Glebe and Inner West Book Club

Upcoming Events

Apr 17

Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 7:00 PM

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Booker Winner)

79 Glebe Point Rd 79 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Australia, 2037

Meet at 7pm. Phone 0423105697. Sydney Writers Festival will be on later in May so good to chat about that festival.Synopsis:
Six astronauts rotate in their spacecraft above the earth. They are there to collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day. Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches …

Hosted by: Njal H Organizer

Thu, Apr 17, 2025 7:00 PM

Apr 17

Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 7:00 PM

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. The Safekeep by Jael Van Der Woulden

79 Glebe Point Rd 79 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Australia, 2037

Hello bibliophiles,In post world war 2 Holland two wayward brothers have a straight laced sister. They love the house they grew up in. But another also has memories of that house. The interaction changes lives. A candidate for the Booker Prize last year.

Hosted by: Njal H Organizer

Thu, Apr 17, 2025 7:00 PM

Past Events

Thursday, Feb 20, 2025, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM AEDT

Beautiful World Where are You by Sally Rooney 20 February Cafe Otto

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Hello book lovers,We are doing Sally Rooney's Beautiful World Where Are You for February. We will meet 7pm Thursday 20 February at Cafe Otto 79 Glebe Point Road Glebe. Suggestions for next books welcome. Synopsis below:

Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up, and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood. Alice, Felix, Eileen, and Simon are still young--but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. They have sex, they worry about sex, they …

Thursday, Nov 21, 2024, 7:00 PM AEDT

Charlotte Wood Stoneyard Devotional (and Jane Harper's The Dry)

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I shall be at Gleebooks Cafe from 645pm Thursday November 21 if anyone wants to chat about the book club. Gleebooks cafe is all the way through Gleebooks until you can go no further. Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road Glebe. We will start at 7pm. Bring your wit, sense of social propriety and what you want to discuss about these novels. We will also discuss choices for future novels.

Upcoming Events

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Booker Winner)

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Booker Winner)

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. The Safekeep by Jael Van Der Woulden

Public eventAnyone who has access to the group can see the event, description, location, comments, photos, and RSVPs. The Safekeep by Jael Van Der Woulden

Past Events

Beautiful World Where are You by Sally Rooney 20 February Cafe Otto

Charlotte Wood Stoneyard Devotional (and Jane Harper's The Dry)

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