post, we are now on the Reading Groups website. We are really. They provide help to bookclubs, promote them and some very good offers. Have a look http://www.readinggroups.org/find/location/lancashire/ormskirk/5457/. And from this, we have had some positive emails from people interested in joining which is fantastic!
• Admin- We need to have a meeting soon regarding this as its important to make sure we are now meeting the SU's standards and everyone is happy with this which leads onto another subject...
• Members who cannot make meetings- We understand that some people may not be able to make meetings in the summer due to circumstances beyond our or even their own control. However, we are looking at maybe creating a forum/chatroom for all members to meet and communicate with each other but also when meetings are taking place, have the opportunity to not miss anything when the meeting is taking place. We are also looking into Skype also. But when we have our meeting about admin and Fresher's Week this will be discussed with ALL members.

• Book changes- Over the next week, we will actively asking all members on Twitter and Facebook which book they would like to see Adele Parks replaced with. We have posted a poll on our Facebook page and also on our blog as well. The choices are The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and finally the Orange Prize winner The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht. Please make sure you vote by 5pm on  Friday the 27th July. We will collect votes from the Facebook poll and our blog poll and announce the winner that evening. Get voting!!!!!
• Email Newsletter- Let us know if you want to be on the list!
• Brighton Rock Session- We have posted an event page on Facebook this week informing all members that the session on Brighton Rock will be on the 3rd August starting at 1:30pm and finishing at 3pm, meeting at Bookends as usual. However, we have also suggested that if you don't fancy doing Brighton Rock this month, then picking a book from our booklist instead. For the second option, you have until the end of next week to decide, so PLEASE let us know! 

And that's about it. If you need any information, then please email us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us under EHU_Bookclub or find us on Facebook under: ehu_bookclub

Hopefully see you on the 3rd August

EHU_Bookclub

Update 3

Hi guys! Hope your all well. A quick update from EHU_Bookclub towers...

1. FB/Twitter Page- Seems to gathering strength upon strength. I have to say a big thank you to all you lovely people who are following us and also giving us suggestions/advice/support on how the bookclub is progressing! Means alot.
2. SU update- We have finally managed to get somewhere. We have submitted 2 documents that could be crucial for the bookclub gathering force and also the recognition that it deserves which leads me onto the the next point....
3. Meeting- We really need an meeting ASAP regarding issues surrounding the SU documents, summer dates for the bookclub, Fresher's Week etc. We have yesterday posted a range of dates for you all to choose from ranging from the 27th, 28th, 29th and 1st July. We WILL go with the majority. But we cannot stress enough how IMPORTANT this meeting really is as this could help the bookclub grow and build on the foundations that we have already put in place! Over the next week, we will have to make a decision to what day to meet, so if you can, can you please get in touch with us straight away.
4. Recent Email we have recieved- We have had a lovely email from a publishing firm called 'Honest publishing' who are interested in the Bookclub reading some of the work that it publishes. Hopefully, they should send us a brochure of all the works of fiction that it publishes in order for you all to have a look at at the next meeting... (we hope) 
5. Email Newsletter- We are in the process of setting up an email newsletter so that firstly you can get up to date news and secondly if there is a problem with sessions (for example, if people cannot attend, if there are any cancellations/alterations). So an FB message/tweet message will be sent out shortly. 

That's about it for now. If you need anymore information, then please contact us via Email on EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk or tweet us under @EHU_Bookclub or find us on Facebook under ehu_bookclub.

EHU_Bookclub

Update, yay! WOO!

Hi everyone! Hope you are well. This blog is acting as an update...

• 'One Day' session- Went really well. Even though many people could attend for various reasons (and we did miss you massively), there was lots to discuss (Please see the new blog post based on the feedback received from the session). Sadly, we could not show the trailer, but we will include a link on a Twitter post/FB post. But if you would like to send us your appreciated feedback, then please contact us!
• FB and Twitter Page- We are getting new requests all the time, which is great. We would like to welcome new and existing members to the bookclub. We would like to say a big thank you to Jen for the awesome poster she designed, Sia and Sarah W for spreading the word and always there to help! 
• SU and English department update- We've still awating word from the SU but we have had good news with the English Department. We have their support and also they will mention the club to new and existing students within the department which is FANTASTIC! 
• Fresher's Week campaign- Now, We would like to meet with all members ASAP regarding this issue as we've had lots of fantastic ideas regarding this issue such as organising a 'taster' event, getting a stand in Fresher's Week, having a social event, having a competition etc. We NEED to meet regarding this issue and fast to decide on a course of action. However, if you do have any ideas in the mean time, get in contact. We would like to hear from you!
• Summer Dates for the Bookclub and poster campaign- We also need to meet to see if anyone would like the bookclub to run in the Summer, now we WOULD LOVE it to run in the summer! So another meeting is needed for this issue and also the poster too.

That's all from us at the moment! If you need any more information, then please email us at EHU_Bookclub@hotmail.co.uk, tweet us on Twitter under: EHU_Bookclub or find us at Facebook under ehu_bookclub.

EHU_Bookclub