LitClub: Owerenga a Chigwa
Hancock, Vermont
PAMBUYO pa mphepo yamkuntho yamphamvu, kampani yatsopano ya esprit de corp inabadwa ku Hancock, Vermont, pamene anthu okhala m'deralo anagwirizana kuti amangenso tawuni yawo yaying'ono. Chimodzi mwa zotsatira zake zokhalitsa chinali kukhazikitsidwa kwa kalabu yabwino kwambiri yowerengera mabuku.
Tiuzeni zambiri zokhudza mbiri ya kilabu yanu.
Irene, mphepo yamkuntho yomwe inagunda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya East Coast mu Ogasiti, 2011, inatikhudza kwambiri. Patatha zaka zoposa ziwiri, tikukonzabe nyumba ndi kumanganso misewu ndi milatho.
Ziyenera kuti zinali zoopsa kwambiri.
Inde, koma anansi anathandiza anansi, ndipo odzipereka anabwera kudzathandiza. Zinatitengera kanthawi kuti tipeze mpweya, koma pofika mu Marichi, 2012, ambiri ankafuna kuona mzimu wa anthu wambawu ukugwira ntchito kwa nthawi yayitali.
Gawo la khama lathu linali kupanga Friends of the Hancock Free Public Library. Tinkafuna kuwonjezera chidziwitso ndi kugwiritsa ntchito laibulale ndikuthandizira kupanga mapulogalamu atsopano.
Ndiye chinachitika ndi chiyani?
Tinazindikira kuti gulu la mabuku lingakhale njira yabwino yosonkhanitsira anthu pamodzi, choncho tinakhazikitsa mu Seputembala 2012. Takhala ndi gulu lokhazikika la anthu 8-12—ndizosangalatsa kukhala ndi zochitika zodziwika bwino m'tawuni yathu yaying'ono.
Kodi nonsenu ndinu ochokera ku Hancock?
Ayi. Hancock ili ndi anthu 324 okha. Anthu athu ochokera m'matauni atatu ozungulira (ndi kutali). Dzina lathu, "Owerenga Chigwa" limasonyeza malo athu komanso kuphatikizika kwathu.
Chabwino, tiyeni tikambirane za mabuku anu.
Nayi mndandanda wathu wa chaka chathu choyamba monga kalabu ya mabuku:
Monga Madzi a Chokoleti
Anthu a m'buku
Kudumpha Khrisimasi
Madzi a Njovu
Kudula Mwala
Atsikana a Sandcastle
Wophunzira wa Quilter
Zifundo Zoyendayenda
Mtsikana Wapakhomo
Sabata Limodzi M'nyengo Yozizira
Ine ndi Mayi Kennedy
Anne Morrow Lindbergh lolembedwa ndi Dorothy Hermann
Wolemba Nkhani
Mndandanda wabwino kwambiri. Kodi pali zomwe mumakonda?
Anthu ambiri anakonda Wophunzira wa Quilter ndipo ambiri anapitiriza kuwerenga mabuku ena omwe ali mu mndandanda umenewo. Mtsikana Wapakhomo ndi Ine ndi Mayi Kennedy zinali zokondedwa, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti pakhale zokambirana zabwino.
Nanga bwanji za kukhumudwa?
Zifundo Zoyendayenda Mwina bukuli silinali lokondedwa kwambiri ndi magulu koma linayambitsa makambirano ambiri. Anthu anakhumudwa ndi momwe wolembayo analerera banja lake komanso momwe ankachitira zinthu ndi chipembedzo.
Tiuzeni momwe mumasankhira mabuku anu. Zikuoneka ngati zosavomerezeka—ndipo zosangalatsa kwambiri, zomwe sizimachitika nthawi zonse m'magulu owerengera mabuku!
Ndi njira yogwirizana kwambiri. Mwezi uliwonse timazungulira tebulo ndikukambirana zomwe aliyense akuwerenga payekha. Nthawi zambiri timapanga mndandanda wathu kuchokera ku malingaliro a mamembala—pafupifupi aliyense wapereka lingaliro la limodzi mwa mabuku athu. Ndipo tawerenga mabuku osiyanasiyana monga momwe mukuonera.
Komabe, nkhani imodzi timaipewa: tonse tinagwirizana kuti sitikufuna kuwerenga mabuku omwe ana amaphedwa.
Mwamuwona Chris Bohjalian, eti?
Inde, ndi Mvermonter. Anali kukamba nkhani, pafupifupi ola limodzi, pa Atsikana a Sandcastle, zomwe tinali tikuziwerenga pamsonkhano wa mwezi umenewo. Takonzanso nkhani yake yatsopano, Kuunika M'mabwinja, pa msonkhano wathu mu February 2014.
Mudzakhala ndi nyumba yatsopano posachedwa.
Inde, tasangalala kwambiri! Takhala tikukumana ku Hancock Town Hall. Koma laibulale yathu yaying'ono ikusamukira kudera lina lomwe lili ndi malo ochulukirapo katatu kuposa kale. Kusamukako kukatha (kumapeto kwa masika, 2014), tidzachitira misonkhano yathu kumeneko.
Tiuzeni zomwe mumachita pa Khirisimasi.
Tikulowa mu Khirisimasi yathu yachiwiri, tsopano, pamene tidzachita chakudya chamadzulo cha potluck ndikusinthana mabuku. Chaka chatha tinakumana kunyumba kwa membala wina...ndipo chaka chino tidzakhala kwa membala wina.
Nanga bwanji malamulo a kilabu?
Lamulo limodzi lokha: kalabu yathu ndi malo otetezeka, osaweruzana omwe mungagawane malingaliro. Sitimagwirizana nthawi zonse, koma nthawi zonse timalemekezana.
Pomaliza, kodi mukufuna kuti owerenga athu adziwe chiyani chokhudza Valley Readers?
Tili ndi gulu la akazi osiyanasiyana, kuyambira azaka za m'ma 30 mpaka 80. Timakonda kukhala osamala kwambiri chifukwa cha mamembala athu achikulire (ayi Masikiti makumi asanu a Grey kwa ife monga gulu!), koma tonsefe timamvana bwino ndipo timayamikira mphindi 90 zomwe timakhala limodzi mwezi uliwonse!