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Classics Book Club

Feb 21
Nov 20

A book club for people who want to read or re-read the classics, from traditional to modern to cult. Each month we read a class​ic book and then get together to chat about it.

Third Wednesday of the month, 6pm to 7pm

Two women reading and sharing books
cost

​Free​

email

read@melbourne.vic.gov.au

address

141 Therry Street 
Melbourne VIC 3000

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Classics book club is currently full and not taking new members. Our waitlist for this club is also full, please check back in a few months.

​Dates and reading list for 2024

  • Wednesday 21 February: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
  • Wednesday 20 March: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
  • Wednesday 17 April: Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
  • Wednesday 15 May: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  • Wednesday 19 June: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Wednesday 17 July: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 
  • Wednesday 21 August: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  • Wednesday 18 September: Kim by Rudyard Kipling 
  • Wednesday 16 October: The Dark Tower (The Gunslinger) by Stephen King 
  • Wednesday 20 November: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
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