LitClub: Akazi Okongola
Sterling, Michigan
NSANJO YA BUKU LA MABOOK—ndicho chimene chinapangitsa Carol, yemwe anayambitsa gulu la akazi aku Michigan, kuyambitsa kalabu yakeyake.
Ndiye n’chiyani chinakulimbikitsani?
Ndinali kumvetsera aphunzitsi anzanga ena akulankhula za magulu awo a mabuku ndipo ndinaganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kukhala nawo m'magulu amenewo. Kenako amayi anga anamwalira, ndipo ndinazindikira kufunika kwa ubale ndi anthu ena omwe ali ndi maganizo ofanana.
Zinaoneka ngati nthawi yabwino yomanga "gulu laling'ono" la anzanga omwe amakonda kuwerenga mofanana ndi ine. Choncho ndinayamba kuyimba mafoni, ndipo gulu lathu linakumana koyamba mu 2010.
Angati?
Poyamba tinali ndi mamembala asanu ndi atatu, koma tsopano tili ndi mamembala okwana 14.
Tiuzeni zomwe mwakhala mukuwerenga posachedwapa?
Chaka chathachi, tawerenga...
Woweruza Womaliza
Kuwala Pakati pa Nyanja
Anthu Osachita Zolakwika
Zimene Alice Anaiwala
Kumwamba ndi Kwenikweni
Moyo wa Mnyamata
Ntchito ya Rosie
Mphamvu ya Mmodzi
Kuthawa kwa Chikumbutso
Zimene ndikudziwa Zoona
Kupha Yesu
Komanso, aliyense wa ife anasankha buku m'buku la Mndandanda wa Chokoleti Wachinsinsi ndi Joanna CarolMabuku onsewa amachitika ku boma la Michigan.
Kodi pali zokonda zilizonse pazaka zambiri?
Gulu la Glass—zosaiwalika ndipo zinatikhudza kwambiri.
Nkhani ya Khumi ndi Chitatu—nkhani yosayembekezereka inatikhudza! Inalukidwa mwaluso kwambiri ndipo inatipititsa patsogolo zomwe tinkaganiza kuti zingatheke mu nkhani.
Mtsikana yemwe ali ndi Tattoo—anthu amphamvu komanso nkhani yodabwitsa. Nkhani yake imakugwirani mtima ndikukuthandizani kuti mupitirize.
Moloka'i—buku la mbiri yakale losangalatsa (gulu lathu limakonda mbiri).
Zokhumudwitsa?
Nyani woyipa—palibe amene anakonda: nkhani yoipa ndi anthu osatheka. Carl Hiassen sachita kafukufuku wake.
Anthu Osachita Zolakwika—okhumudwitsa komanso osokoneza, ngakhale kuti ena mwa anthuwa ankasangalala ndi mbiri yake.
Makwerero a Zaka—anthu osatheka komanso osakondedwa.
Makambirano abwino makamaka?
Kupha Yesu—ena mwa mamembala ake ankakonda mbiri yakale, koma ena sanakonde wolembayo. Bukuli linatithandizanso kukambirana za Chikatolika; ena mwa atsikanawo anapita kusukulu ya Chikatolika ndipo anali ndi zokumbukira zoipa. Kwenikweni, kukambirana kwathu kunakhala kotentha kwambiri kotero kuti tinawonjezera njira yatsopano yolankhulirana: aliyense amapeza nthawi yoti afotokoze maganizo ake—popanda kusokonezedwa—tisanayambe kukambirana kwenikweni.
Ine ndine Malala—tinkachita chidwi ndi moyo wa mtsikanayo ku Pakistan, komanso chikondi chake pa dziko lakwawo, maphunziro ake, ndi banja lake. Aliyense ankaoneka kuti anamva chinachake chomwe chinawakhudza mwanjira ina.
Kudula Mwala—buku lowerenga movutikira, mosakayikira. Ngakhale kuti ndi buku lalitali, ambiri anati sangathe kulisiya. Tinakambirana za anthu otchulidwa m'nkhaniyi—anali oyamba kwambiri. Tinayang'ananso pa kusintha ndi kusintha kosayembekezereka kwa nkhaniyo.
Kodi pali malamulo aliwonse a kilabu?
Kucheza ndi kudya kumangokhala mphindi 30 zoyambirira za msonkhano...ngakhale nthawi zina theka la ola limenelo limakhala ola lathunthu.
Timayamba zokambirana zathu pozungulira chipinda, kupatsa aliyense mwayi woti alankhule. Palibe amene amaloledwa kusokoneza. Iyi ndi njira yathu yotsimikizira kuti aliyense wa ife ali ndi chonena. Ndi njira yabwino yolimbikitsira kumvetsera.
Zochitika zapadera za kilabu?
Kawirikawiri, timadya zokhwasula-khwasula ndi zinthu zinazake. Koma nthawi zina, m'modzi mwa mamembala athu amakonza chakudya kuti chigwirizane ndi mutu wa bukuli. Tinachita izi ndi Gulu la Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyTimawerenga Chocolate Mysteries mu February—Mwezi wa Chocolate—ndipo nthawi zina timaonera mafilimu ozikidwa pa mabuku.
Kodi mukufuna kuti tidziwe chiyani chokhudza kilabu yanu?
Mamembala athu ali ndi zaka za m'ma 50 ndi 60. Tilinso ndi aphunzitsi angapo a Chingerezi m'gulu lathu, (ena opuma pantchito), angapo osakhala panyumba opanda anthu, ndipo angapo ali m'makampani. Yvonne amagwira ntchito mu ofesi ya zamalamulo ndipo amakonda mabuku ofotokoza zamalamulo, pomwe mphunzitsi wathu wopuma pantchito wa Chingerezi/mbiri, Marlene, amakonda chilichonse chokhudza mbiri yakale.
Ambiri a ife ndife owerenga okonda kwambiri: Julie anawerenga mabuku 20 m'nyengo yozizira yatha. Ndipotu, ali m'gulu lina la mabuku ku Florida komwe amapita m'nyengo yozizira, ndipo timaseka kuti akutiwerengera kawiri.
Koposa zonse, timasangalala kusonkhana mwezi uliwonse—kuseka, kukambirana, kugawana zambiri, ndi kukambirana mabuku. Tonsefe timasangalala kuwerenga, ngakhale kukonda, mabuku omwe "sitinasankhepo pazaka miliyoni" zilizonse.
