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JAM! Reading Group
Wed 30 Sep 6:30pm - Wed 25 Nov 7:45pm
Footscray Library
BOOK LAUNCH: Hometown by Shaun Tan
Wed 7 Oct 6pm - 8pm
Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library
THIN RED LINES
Wed 7 Oct 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Brunswick Artists' Bar
THE MOTH StorySLAM: MAGIC
Wed 7 Oct 7pm - 11pm
HOWLER, MELBOURNE
Book Launch: The Last Snow Gum
Thu 8 Oct 6pm - 10pm
House of Plants Bar
Reading Party Melbourne 8 October @ New Gold Mountain
Thu 8 Oct 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New Gold Mountain
Good Natured Book Club
Thu 8 Oct 10am - 11:30am
The Chestnut Tree Bookshop
Mother Tongue Poetry OCTOBER 2026: Noor Shehabi
Fri 9 Oct 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Fairfield Uniting Church
Love Your Bookshop Day at The Little Bookroom!
Sat 10 Oct 9am - 4pm
The Little Bookroom
Book& Wine Walk
Sat 10 Oct 3pm - 7pm
Low Key
Michelle Hamer book launch and conversation
Sat 10 Oct 3pm - 5pm
Art Guide Bookstore
Victoria State Final APS '26, Australian Poetry Slam – Story Week 2026
Sat 10 Oct 5pm - 7:30pm
The Wheeler Centre
Rosy Reading Room Reading Party
Sat 10 Oct 2026 6pm - Sun 10 Oct 2027 8pm
The Forbidden Chapter
Migrant Women's Stories - Book Launch
Sun 11 Oct 1pm - 4pm
Vizzini Social Club
Best Seller Book Club
Sun 11 Oct 2pm - 7pm
The Thornbury Theatre
An Evening with Lyla Sage in Melbourne
Mon 12 Oct 6pm - 8pm
75 Reid St
Gathering at The Fork: A night of storytelling and reflection
Tue 13 Oct 5:30pm - 7:15pm
Queen Victoria Womens Centre (Wayi Djerring - Us Together Room)
Storytime for Grown-Ups (A 'Picture Book' Book Club)
Tue 13 Oct 6pm - 7:30pm
The Little Bookroom
Verso Books October Book Club: Fierceland
Tue 13 Oct 7pm - 8:30pm
Verso Books
ChatterBook: Soil - the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, heal…
Wed 14 Oct 10:30am - 12pm
Bunurong Environment Centre
Facilitated Fantasy Book Club - Term Four 2026
Thu 15 Oct 12pm - 2pm
Craig Family Centre
All about Sense and Sensibility with Salon
Thu 15 Oct 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Dwell
Radio Laria Poetry with Christine Burrows and Tariro Mavondo
Thu 15 Oct 7pm - 10pm
Library Portal
Three Sides to your Story, Book Club - October
Thu 15 Oct 7pm - 9:30pm
St Kilda RSL
JAM! Reading Group
Wed 30 Sep 6:30pm - Wed 25 Nov 7:45pm
Footscray Library
BOOK LAUNCH: Hometown by Shaun Tan
Wed 7 Oct 6pm - 8pm
Bargoonga Nganjin, North Fitzroy Library
THIN RED LINES
Wed 7 Oct 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Brunswick Artists' Bar
THE MOTH StorySLAM: MAGIC
Wed 7 Oct 7pm - 11pm
HOWLER, MELBOURNE
Book Launch: The Last Snow Gum
Thu 8 Oct 6pm - 10pm
House of Plants Bar
Reading Party Melbourne 8 October @ New Gold Mountain
Thu 8 Oct 6:30pm - 8:30pm
New Gold Mountain
Good Natured Book Club
Thu 8 Oct 10am - 11:30am
The Chestnut Tree Bookshop
Mother Tongue Poetry OCTOBER 2026: Noor Shehabi
Fri 9 Oct 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Fairfield Uniting Church
Love Your Bookshop Day at The Little Bookroom!
Sat 10 Oct 9am - 4pm
The Little Bookroom
Book& Wine Walk
Sat 10 Oct 3pm - 7pm
Low Key
Michelle Hamer book launch and conversation
Sat 10 Oct 3pm - 5pm
Art Guide Bookstore
Victoria State Final APS '26, Australian Poetry Slam – Story Week 2026
Sat 10 Oct 5pm - 7:30pm
The Wheeler Centre
Rosy Reading Room Reading Party
Sat 10 Oct 2026 6pm - Sun 10 Oct 2027 8pm
The Forbidden Chapter
Migrant Women's Stories - Book Launch
Sun 11 Oct 1pm - 4pm
Vizzini Social Club
Best Seller Book Club
Sun 11 Oct 2pm - 7pm
The Thornbury Theatre
An Evening with Lyla Sage in Melbourne
Mon 12 Oct 6pm - 8pm
75 Reid St
Gathering at The Fork: A night of storytelling and reflection
Tue 13 Oct 5:30pm - 7:15pm
Queen Victoria Womens Centre (Wayi Djerring - Us Together Room)
Storytime for Grown-Ups (A 'Picture Book' Book Club)
Tue 13 Oct 6pm - 7:30pm
The Little Bookroom
Verso Books October Book Club: Fierceland
Tue 13 Oct 7pm - 8:30pm
Verso Books
ChatterBook: Soil - the incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, heal…
Wed 14 Oct 10:30am - 12pm
Bunurong Environment Centre
Facilitated Fantasy Book Club - Term Four 2026
Thu 15 Oct 12pm - 2pm
Craig Family Centre
All about Sense and Sensibility with Salon
Thu 15 Oct 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Dwell
Radio Laria Poetry with Christine Burrows and Tariro Mavondo
Thu 15 Oct 7pm - 10pm
Library Portal
Three Sides to your Story, Book Club - October
Thu 15 Oct 7pm - 9:30pm
St Kilda RSL
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