GC Book Club Members will connect live with Helen Houston of Scottish Blethers to talk about “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” via a Zoom session.

Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Muriel Spark’s book “The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie”

Join Liz Lister of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “The Black House” event.

In this member-exclusive Zoom presentation, Liz will introduce you to the island location in which The Black House is set and explore some of the specific places featured in the book. From the acres of white sand on Uig beach to the standing stones of Callanish and Stornoway itself, capital of the island. We’ll explore whether, as Fin suggests, little has changed on the island for generations.

Join Liz Lister of Scottish Blethers Podcast in this Special “The Black House” event.

The Black House revolves around this question. The rock is An Sgeir, lying fifty miles north of the tip of Lewis—three hundred feet of storm-lashed cliffs rising straight out of the sea. For four hundred years, the men of Ness have made a two-week trip every August to harvest gannet chicks, or guga as they are called in Gaelic. What started as a necessity for food has become a tradition – a rite of passage for young men.

In this presentation Liz will take a closer look at what is involved in this annual pilgrimage: how supplies are transported to sustain the men on an island without food, water or power; the black house in which they live; how the guga are culled, preserved, and transported back to the island to be eaten as a delicacy; and the controversy generated by this tradition.

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Helen Houston of Scottish Blethers to talk about “Kidnapped” via a Zoom session.

Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Robert Louis Stevenson’s book “Kidnapped”

Join Spanish tour guide Fran Glaria of Traveling Steps as he introduces us into the Matriarcal Basque culture. A tradition that started with mythology, love of nature and unfortunatelly some witchcraft.

This time it will be a PowerPoint presentation.

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Helen Houston of Scottish Blethers to talk about “44 Scotland Street” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

Helen Houston part of the “Scotish Blethers” presents Alexander McCall Smith’s book “44 Scotland Street”

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Sarah murdoch of Adventures with Sarah and Susanna Perrucchini to talk about “The shape of Water” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

Sarah Murdoch of Adventures with Sarah & Susanna Perruchini presents a live introduction to The Shape of Water

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Jorge Roman of Traveling with Jorge and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “The Pilgrimage” by Paulo Coelho via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

Jorge Roman of Traveling with Jorge will introduce us to “The Pilgrimage” written by Paulo Coelho.

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Ben Curtis and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

Ben Curtis is one of GC Guides, but also the author of this fantastic book “The Habsburgs:The History of a Dynasty”

Today Ben will intruduce us to the Artistic Treasures of the Habsburgs

Ben Curtis is one of GC Guides, but also the author of this fantastic book “The Habsburgs:The History of a Dynasty”

The Habsburgs are the most important family in European history, and over the centuries they ruled everywhere from Portugal to Poland, England to Serbia. This book gives a scholarly but engaging view on how the dynasty came to power, clung to power, and massively influenced so many societies right across the continent.

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Nina Seffusatti and Trish Feaster of The Travelphile to talk about “Jean de Florette” & “Manon of the Springs” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

France tour guide Nina Seffusatti guides us through Marcel Pagnol’s two-part novel, The Water of the Springs: Jean de Florette & Manon des Sources (“Manon of the Springs”). Immerse yourself in the Provence of the early 1900s with this sumptuously descriptive best-selling French read.

GC Book Club Members will connect live with Sarah murdoch of Adventures with Sarah and Susanna Perrucchini to talk about “The shape of Water” via a Zoom session (to be simulcast on GCFB).

Sarah Murdoch of Adventures with Sarah & Susanna Perruchini presents a live introduction to The Shape of Water