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

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.

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!

Got a minute to spare? 

We were delighted to see Dine to Read featured in the Sunday Tribune magazine yesterday (Sunday 15th March.)

Thanks from everyone here at Dine to Read!

Dine to Read has officially been launched for a week now and already we’ve attracted some attention for being Ireland’s first online book club.

Last week I got a call from Galway’s newest radio station i 102-104fm who interviewed me about Dine to Read for a programme that will air this Thursday. Then this morning I spoke with a presenter from Dublin’s  Spin Fm who had interesting views on Dine to Read and its place in bringing Irish society together in what can be isolating times.

Feels great to be surfing the airwaves with our bookclub!

Today is officially World Book Day 2009. What better way to kick off Dine to Read. We’ve chosen our first book of the month which is ‘The White Tiger’ by Aravind Adiga, a book I’m just starting to get into and trust me, it’s a great read so far!

Our first Dine to Read book club event will take place in Galway on Tuesday 31st March in Vina Mara Restaurant. For details check out our events page and sign up fast as it is very nearly full up.

We’re delighted with the response to Dine to Read so far, so please keep babbling about books and enjoy the site!