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We are three book lovers who thrive on bringing people together!

We have created The Book Club Social to connect people and create community, combat loneliness and foster connection with a focus on books and offline events.

20/10/2026

Last chance for ticket!!

14/10/2026

OUR LAST BOOK CLUB OF THE YEAR!

Tuesday 27 October is our final Book Club Social for the year, and we’re going out with a good one!

We’ve been so excited to get our hands on Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel, and we can’t wait to settle in, share a drink, and chat all things books with you.

Book your tickets ASAP so you don’t miss out on our last get-together of the year!

03/10/2026

Our final book club for 2026!

We’re wrapping up the year with Exit Party on 27 October — finishing with Connie’s favourite author!

Tickets are available TODAY!

Grab yours, grab the book and come join us for a drink, a chat and one last book club catch-up for the year.

See you there!

23/09/2026

27TH OCTOBER — OUR LAST BOOK CLUB OF THE YEAR (because life gets a little crazy from here)!

And we’ve been waiting for this one to land.

We’re finishing the Book Club year with Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel, the brand-new novel from the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility. And honestly… we’re very excited about this one.

Set in 2031, America is at war with itself, but Los Angeles is experiencing a brief moment of hope. The curfew has been lifted, the Republic of California has been declared, and everyone is heading to a party.

Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria - but something is very wrong. There are people at the party who shouldn’t be there. A mysterious double appears. And then the host disappears.

Years later, Ari is living a completely different life in Paris, still haunted by what happened that night. As the mystery unfolds, the story stretches across parallel worlds, fractured timelines, surveillance, crime, love and loss - taking us from a divided America to Greece, Paris and even a colony on the moon.

Basically… Emily St. John Mandel has entered the chat and we’re expecting things to get weird.

27 October @ OGSLSC
Our final Book Club of 2026.
And what better way to finish the year than with a book that will give us plenty to talk about?

Grab your copy from Laura at Where the Books Are

Tickets coming soon.

05/09/2026

BOOK CLUB IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

A little reminder to grab your tickets for our next Book Club on Tuesday 15 September at 7pm.

We’ve heard a few of you are struggling with this one… Maybe the classics aren’t for everyone! But hey, at least we’ll all be able to say we’ve read a Jane Austen book.

Whether you’re loving it, struggling through it, or quietly wondering what all the fuss is about, we’re looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks!

If you’re planning to join us, we’d love to have you there - grab your ticket when you get a chance and come along for the Austen debrief.

See you there!

04/09/2026

GIVEAWAY!

We’ve got TWO TICKETS to give away to what sounds like a seriously fascinating conversation at the Queenscliffe Literary Festival — and it’s happening tomorrow, Saturday 6th September!

Investigative journalist Louise Milligan and political campaigner Sally Rugg will be talking about taking on power, secrecy and survival.

And we want to know:

If you could ask Louise or Sally ONE question about taking on power, what would it be?

Drop your question in the comments below and you’ll go in the draw to win two tickets - bring a friend and enjoy the conversation together.

Doors open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start at Queenscliff Town Hall.

Be sure to follow the Queenscliffe Literary Festival and check out all the other fantastic events on offer.

Winner announced tomorrow morning at 9am!

Good luck!

22/08/2026

Let’s go offline together.

Put your phone away. Pick up a book. Bring your current read, audiobook, your sketchbook, a colouring book, a craft project - or absolutely nothing.

Quiet Club is a chance to slow down, switch off and spend a few hours doing something just for you. There’s no pressure to talk, no expectation to be productive and no need to have finished a particular book.

Come to read. Come to create. Come to play a game. Come to quietly exist alongside other people.

There’ll be good food, a cosy space and great company - without the noise of everyday life.

Only a limited number of tickets left, and ticket sales close Monday at 10am. If you’ve been thinking about coming, now’s the time!

21/08/2026

It’s been a while since we shared our current reads!

Ash – Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason - absolutely loving the audiobook. It has me laughing out loud!

Georgia – Just picked this one up! Laura from Where the Books Are had me sold as soon as she mentioned Bride by Ali Hazelwood - but Navessa Allen doesn’t disappoint either.

Connie – Slowly churning through Mantle by Romy Ash. If you’re into contemporary Aussie lit, you’ll love the way this story grapples with the pressures of everyday life (and death), the environmental lens Romy writes with… and the mushroom love!

What are you reading right now?

10/08/2026

Book Doof is taking the internet by storm… but did you know we’ve been doing our own version for years?

And now we’ve found the perfect new home for it.

From this month, Quiet Club will be held at the beautiful The Sewing Collective Studio - a warm, cosy space that feels like it was made for evenings like this.

Once a month we come together to slow down, switch off, and enjoy a few hours of uninterrupted reading, crafting, journalling, puzzling or whatever quiet hobby fills your cup.

No pressure to socialise (unless you want to). No assigned reading. Just a cosy space, great company, and permission to take a little time for yourself.

~ Dinner provided - each month will change.
~ BYO drinks
~ Bring your current read, craft, journal or game
~ Early bird $35pp (for 10 tickets) or $40pp
~ Spaces are limited to keep the evening cosy

Curious and maybe looking for a quiet place to land each month, we’d love to welcome you.

Join us at The Sewing Collective Studio on the 26th August at 6:30pm - get more information & tickets now via our link in bio.

07/08/2026

Sometimes a book comes to you at the exact moment it’s meant to and holds and uplifts you in all the ways you need. Whistler by Ann Patchett was that book for me.

After many years apart, a chance meeting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gives Daphne Fuller and her stepfather, Eddie Triplett, an opportunity to reconnect. An opportunity to uncover their shared history, their eagerness to connect over time lost. The warmth and ease between the two characters was so present, so immediate, I was hooked from the get-go.

Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It’s a story about bravery, memory, the often small yet consequential moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Beautiful in its simplicity, it is ultimately about how love endures, and how the feeling of being known by one other person, even for a short period of time, can change everything.

I had read a few reviews saying it was too saccharine, too perfect, everything too sentimentally charged. And was it? I mean… maaaaybe. But I didn’t care.

To me, it was perfect. And by the end of the book, I couldn’t see through my tears.

The tenderness of this book and the utterly beautiful relationship between Daphne and Eddie will stay with me forever.

Ash x

Ann Patchett Bloomsbury Publishing

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