Book Group

September 2020 Book Group Chat

Saturday, 26th September – 9:30am

We are delighted to have Paula Heelan, photo-journalist and author joining us for the September Book Group Chat.

Paula is an award winning Queensland photo-journalist. She is the author of several books including Australian Midwives, Outback Governesses and An Outback Life, and a contributing writer for Cattlemen in Pearls. Paula regularly writes for magazines and newspapers, including Outback, Graziher and The Guardian. Paula and her husband Peter moved from their cattle property in Central Queensland to Geham, north of Toowoomba. She would love to talk to the group about her writing journey and tips and tricks.

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Upcoming Book Group Chat Dates

Saturday, 26th September 2020
Saturday, 31st September 2020
Saturday, 28th November 2020

The QRRRWN Book Group is led by our Past President, Rosemary Burnett. We are incredibly grateful for Rosemary’s ongoing involvement and enthusiasm in leading the Book Group in 2020. The Book Group is open to all financial members of QRRRWN.

The Book Group was founded in 2019 by Dr Cecily Jensen-Clayton PhD, Frances Miller, Robin McConchie and Rosemary Burnett (originally named The QRRRWN Book Club).

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Background

Since 2019, the QRRRWN Membership Team has run a Book Group that shares reviews of the works of selected authors each month in the E-News. In 2020, we will also commence regular teleconference or on-line chats to discuss that month’s book and the review. We will also trial an email chat group and closed facebook group for QRRRWN members who join the Book Group.

We will send a reminder on the QRRRWN pages about registering for the Book Group teleconference or on-line chat.

Join the Book Group!

If you would like to join the Book Group and are a financial member, please email Megan at eso@qrrrwn.org.au to join. Or become a QRRRWN member to enjoy our member benefits and access to the Book Group here. https://www.qrrrwn.org.au/membership/

Be A Book Reviewer!

We are always looking for new book reviewers. If you are interested and agree with the guidelines below, please let Megan know at eso@qrrrwn.org.au.

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Guidelines: book reviewers and approvers of book reviews

Books and their reviews do not need to fulfil on every one of the following points. They are to be used as a guide that align book choices and their reviews with objects of the QRRRWN constitution and recommendations made from contributors listed above.

A recommendation is that book selection and reviews align to at least one of the constitution objects.

Apply these guidelines when:

selecting a book and reviewing it and
when approving book reviews.

Checkpoint	Book review guidelines
	Title
	Author
	Place of publication: publisher, date of publication
	Number of pages
	Depending on the book’s purpose, if the author argues for a particular solution to a public problem, then the review should judge: · whether the author has defined the problem, · identified causes, planned points of attack, · provided necessary background information, · and offered specific solutions.
	Indicate the author’s professional expertise
	Cover the author’s main points
	Describe the kind of evidence the author uses to prove his or her points
	Describe how this book relates to other books on the same topic
	Critique whether or not the author has the necessary expertise to write the book
	Describe how successful/or not you think the author was in carrying out the overall purposes of the book
	How does this book create, promote and/or maintain networks amongst QLDs rural, remote and regional women?
	Does this book have a personal development or educational theme that could empower QLD’s rural, remote and regional women and their communities?
	Does this book raise the profile of QLDs rural, remote and regional women and, if so, in what way?
	Does this book create, promote and/or maintain networks between QLD’s rural, remote and regional women and local, state and federal governments, businesses and other organisations?