The Book Club

On Monday December 7, 2009, the Book Club met to discuss a writer rather than a particular book. Shane Maloney had been chosen as he is an Australian author whose books are set in Melbourne. For this reason his books were most enjoyed by those familiar with the setting of the novels while those less familiar struggled sometimes with Read more >>

On Monday November 2, the Book Club met to discuss Robert Kaplan’s Medical Murder: Disturbing Cases of Doctors Who Kill. Kaplan shows that medical murder (he calls it clinicide) has a long history in the profession, while stressing that it is practised by a very small proportion of doctors. Read more >>

In October, the Book Club met to discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society written by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. Mary Ann Shaffer was a 70 year old American former librarian who had been interested in writing all of her life but never previously published. Sadly she became ill and did not live to see her book published. Read more >>

On Monday September 7, the Book Club met to discuss Families: Modern Australian Short Stories, The book is edited by Barry Oakley and includes stories from contemporary Australian writers, such as Cate Kennedy, Tim Winton and David Malouf. Read more >>

On Monday August 3, the Book Club met to discuss Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief.

The story, set in Germany in WWII, is centred on a very young girl, Liesel Meminger. It opens with Liesel’s mother taking her children to a foster home where it should be safe for her to spend the troubled times. Read more >>

On Monday July 6, the Book Club met to discuss Andre Dubus’s House of Sand and Fog. The book tells the story of Kathy Lazaro a young recovering alcoholic recently separated from her husband. Her family home is repossessed and sold at auction to Behrani, a former Iranian Air Force officer, Read more >>

On Monday June 1, the Book Club had a BYO night, when each person talked about a book they had read recently or that is a particular favourite. This was the first time that we had a BYO, so we were keen to see the result. Read more >>