Join our FREE, casual, monthly Book Group in the Community Space near the Cafe at Barkly Square, Ballarat East. We meet on the second Thursday each month from 10.30 am - 12.00 noon. The group decides on future books. Attendance is casual, please register to receive updates and reminders.

Term 1, 2025 - REGISTER NOW

Thursday 13 February, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks

Thursday 13 March, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles  

Thursday 3 April, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Term 2, 2025 - REGISTER NOW

Thursday 8 May, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens

Thursday 12 June, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "The Trauma Cleaner" by Sarah Krasnostein

No July session

Term 3, 2025

Thursday 14 August, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: A bumper session with 2 books to make up for missing July! - "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier, and "Rebecca's Tale" by Sally Beauman 

Thursday 11 September, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: To be decided by the group

Term 4, 2025

Thursday 9 October, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: To be decided by the group

Thursday 13 November, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: To be decided by the group  

Thursday 11 December, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: To be decided by the group  

Past books:

Thursday 12 December 2024, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding" by Holly Ringland

Thursday 14 November 2024, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "Home Before Night" by J.P. Pomare

Thursday 10 October 2024, 10.30 am - 12.00 noon: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus

Thursday 12 September 2024: Bring your favourite children's book! 

Thursday 8 August 2024: "The Ship's Midwife" by Peta Miller 

Thursday 18 July 2024: "Devotion" by Hannah Kent

Thursday 13 June 2024: "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by George Orwell

Thursday 9 May 2024: "The Nowhere Child" by Christian White

Thursday 18 April 2024: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak

Thursday 14 March 2024: "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams

Thursday 8 February 2024: "The Rugmaker Of Mazar-E-Sharif" by Najaf Mazari And Robert Hillman