Fem Book Club – Noughts & Crosses

Wed Sep 15 2021 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Centre for Stories | Perth

Centre for Stories
Publisher/HostCentre for Stories
Fem Book Club \u2013 Noughts & Crosses
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Fem Book Club is an introduction to a diverse range of texts by women about women. Through informal conversation about each text we will focus on the manifold experiences of being a woman through different moments in history and across varying communities. It is an opportunity to think about and challenge what it means to be a woman and perhaps undermine any assumed universal experience by looking at how people of colour, transgender and non-binary identifying writers, or those who suffer with mental health issues have vastly different experiences of ‘feminism’ or what it is to be a ‘woman’.
This is a welcoming and safe space. We encourage participation from LGBTI women, men, trans and gender diverse persons and non-binary persons.
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During this session of Fem Book Club, we’ll be discussing Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman.
Sephy is a Cross: she lives a life of privilege and power. But she’s lonely, and burns with injustice at the world she sees around her.
Callum is a nought: he’s considered to be less than nothing – a blanker, there to serve Crosses – but he dreams of a better life.
They’ve been friends since they were children, and they both know that’s as far as it can ever go. Noughts and Crosses are fated to be bitter enemies – love is out of the question. Then – in spite of a world that is fiercely against them – these star-crossed lovers choose each other.
But this is love story that will lead both of them into terrible danger, and which will have shocking repercussions for generations to come.

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Our preferred bookseller is Boffins Books. We value our local booksellers and think they are an important part of the literary community. Boffins stocks a limited number of copies of each Fem Book Club text, so please purchase your copy as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee stock. When purchasing in store, mention our name for 10% off!
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The full text list for Fem Book Club 2021 is as follows:
17 March – Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
19 May – Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
21 July – The Color Purple by Alice Walker
15 September – Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman
17 November – The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Centre for Stories, 100 Aberdeen St, Perth, Australia

Tickets

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