Dine to Read

Get ready for the first book swap event which will be held on Monday 12th October in the wonderful Lohan’s Bar, Salthill, Galway. We’re asking everyone to bring up to three books which they have read or finished with and which they’re happy to share with other eager readers in Galway. The night will begin at 8pm, guests will be asked to drop their books onto the book drop desk . Everyone can then get a chance to peruse the variety of books brought and take any book they wish.

There will be a raffle with some fantastic prizes held on the night in aid of local Galway charities.  Any unread books will be donated to the Westside Library.

The Book Swap is a chance to meet up with other book loving readers while refreshing your own reading list with some swapped gems.

The cost of the night is a recession friendly ZERO Euro. All we ask is that you turn up with up to 3 books which you’re happy to swap on the night.

Details of the Dine to Read book swap:

Time: 8pm

Date: Monday 12th October 09

Venue: Lohan’s Bar , Salthill, Galway

I am totally enthralled by Sebastian Barry’s ‘The Secret Scripture’ , this month’s Dine to Read book of the month. I found it a bit hard to get into but I’m hooked now! The language that Barry uses throughout the book is so descriptive and evocative, it causes me pause mid-page to enjoy the writing. The story is timed beautifully with extra pieces of information being discovered with each turn of the page. This book is a real readers’ delight.

We’ve scheduled in the Galway book club supper for Wednesday 5th August at 7.30pm in the wonderful Vina Mara Restaurant. Please make sure to book up if you wish to attend this book club meeting.

Very exciting choice for July…Sebastian Barry’s ‘The Secret Scripture’. I can’t wait to get my teeth into this one.

This month’s book is Plainsong by Kent Haruf. This is a beautifully written book and a great one for a summer read. It really does take you into a world of it’s own. A perfect novel!

Barack Obama is obviously an avid Dine to Read follower seeing as how he is currently reading last month’s book choice Joseph O’Neill’s ‘Netherland’. I hope he’s enjoying this Corkonian cracker as much as the readers of this site did. Thanks to everyone who took part in last month’s book club suppers.

This month’s book of the month is ‘Middlesex’ by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Another lovely write up for our site on Cathal Garvey’s site check it out here . Sorry for missing it first time round Cathal.

Here’s a really nice quote from Cathal’s piece:

“Couldn’t any book club have a website? Of course, but then there’s talking about it, there’s doing it, and there’s doing it well. DineToRead fall in to the latter category.”

Thanks!

April’s book of the month is announced and we’ve set dates for the April book club suppers. Check out dinetoread.ie/events for more details.

We celebrated the official launch of Dine to Read last night in Galway. It was a great opportunity to mark the first month of online presence for Dine to Read. We’re delighted with how the night went. Thanks to everyone who turned up to help us party! A special thanks to Vina Mara Restaurant for hosting the event.

It’s a great start for Dine to Read, here’s hoping all our events are as successful as last night.

Dine to Read – Ireland’s First Dedicated Online Bookclub

This is a short video describing Dine to Read.

Thanks to all those who mentioned Dine to Read as part of the Tuesday Push, a great idea set up by Damien Mulley where the Irish Tech community get behind a new company and give them a helping hand to generate interest on a Tuesday.

Pushers included:

Sxoop Journal

Web 2 Ireland

Ken McGuire (a lovely write up, thanks Ken!)

Reva Health

Blackdog

Ann Donnelly

John Keyes

IGO People

Dublin Blogs

Thanks so much!