Book and Screen Clubs

The library offers a wide range of book clubs to suit diverse reading tastes. These clubs meet monthly and members decide on which books are read during the year.

The clubs provide a casual but structured discussion led by an experienced reader with questions and discussion points developed to assist and enrich your thinking about the author and the book.

Membership to any of the book clubs or screen club is free with your annual subscription.

BYO Book Club

No homework required for this book club, just rock up and tell us all what you've been reading this month.

WHEN: 4^th Saturday each month

TIME: 12:00 pm

DURATION: 1 hour

Crime Fiction Book Club

Librarian and avid crime reader Rose Blustein is running a Crime fiction book club for our many fans of the genre. There has been strong interest in this club, so join now!

February 17 - The chestnut man by Soren Sveistrop

*March 23 - November Road by Lou Berry

April 20 - The hummingbird by Kati Hiekkapelto

May 18 - Scrublands by Chris Hammer

*June 22 - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

July 20 - The plotters by Un-Su Kim

August 17 - Force of Nature by Jane Harper

September 21 - The punishment she deserves by Elizabeth George

October 19 - My sister, the serial killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

*November 23 - The darkness by Ragnar Jonasson

December 21 - The promised land by Barry Maitland

WHEN: 3^rd Monday each month (months noted with an asterisk are the 4^th Monday due to library schedule)

TIME: 5:45 pm

DURATION: 1 hour

Friday Lunchtime Book Club

We read a new fiction book each month from a list selected by book club members. Please ask staff about joining as there are a limited number of places available.

February 14 - Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh

March 13 - Boy swallows universe by Trent Dalton

April 10 - The art of the engine driver by Steven Carroll

May 8 - Too much lip by Melissa Lucashenko

June 12 - The last painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

July 10 - No friend but the mountains by Behrouz Boochani

August 14 - A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

September 11 - A different kind of daughter by Maria Toorpakai and Katharine Holstein

October 19 - The wife and the widow by Christian White

November 13 - A time of gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

December 11 - Act of grace by Anna Krien

WHEN: 2^nd Friday each month

TIME: 12:00 pm

DURATION: 1 hour

Thursday Lunchtime Book Club

We read a new fiction book each month from a list selected by book club members. Please ask staff about joining as there are a limited number of places available.

January 30 - The wife and the widow by Christian White

February 20 - A time of gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

March 19 - Act of grace by Anna Krien

April 16 - Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh

May 21 - Boy swallows universe by Trent Dalton

June 18 - The art of the engine driver by Steven Carroll

July 16 - Too much lip by Melissa Lucashenko

August 20 - The last painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

September 18 - No friend but the mountains by Behrouz Boochani

October 15 - A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

(November meeting held back until start of December)

December 3 - A different kind of daughter by Maria Toorpakai and Katharine Holstein

WHEN: 3^rd Thursday each month

TIME: 12:00 pm

DURATION: 1 hour

Wednesday Lunchtime Book Club

We read a new fiction book each month from a list selected by book club members. Please ask staff about joining as there are a limited number of places available.

February 5 - No friend but the mountains by Behrouz Boochani

March 4 - A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

April 1 - A different kind of daughter by Maria Toorpakai and Katharine Holstein

May 6 - The wife and the widow by Christian White

June 3 - A time of gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

July 1 - Act of grace by Anna Krien

August 5 - Brideshead revisited by Evelyn Waugh

September 2 - Boy swallows universe by Trent Dalton

October 7 - The art of the engine driver by Steven Carroll

November 4 - Too much lip by Melissa Lucashenko

December 2 - The last painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

WHEN: 1^st Wednesday each month