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We make Book Club easy for you with kits that contain 8 copies of the same book, plus

discussion points to get your conversation started.

Any member of our library can use the service whether you are part of a library book club or

a member of another book club.

1. Who can borrow from the book club collection?

Book clubs must be registered with us. Any member of Blacktown City Libraries can register

their book club. Each member of the book club must be registered with their own library

card. Registered members are responsible for the prompt return of Book Club Kits and the

payment of any charges for lost or damaged items.

2. How much does it cost?

Our service is free for library members.

3. Can we go on a waiting list to borrow a Book Club Kit?

Sorry, we do not take holds on Book Club Kits.

4. How long can my group borrow the kits?

The kits can be borrowed for six weeks. There are no renewals.

5. Can we borrow more than one kit at a time?

Yes. A maximum of two kits can be on loan to a group.

6. How do we return the kits?

The bag and all of its contents must be returned together as a complete set to the library

during opening hours.

7. What if we lose or damage a book?

If your group loses or damages a book it must be replaced. The person who damaged or lost

the book must pay the replacement cost at any Blacktown City Library.

8. How does the library select the titles for the Book Club Collection?

The books were selected by the library staff, however in the future we will be doing this

selection in collaboration with our book clubs. Our kits include both fiction and non-fiction

titles, catering for a wide range of tastes.

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9. What will we be reading?

Your Book Club can choose from our huge collection of books. There is something for

everyone, from the latest releases to old favourites.

Your suggestions for new books are always welcome!

10. I'm not in a Book Club. Can you help me to join one?

Yes we can, or consider starting your own.

Blacktown Third Tuesday Book Club

Where: Max Webber Library, Blacktown

When: Third Tuesday of the month.

Contact: sangeetapardeshi@yahoo.com

Blacktown Knitting Club Book Club

Where: Max Webber Library, Blacktown

When: Fourth Thursday of the month.

Contact: dicroft1950@hotmail.com

Lalor Park Book Club

Where: Lalor Park Branch Library

When: Second Friday of the month.

Contact: lalorpark.library@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

Riverstone Book Club

Where: Riverstone Library & Digital Hub

When: First Friday of the month.

Contact: riverstone.library@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

Stanhope Gardens Book Club

Where: Dennis Johnson Library, Stanhope Gardens

When: First Tuesday of the month.

Contact: stanhope.library@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

If these times do not suit you, please email dawn.carruthers@blacktown.nsw.gov.au, and we

will try to connect you with others who wish to meet at different times.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The) - Mark Twain

Adversary (The) - Emmanuel Carrere (Non-fiction)

Alfred and Emily - Doris Lessing (Non-fiction)

American fire - Monica Hesse

Autumn - Ali Smith

Battle hymn of the tiger mother - Amy Chua (Non-fiction)

Beams falling - P.M Newton

Bear (The) - Claire Cameron

Bees (The) - Laline Paull

Before I go to sleep - S.J.Watson

Behind closed doors – B. A. Paris

Blood & beauty - Sarah Dunant

Book thief (The) - Marcus Zusak

Boy who harnessed the wind (The) - William Kamkwamba (Non-fiction)

Burial rites - Hannah Kent

Cage (The) - Lloyd Jones

Casual vacancy (The) - J. K. Rowling

Children act (The) - Ian McEwan

City baker's guide to country living (The) - Louise Miller

Cutting for stone - Abraham Verghese

Darkest secret (The) - Alex Marwood

Devil wears Prada (The) - Lauren Weisberger

Dinner at Rose's - Danielle Hawkins

Doomsday book - Connie Willis

East of Eden - John Steinbeck

Entombed - Linda Fairstein

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Exit west - Mohsin Hamid

Exotic rissole (The) - Tanveer Ahmed (Non-fiction)

Extremely loud and incredibly close - Jonathan Safran Foer

Eye of the sheep (The) - Sofie Laguna

Few (The) - Nadia Dalbuono

Fine balance (A) - Rohinton Mistry

Fire in the blood - Irene Nemirovsky

Force of nature - Jane Harper

Game with sharpened knives (A) - Neil Belton

Giovanni's room - James Baldwin

Girl on the train (The) - Paula Hawkins

Girl with the dragon tattoo (The) - Steig Larsson

Give me the child - Mel McGrath

Go set a watchman - Harper Lee

God of small things (The) - Arundhati Roy

Gone girl - Gillian Flynn

Good people (The) - Hannah Kent

Grass is singing (The) - Doris Lessing

Hamlet's blackberry - William Powers (Non-fiction)

Handmaid's tale (The) - Margaret Attwood

Happiest refugee (The) - Anh Do (Non-fiction)

High sobriety - Jill Stark (Non-fiction)

Hillbilly elegy - J.D Vance (Non-fiction)

Holding - Graham Norton

Home fire - Kamila Shamsie

Hound of the Baskervilles (The) - Arthur Conan Doyle

House of mirth (The) - Edith Wharton

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Husband's secret (The) - Liane Moriarty

Ice - Anna Kavan

Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte

Lake house (The) - Kate Morton

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Life to come (The) - Michell De Kretser

Lincoln in the bardo - George Saunders

Little women - Louisa May Alcott

Lost and found - Brooke Davis

Lost symbol (The) - Dan Brown

Mao's last dancer - Li Cunxin (Non-fiction)

Martian (The) - Andy Weir

Memory of love (The) - Aminatta Forna

Mirror Sydney - Vanessa Berry

Moab is my washpot - Stephen Fry (Non-fiction)

Mothers (The) - Brit Bennett

Mr Stuart's track - John Bailey (Non-fiction)

Murder in Mississippi - John Safran (Non-fiction)

My sister's keeper - Jodi Picoult

Nix (The) - Nathan Hill

Odd one out - Monica McInerney

Only in New York - Lily Brett (Non-fiction)

Other hand (The) – Chris Cleave

Painted sky (The) - Alice Campion

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Poisonwood bible (The) - Barbara Kingsolver

Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen

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Questions of travel - Michelle De Kretser

Ransom – David Malouf

Reckoning - Magda Szubanski (Non-fiction)

Red queen (The) - Philippa Gregory

Rosie project (The) - Graeme Simsion

Running with scissors - Augustine Burrows (Non-fiction)

Sense of an ending (The) - Julian Barnes

Shark net (The) - Robert Drewe (Non-fiction)

Slap (The) - Christos Tsiolkas

Spiral road - Adib Khan

Ten white geese - Gerbrand Bakker

This house of grief - Helen Garner

To kill a mocking-bird - Harper Lee

Truly madly guilty - Liane Moriarty

Uncommon reader (The) - Alan Bennett

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

War of the worlds (The) - H. G. Wells

Web of deceit -Katherine Howell

Why be happy when you could be normal? - Jeanette Winterson

(Nonfiction)

Woman in white (The) - Wilkie Collins

Wuthering heights - Emily Bronte