The LibriVox UK Chapter! Meeting to record.....

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » January 6th, 2007, 11:48 am

Hey guys, start your own thread!

(Seriously. You'll get the right attention that way).

'Guild' is a good word. I think I enjoyed the pun of 'chapter', but equally that might be misleading.

Completely up for suggestions, and will edit the thread title when we have a winner.

David

mattw · Post by **mattw** » January 6th, 2007, 12:51 pm

I like 'chapter'.

CarlManchester · Post by **CarlManchester** » January 6th, 2007, 2:41 pm

I also like chapter, but the idea of something that doesn't quite sound right like "sect" might be nice.

I also think it should be called "UK" or "British" rather than "London", since I like to be nominally in it, even though I'm unlikely to be a very active participant.

mattw · Post by **mattw** » January 6th, 2007, 3:01 pm

There is that - it would only be London in the sense of it happening in London rather than all the participants being from London.

But if it's called UK, then what would any ones that might occur in other areas with different people be called?

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » January 6th, 2007, 3:46 pm

How about: The Nottingham Paragraph?

ductapeguy · Post by **ductapeguy** » January 6th, 2007, 10:11 pm

earthcalling wrote:Hey guys, start your own thread!

(Seriously. You'll get the right attention that way).
David

Oh, I get it. You don't want the colonials horning in on your perfectly good idea

Well if that's the way it is, check out this thread:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=82458#82458

Thanks David

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » January 7th, 2007, 2:09 am

Good stuff, Sean!

I'll watch your thread so I can poach any good ideas that come out of it.

David

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » January 7th, 2007, 5:22 am

I've set up this wiki page:- http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/UKChapter and put in some details for the first meeting - Sunday 18th Feb, at my place.

Those who are planning to come, please either post here or enter yourselves in the wiki page.

Likewise any suggestions for what we can work on.

Ambitious would be good! - But obviously it'll become clearer what we should aim for when we know the likely numbers.

Oh, and if you think of anything else that should be in the wiki, just go ahead and add it.

David

Janie No. 5 · Post by **Janie No. 5** » January 7th, 2007, 6:07 am

Hi!

I'll be happy to join you guys some date or other, provided that the ryanair fares are reasonable...
I live close to the airport in Friedrichshafen/Lake Constance so a flight to London is a short trip compared to the effort to get to the next bigger town by train...

Steffi

CarlManchester · Post by **CarlManchester** » January 7th, 2007, 8:35 am

Tried to Google New Cross for suitable literature:

Robert Browning lived there for a bit...

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=891

...and Edith Nesbitt lived in Lewisham for a bit, but as a child...

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/n#a407

(note Five Children and It has already been done).

earthcalling · Post by **earthcalling** » January 7th, 2007, 9:49 am

Top thinking, Carl!

I've put 'authors with a local connection' on the wiki, and added Christopher Marlowe. 'Tamburlaine' might be a bit ambitious for a starter project...

David

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 7th, 2007, 10:05 am

I'm in. How about one of the later Nesbit "Five Children" books. I know we have at least one languishing ..

Peter

mattw · Post by **mattw** » January 7th, 2007, 10:58 am

That might be a good idea Peter! I remember a BBC adaptation of Five Childen And It when I was young, might be fun to read one of those books.

alexfoster · Post by **alexfoster** » January 7th, 2007, 5:16 pm

Problem with doing a book is that it means we all take turns to sit and watch one person read?

Peter Why · Post by **Peter Why** » January 7th, 2007, 5:36 pm

There are at least five children, plus a narrator, plus all sorts of incidental parts in the Nesbit books. We could read one like a play, taking parts.

Alternatively, we could choose a collection of very short stories / anecdotes or tales, and read them round the table.

If we had an idea how many readers would be turning up, we could arrange readers for the sectins before-hand ... otherwise, it's likely to get confusing on the day.

Peter