Projects

Index

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Long-term Projects

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2021 Projects & events

Year-long projects
  • My reading projects
  • Invisible Cities, hosted by Yamini (shakespeareandspice);  Nicole (nicole is here to learn); Natalie (Curious Reader); Stephanie (time to read!); Michael (Knowledge Lost); Wil (MyBookishEmpire); and Agnese (Beyond the Epilogue)
    • January:
      • Argentina
        • profile of Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni & some of her poems
        • Land of Smoke, by Sara Gallardo (2018, tr. Jessica Sequeira. Original: El país del humo, 1977)
      • Japan
        • Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
      • Morocco:
        • Les chants de la Tassaout, by Mririda n-Ayt Attiq (1959, tr. René Euloge)
          • profile of Moroccan Berber poet Mririda N’Ait Atiq & some of her poems
    • February:
      • China
      • Colombia
        • Holiday Heart, by Margarita García Robayo, tr. Charlotte Coombe
      • Egypt
        • Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, tr. Sherif Hetat
    • March:
      • Mexico
        • The Book of Anna, by Carmen Boullosa (2020, tr. Samantha Schnee. Original: El libro de Ana, 2016)
      • Libya
        • “From Door to Door” (short-story. Original: Min Bab Ila Bab), by Maryam Ahmed Salama, tr. Ethan Chorin (In: Translating Libya: The Modern Libyan Short Story, ed. Ethan Chorin, 2008)
    • April
      • Vietnam
      • Equatorial Guinea
        • La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono (2018, tr. Lawrence Schimel. Original: La Bastarda, 2016)
      • Peru
        • Nine Moons, by Gabriela Wiener (2020, tr. Jessica Powell. Original: Nueve lunas, 2009)
  • Back to the Classics, hosted by Karen
    • ✓ 19th century classic: Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
    • ✓ 20th century classic: Pastors and Masters, by Ivy Compton-Burnett (1925)
    • ✓ Classic by a woman author: The Victorian Chaise-longue, by Marghanita Laski (1953)
    • ✓ Classic in translation: Asphyxia, by Violette Leduc (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946)
    • ✓ Classic by a non-white author: Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
    • ✓ Classic by a new-to-you author: The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning (1962)
    • ✓ New-to-you classic by a favorite author: The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns (1962)
    • ✓ Classic about an animal, or with an animal in the title: Appius and Virginia, by G. E. Trevelyan (1932)
    • Children’s classic
    • ✓ Humorous or satirical classic: A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
    • Travel or adventure classic (fiction or non-fiction)
    • ✓ Classic play: The Purple Flower, by Marita Bonner (1928)
  • European Reading Challenge, hosted by Gilion
    • Review page / Wrap-up page
      1. France: Asphyxia, by Violette Leduc (2020, tr. Derek Coltman. Original: L’Asphyxie, 1946)
      2. Norway: Zero, by Gine Cornelia Pedersen (2018, tr. Rosie Hedger. Original: Null, 2013)
      3. Denmark: Childhood, by Tove Ditlevsen (2019, tr. Tiina Nunnally. Original: Barndom, 1967)
      4. Russia: A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
      5. Italy: Adua, by Igiaba Scego, tr. Jamie Richards
  • Australian Women Writers Challenge, hosted by Elizabeth
    • Link Your Review page / Challenge Completed page
    • Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
  • Deal Me In Challenge, hosted by Jay
    • 🃏Playing Card Shuffler
    • ♠Spades♠
    • ♥Hearts♥: Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin de Siècle, edited by Elaine Showalter (1993)
      • ♥Four♥: “Miss Grief” by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1880)
      • ♥Eight♥: “The Buddhist Priest’s Wife,” by Olive Schreiner / “Three Dreams in a Desert,” by Olive Schreiner / “Life’s Gifts,” by Olive Schreiner
      • ♥Jack♥: “A Cross Line” by George Egerton (1893, short story)
    • ♦Diamonds♦
    • ♣Clubs♣: Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves, ed. Jack D. Zipes (1984, 22 stories)
  • Woolfiano 2021, hosted by Robson
    • January: The Voyage Out / Melymbrosia ✓
    • March: Night and Day ✓
    • April: Jacob’s Room
    • May: Mrs. Dalloway
    • June: To the Lighthouse
    • July: Orlando
    • August: The Waves
    • September: Flush
    • October: The Years
    • November: The Years / Between the Acts
    • December: Between the Acts
  • The Brian Moore at 100 Readalong, hosted by Cathy
    • April: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955)
    • August: The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1981)
Events
Personal projects
  • New-to-me Authors to read in 2021
  • Most anticipated books 2021
    1. Let Me Tell You What I Mean, by Joan Didion (2021)
    2. Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, by Gail Crowther (2021)
    3. Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri (2021)
    4. Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller (2021)
  • Know Thy Shelf, from A to Z (inspired by Annabel’s Shelves)
  • Local bookclub
  • Borderless Book Club
    • Jan: Zero, by Gine Cornelia Pedersen (2018, tr. Rosie Hedger. Original: Null, 2013)
    • Feb: Strange Beasts of China, by Yan Ge (2020, tr. Jeremy Tiang, novel. Original: 异兽志, 2006)
    • April: Slash and Burn by Claudia Hernández
    • May: Havana Year Zero by Karla Suárez (Scribd, Comma Press)
    • June: Vivian by Christina Hesselholdt
  • Handheld Press Book Club
    • Apr: Women’s Weird
    • May: Kingdoms of Elfin
  • Virago Modern Classics Book Club
    • Apr: Sisters by a River by Barbara Comyns
    • May: The Group by Mary McCarthy
    • Jun: Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
    • Jul: An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
    • Aug: Breakfast with the Nikolides by Rumer Godden
    • Sep: Harriet Said . . . by Beryl Bainbridge
    • Oct: The Healing by Gayl Jones
    • Nov: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
    • Dec: High Rising by Angela Thirkell
  • Century of books
    1. 1877 – “A Toy Princess”, by Mary de Morgan (fairy tale)
    2. 1848 – A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
    3. 1893 – Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
  • 100 Best WIT:
    1. La Bastarda, by Trifonia Melibea Obono
    2. Woman at Point Zero, by Nawal El Saadawi
  • Persephone Books:
    1. The Victorian Chaise-Longue, by Marghanita Laski (1953)
  • Reclaim Her Name
    1. A Diplomat’s Diary by Julien Gordon (1890)
    2. Some Emotions and a Moral by John Oliver Hobbes (1891)
    3. Cecilia De Noël by Lanoe Falconer (1891)
    4. Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
    5. Iras: A Mystery, by Theo Douglas (1896)
  • Virago Modern Classics:
    1. The Skin Chairs, by Barbara Comyns (1962)
    2. Sisters by a River, by Barbara Comyns (1947)
    3. Life and Death of Harriett Frean, by May Sinclair (1922)
    4. The Beauties and Furies, by Christina Stead (1936)
    5. Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
  • Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021:
    • ✨The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
    • ✨ No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
    • ✨ Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
    • ✨Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
    • ✨ Unsettled Ground, by Claire Fuller
    • Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
    • Luster by Raven Leilani
    • ✨ Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
  • Classics Club: 
    1. Floating Clouds, by Fumiko Hayashi (2006, tr. Lane Dunlop. Original: 浮雲, 1951)
    2. The Chinese Garden, by Rosemary Manning (1962)
    3. The Purple Flower, by Marita Bonner (1928, play)
    4. A Double Life, by Karolina Pavlova (1978/ 2019, tr. Barbara Heldt. Original: Двойная жизнь, 1848)
    5. The Old English Baron, by Clara Reeve (1777)
    6. Life and Death of Harriett Frean, by May Sinclair (1922)
    7. Trio, by Dorothy Baker (1943)
    8. Keynotes, by George Egerton (1893)
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