LitClub: Bungwe la Majekete a Mabuku Ofumbi
London, Ontario, Canada
Kupatulapo ma bunny ears ndi ma boas, amawerengadi. Bungwe la Dusty Book Jacket Society limaona mabuku ake kukhala ofunika kwambiri...ngakhale aliyense akuseka.
Si a Kalulu a Dust, eti...ngakhale chithunzicho chilipo?
Ayi, ndife bungwe la Dusty Book Jacket Society. Tikukondwerera tsiku lobadwa la woyambitsa wathu pachithunzichi.
Dzina labwino—nkhani yake ndi yotani?
Ndi ulemu waukulu kwa ma tablet a digito. Pamene ambiri a ife tikutsitsa mabuku athu owerengera, chithunzi cha mabuku omwe akutayika pashelufu, fumbi likuwonjezeka, chinali choseketsa kwa ife.
Dzinali limasonyezanso mfundo yakuti sitidziona ngati ofunika kwambiri. Ndipotu, mukatchula kalabu yanu ya mabuku kuti "ma BJ afumbi," moyo sungakhale wopanda kanthu!
Nkhani yanu ndi yotani?
Woyambitsa wathu adalemba uthenga pa Facebook, akufuna akazi ofanana nawo kuti ayambitse kalabu yophunzirira mabuku. Chidwi chinali chachikulu, kotero maitanidwe anayenera kuperekedwa kokha kwa mayankho khumi oyamba.
Poyamba tinkakumana kwambiri, tinkakumana chifukwa cha chikondi chathu cha mabuku—aliyense wa ife anali wolumikizana ndi m'modzi kapena awiri okha. Takhala tikukumana mwezi uliwonse kuyambira 2013 ndipo sitinayang'anenso m'mbuyo.
Kodi pali mamembala angati tsopano?
Tinataya mamembala angapo chifukwa cha kusintha kwa mikhalidwe yathu, koma tinaganiza zochepetsa gululo kufika pa 8 chifukwa tinali ogwirizana bwino kwambiri.
Tiuzeni zomwe mwakhala mukuwerenga posachedwapa.
Nazi zomwe takhala tikuwerenga chaka chathachi:
Buku la Akuda
Wakuba Mabuku
Divergent
Wopanda Mtsikana
Ndikundifunafuna
Sukulu Yophikira ya Chikondi cha Mulungu Wamkazi
Njira Yosavuta ya Ruthie Leming
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Nyumba Zopanda Anthu
Akazi Okwiya Akudya Bon
Mipira
Itanani Azamba
Kuwala Pakati pa Nyanja
Koposa Zonse
Atsikana Opaka Utoto
Zokonda zilizonse?
Tonse tikugwirizana Akazi Okwiya Akudya Ma Bon Bons Buku lathu loyamba mu 2013, lomwe linkayang'ana kwambiri maubwenzi a akazi komanso tanthauzo la kukhala m'gulu la mabuku, linakhazikitsa njira yoti gululi lidzakhalire. Mofanana ndi anthu omwe ali m'bukuli, ambiri a ife tinayamba ngati alendo kapena odziwana nawo koma buku lililonse lomwe tinkawerenga, maubwenzi athu ankakula kwambiri kukhala maubwenzi enieni omwe tsopano akupitirira kunja kwa misonkhano.
Bukuli linatipatsanso lingaliro logwirizanitsa chakudya chomwe chimaperekedwa pamisonkhano ndi buku lomwe likukambidwa. Ndi njira yabwino yowonjezera malingaliro osangalatsa pa zomwe timawerenga, komanso limatithandiza kuwonetsa luso lathu lophika.
Nanga bwanji mabuku omwe adatsogolera ku zokambirana zabwino kwambiri?
Mabuku onse omwe tawerenga akhala nsanja yomwe timagwiritsa ntchito pofufuza miyoyo yathu kuchokera ku lingaliro losiyana. Popeza sititsatira mtundu umodzi wa nkhani, kuya kwa zokambirana zathu kumatha kusiyanasiyana mwezi ndi mwezi ndipo kumayendetsedwa ndi mutu wa buku lomwe tikuwerenga. Makambirano athu abwino kwambiri akuphatikizapo nkhani zaumwini, kusinkhasinkha kwenikweni ndi nthawi zowona mtima zokhala ndi kuseka kwambiri komanso kuseka kosangalatsa komwe kumalowetsedwamo.
Pa ntchito yongopeka, Divergent Tinapereka mwayi wokambirana bwino kwambiri za tanthauzo la kupatsidwa udindo umodzi m'gulu la anthu. Tinagwiritsa ntchito mafunso omwe ali kumbuyo kwa bukuli kuti tikonzekere kukambirana ngati mukugwirizana ndi zomwe zimakutchani "gulu lanu." Buku lina lopeka, Atsikana Opaka Utoto, tikanati tione mtengo wake kuti tikwaniritse zosowa zathu, makamaka adakali aang'ono.
Kukambirana bwino kumachokeranso m'mabuku osakhala a nthano. Mwachitsanzo, Mwana wamkazi wa Imam Buku lolembedwa ndi Hannah Shah linali lofotokoza bwino mavuto omwe atsikana ambiri akukumana nawo masiku ano komanso kusiyana kwa chikhalidwe komwe kumachitika pakati pa mibadwo. Kukambirana kwathu pa bukuli kunaphatikizapo malingaliro anzeru kwambiri pa njira zoopsa zomwe wolembayo adayenera kuchita kuti athawe banja lake komanso momwe kuponderezedwa kwa amuna ndi akazi m'bukuli kunakhudzira maganizo a anthu ambiri.
Kodi misonkhano yanu mumachitira kuti?
Timasinthasintha nyumba Lachiwiri lachiwiri la mwezi uliwonse ndipo membala aliyense amatenga nthawi yake. Wolandira alendo wa mweziwo amasankha buku, mutu wa chakudya ndikupereka zakumwa. Wolandira alendo wa mwezi wotsatira amaulula zomwe wasankha powerenga kumapeto kwa zokambirana pamsonkhano wa miyezi yapitayi. Ndi nthawi yomwe anthu amayembekezera kwambiri; nthawi zambiri mapiritsi amatulutsidwa ndipo mabuku amatsitsidwa kuti asangalale kuwerenga nthawi yomweyo.
Kodi mumasankha bwanji mabuku anu?
Buku lililonse ndi losankha la aliyense amene akulisunga. Bukuli limachokera m'malo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo mawebusayiti osankhidwa, ndemanga za mabuku, malingaliro a abwenzi ndi achibale, komanso chidule cha buku chomwe chimamveka chokongola.
Malamulo aliwonse?
Ponseponse gulu lathu ndi lomasuka pankhani ya kapangidwe kake ndipo palibe malamulo enieni omwe amagwira ntchito. Zosangalatsa, ubwenzi ndi chakudya, pamodzi ndi kufunitsitsa kuŵerenga kunja kwa malo omasuka, ndi zinthu zokhazo zomwe timayembekezera kwa wina ndi mnzake.
Nanga bwanji za zochitika zapadera pamisonkhano?
Timagwiritsa ntchito chakudya kuti tisonyeze bukuli m'njira ina. Membala aliyense amabweretsa mbale kapena zokhwasula-khwasula kuti zigwirizane ndi mutu womwe wolandirayo wakonza. Mwachitsanzo, tinasangalala kwambiri kufananiza mbale za chakudya ndi The Supremes ku Earls All-You-Can-Eat, zinthu za chakudya chamadzulo cha Khirisimasi cha Mary Kay Andrews Chisangalalo cha Khirisimasi, ndi zakudya zouziridwa ndi Italy kuti Sukulu Yophikira ya Chikondi cha Mulungu Wamkazi.
Kuphatikiza apo, tili ndi miyezi ingapo pomwe wolandirayo walankhula ndi wolemba buku lomwe tikuwerengali kuti amve maganizo ake pa buku lake. Kukhala ndi wolembayo kutenga nthawi yoyankha imelo ndikupereka chidziwitso chowonjezera n'kosangalatsa komanso kowonjezera pa zokambiranazo.
Pali china chilichonse chomwe mungafune kutiuza chokhudza Dusty Book Jacket Society?
Palibe msonkhano umene sutha popanda kuseka kwambiri moti timafunika kupukuta misozi m'maso mwathu. Sizachilendo kuchita misonkhano panja poopa kuswa lamulo la phokoso.
Ponseponse, mungafotokoze bwanji kalabu yanu?
Anthu osangalala akusangalala! Pakati pathu, ndife gulu losangalatsa la akazi omwe ali ndi chikondi chenicheni kwa wina ndi mnzake. Timakondwerera kusiyana kwathu, timafunafuna njira zosekera limodzi ndikuchita zinthu ngati olimbikitsana wina ndi mnzake nthawi yamavuto. Ndi gulu lenileni.