LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY:

All library branches will be closed on Monday 9 March for the Labour Day Public Holiday. Return chutes remain open for your convenience and remember our digital library is always available, as well as our Library Locker at Carnegie. All branches reopen as normal on Tuesday 10 March. 

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.             

 

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
The Jam Maker by Mary-Lou Stephens

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