Book Club
If you belong to a book club and are wondering what book you should read next, check out the titles in our Book Club and subscribe to receive our free Love to Read Local e-news. Each month we add to our book club recommendations with a new-release title that we’ve selected as our ‘Book of the Month’, and provide accompanying notes to prompt discussion in your group!
Book of the month
Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman’s Journey through International Affairs
Not Always Diplomatic is the life story of West Australian Sue Boyd, a remarkable pioneer in international diplomacy. Educated at thirteen schools across five continents, Boyd continued her globe-trotting ...
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To Hold the Clouds: Emerging Writers from Perth
- Author: various contributors, ed. Camha Pham
- Publisher: Centre for Stories
To Hold the Clouds is a collection of writing which began in a mentoring and hot desk project run by the Centre for Stories. In order to qualify for inclusion, the …
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Small Steps: A Physio in Ethiopia
- Author: Julie Sprigg
- Publisher: Fremantle Press
Julie Sprigg’s voice in Small Steps: A Physio in Ethiopia has the warmth and familiarity of a close friend sharing an amazing adventure. References to her childhood in country Western …
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Blind Summits
- Author: Ross Bolleter and Christopher Konrad
- Publisher: Sunline Press
This unique volume is a collaboration by, and a conversation between, two well-published Western Australian poets. It is loosely inspired by the Japanese renga, a traditional collaborative form, but in …
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There’s Something Weird About Lena
- Author: Sigi Cohen
- Publisher: Walker Books
The author/ illustrator team who created the gleefully grotesque My Dead Bunny has returned with a second supernatural rhyming romp. There is a new girl at school and not only …
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