KIWC English Book Club is a club for all women around the world. It runs the first Monday at 1 p.m. of each month at Qubit Cafe, (Hanshin Arena) No. 6, Lane 50, Bo-Ai 3 Road, Zuo Ying District, Kaohsiung. Even far away from Kaohsiung, we can have a live discussion via Skype with members around the world.

The books we discussed is filled with variety, so far we have gone through this half semester as follows: The Age of Innocence, Love in the Fallen City, Minor Feeling, An Asian American Reckoning. The Lone Pilgrim, Ten Lessons for the Post Pandemic.

Our Club runs the whole year, only taking recess in July and August. We also feature movies for discussion. During the epidemic, we also used Google Meet to keep the ball rolling.

Our objectives:

●      Discuss and share opinions about books

●      Encourage reading a broad range of books

●      Build international friendships

●      At the end of the year, we will discuss our next year’s whole book list  

The Book Club provides an important and essential opportunity for members to read books in English that cross a variety of different topics, ideas and imagery. We continue to use books to build bridges and communication through the meetings. They provide us with an essential way of expressing ideas and breaking through boundaries. Each month our members come together to share ideas about books that are both fiction and non-fiction and discuss ideas and imagery that come up through the books and discussion.

“Never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.”” “There are decades when nothing happens, and then there are weeks when decades happen.” Cherish the time that we can share our thoughts.

Feel free to contact Florence:
Correspondent: Florence Cheng

高雄國際婦女會（KIWC）至今成立53年，提供國際婦女一起成長、交流與付出。活動如高爾夫球，英文讀書會等。

英文讀書會已成立21年，是由前副會長朱孫麗麗於2000成立, 目前會員約有12位。七年前 我們也很榮幸邀請 Clive Hazell 為英文讀書會顧問。

KIWC英文讀書會成員來自世界各地。在左營區博愛三路50巷6號Qubit咖啡廳, 每個月的第一個星期一下午1 點舉行。即便在海外，可透過Skype討論。
我們討論範圍包羅萬象，這半學期，我們共讀如下：純真年代、傾城之戀，亞裔美國人被種族化情緒，孤獨朝聖者，後疫情時代的課程。

我們的讀書會全年只休7月和8月。期間也有電影討論。
我們的目標：
•討論和分享有關書籍的心得
•鼓勵閱讀廣泛的書籍
•建立國際友誼
•年末會商討下年度整年書目

有句話說：「不要停止學習，因為這世界從未停止教導。」「世界可能一日千里，也可能千里一日」，處在後疫情效應時代，讓我們更把握時間學習。歡迎一起加入國際婦女英文讀書會！

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