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                    Queer Book Club

                    Neon sign with the word 'Books' and rainbow spectrum of book spines below

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                    We read and talk about queer books – broadly defined as those which relate to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual or queer lives.

                    Queer Book Club is currently closed to new members. Please email read@melbourne.vic.gov.au if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

                    ​Below are som​​​e other book clubs currently running that may be of interest and are currently op​en to new members: ​

                    ​The Shed’s Gender Diverse Book Club

                    Third Sunday of each month, 1pm to 2.30pm, Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy.
                    Contact the organiser

                    Second Saturday Book Club

                    Second Saturday of each month, 11am to 12.30pm, Fitzroy Library, 128 Moor Street, Fitzroy.​
                    Contact the organiser

                    Queer Book Club Brunswick

                    Meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30pm in a cosy local pub.
                    Also has book clubs in Castlemaine and Bendigo for regional queer book lovers.
                    Contact the organiser through the Facebook page queerbookclubaus​ for details.

                    Age: 16+

                    Dates and reading list for 2024

                    Monday 26 February:Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis

                    Monday 25 March: A trans man walks into a gay bar by Harry Nicholas
                     
                    Monday 22 April: Marlo by Jay Carmichael 

                    Monday 27 May: Gender queer by Maia Kobabe  

                    Monday 24 June: Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly
                     
                    Monday 22 July: Me by Elton John
                     
                    Monday 26 August: The color purple by Alice Walker 

                    Monday 23 September: Pageboy by Elliot Page 

                    Monday 28 October: Not like other dads by Sean Szeps
                     
                    Monday 25 November: Laura Dean keeps breaking up with me by Mariko Tamaki  
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