BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:153619@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260803T081040Z DTSTART:20260812T191500Z DTEND:20260812T211500Z SUMMARY:Science Fiction Book Club DESCRIPTION:The English Language LGBT Book Club has launched an LGBT Sci- Fi book club group\\, that will meet once a month.\\nThe LGBT Sci-Fi &am p\\; Fantasy group of the English Language LGBT Book Club Zurich\\, will discuss this book today:\\n„\\;The Island of Missing Trees“\\; by Elif ShafakA rich\\, magical new book on belonging and identity\\, lov e and trauma\\, nature and renewal\\, from the Booker shortlisted author of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World.Two teenagers\\, a Greek C ypriot and a Turkish Cypriot\\, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna\\, hidden beneath garlands of garlic\\, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle\\, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbid den love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roo f\\, and this tree bears witness to their hushed\\, happy meetings and ev entually\\, to their silent\\, surreptitious departures. The tree is ther e when war breaks out\\, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble\ \, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later\\, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species\\, but really\\, he’s searching f or lost love.\\nYears later a Ficus carica grows in the back garden of a house in London where Ada Kazantzakis lives. This tree is her only connec tion to an island she has never visited —\\; her only connection to her family’s troubled history and her complex identity as she seeks to untangle years of secrets to find her place in the world.\\nA moving\\, b eautifully written and delicately constructed story of love\\, division\\ , transcendence\\, history and eco-consciousness\\, The Island of Missing Trees is Elif Shafak’s best work yet.**The event takes place in the ro oms of the Regenbogenhaus\\, which is open from 15h00-19h00 on Wednesdays . You’\\;re welcome to visit the library\\, before the book discussi on in the House of Color**Reminder: The Sci-Fi &\\; Fantasy books gro up meets monthly\\, and has an initial limit of 12 person (due to venue s ize at the Regenbogenhaus).\\nThe Sci-Fi Fantasy group also has a separat e Whatsapp Group chat\\, and Excel sheet for suggesting and voting on boo ks to read.Suggest books and vote here.\\nAs space is limited\\, it is be st toregister on the meetup app\\, where we will also have a waiting list in case morepeople sign up than we have space for. Register here.Die Bib liothek ist ein Angebot der HAZ –\\; Queer Zürich im Regenbogenha us.🌈🏠📚\\nhttps://www.gayout.com/europe/switzerland/zurich/events /science-fiction-book-club-2026-08-12 LOCATION:HAZ Zurich URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/switzerland/zurich/events/science-fiction-book-club-2026-08-12 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR