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Cover 2 Cover book club

Join our Cover 2 Cover book club for free. Meet new like-minded folks and select from a range of interesting titles to be discussed each month.

How to participate

  • Visit the library hosting the book title that interests you
  • Collect your Cover 2 Cover Book 
  • Take it home and start reading
  • Return the book to the book club meeting and share your thoughts with others
  • Best of all, Cover 2 Cover Book Club is free!

Please note: Cover 2 Cover Book Club is a small discussion group with book club numbers limited to 10. And books are available to loan FOUR weeks before the Book Club Date.             

 

December 2025 — book title, where and when

Caulfield Library, No Session this month

Carnegie Library, No Session this month

 

January 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, No Session this month

Elsternwick Library, No Session this month

Caulfield Library, Monday 19 January, 2pm - 3pm
James by Percival Everett

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 28 January, 7pm - 8pm
All the words we know by Bruce Nash

 

February 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, Thursday 5 February, 7pm - 8pm 
Joy Moody is out of time by Kerryn Mayne

Elsternwick Library, Wednesday 11 February, 11am - 12pm
The glass house by Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion

Caulfield Library, Monday 16 February, 2pm - 3pm
The catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 25 February, 7pm - 8pm
Australian gospel by Lech Blaine

 

March 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, Thursday 5 March, 7pm - 8pm 
Memorial days by Geraldine Brooks

Elsternwick Library, Wednesday 11 March, 11am - 12pm
The names by Florence Knapp

Caulfield Library, Monday 16 March, 2pm - 3pm
The safe keep by Yael Van Der Wouden

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 25 March, 7pm - 8pm
You must remember this by Sean Wilson

 

April 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, Thursday 2 April, 7pm - 8pm 
Who wants to live forever by Hanna Thomas Uose

Elsternwick Library, Wednesday 8 April, 11am - 12pm
Stinkbug by Sinead Stubbins

Caulfield Library, Monday 20 April, 2pm - 3pm
Australian gospel by Lech Blaine

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 22 April, 7pm - 8pm
The night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani

 

May 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, Thursday 7 May, 7pm - 8pm 
The catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger

Elsternwick Library, Wednesday 13 May, 11am - 12pm
James by Percival Everett

Caulfield Library, Monday 18 May, 2pm - 3pm
The jam maker by Mary-Lou Stephens

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 27 May, 7pm - 8pm
So far gone by Jess Walter

 

June 2026 — book title, where and when

Bentleigh Library, Thursday 4 June, 7pm - 8pm 
The names by Florence Knapp

Elsternwick Library, Wednesday 10 June, 11am - 12pm
The safe keep by Yael Van Der Wouden

Caulfield Library, Monday 15 June, 2pm - 3pm
Memorial days by Geraldine Brooks

Carnegie Library, Wednesday 24 June, 7pm - 8pm
Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde