What is a Book Club?
A Book Club or Reading Group is a group of people who all read the same book at the same time, and then get together to discuss it. A group leader will often help guide the group with reading notes and questions to consider. Meetings can be as casual or formal as you like, and can be located anywhere from the library to home to the local cafe.
What is a Book Chat?
A Book chat is a group of people who get together to discuss what they are currently reading. This is a great way to share some of your favourite books with other people, and also get recommendations for something else you might enjoy reading.
Starting a Book Group:
Got your group of friends together and ready to start?
- Contact your local branch library and register your group.
- Confirm a day, time and location for the group.
- Advise who the group leader will be and their contact details.
- Get a copy of the current book club sets list and pick your books.
- Get together and have fun!
Joining a Book Group:
Like to join an existing book group? - Check out the current Book Clubs and Book Chats that the library hosts.
What the library can offer:
- A range of Book Club sets with up to 10 copies (may be possible to access audio versions if required)
- A venue for Book Club meetings (depending on branch opening hours).
Membership & Conditions:
- Individual book club groups are to be made up of a minimum of four and maximum of ten members.
- A non-refundable annual fee of $30 (including GST) per person is charged, on the 1st July each year or pro-rata for those joining part way through the year.
- A group leader must be nominated and will be responsible for liaising with the Library, and organising the Book Club activities.
- The group leader is responsible for ensuring that all Book Club members have paid their annual subscription fee.
- Each member of the Book Club needs to have a current library membership card. Book Club books will be issued to the individual’s card.
- Alternatively, the books may all be issued to the group leader who will be responsible for the collection and return of the books, including dealing with overdue items and replacement costs of missing or damaged books.
- Normal borrowing conditions apply to all Book Club loans.
- The loan period will be six weeks (or to coincide with book club meetings), and the library expects the return of the books by the next Book Club meeting.
- Registered Book Clubs can nominate which titles they would like to read during a year and collect them from their nominated local library branch. Current Book Club Sets
- At a minimum, 8 weeks notice is required, however no guarantee is given that the selected titles will be available within this time period.
