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
Three Can Keep A Secret
Night Parrot publishers Linda Martin and Laura Keenan have done it again with their third flash-fiction anthology, Three Can Keep A Secret. ‘It’ in this case is a diverse, compelling and surprising ...
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Spirals: Collected Poems Volume Three (2014-2023)
- Author: John Kinsella
- Publisher: UWA Publishing
- Published: March 2024
This third volume of West Australian poet John Kinsella’s collected poetry follows on from The Ascension of Sheep: Collected Poems Volume One (1980-2005) and Harsh Hakea: Collected Poems Volume Two …
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Sarah Evans
- Author: Bernice Barry
- Publisher: Echo Publishing
- Published: September 2024
I was first introduced to this book whilst assisting with Bernice Barry’s video interview during my time as an intern at Writing WA. The premise had me hooked, and the …
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The Venice Hotel
- Author: Tess Woods
- Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
- Published: September 2024
I read The Venice Hotel after hearing Perth author Tess Woods at the recent Festival of Fiction. Mindful of Melina Marchetta’s endorsement, I was ready to lose myself in a …
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Jasper Cliff
- Author: Josh Kemp
- Publisher: Fremantle Press
- Published: September 2024
Josh Kemp’s second novel Jasper Cliff is a masterclass in using the landscape to antagonise characters and driving them to do the unimaginable. If you are looking for something deeply …
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