About us
A fun and social group to connect and discuss interesting books, movies, and podcasts.
Totally optional to actually read/watch/listen to all three - just come along for a chat!
We will meet most months - with recommendation of: 1 book, 1 movie and 1 podcast.
All genres (historical fiction, health & wellbeing, bio/memoirs, true crime, fantasy, graphic novels, page turners, etc) on the table.
I started this group to create a welcoming and embracive group of people, and to broaden my own repertoire of books/movies/podcasts.
Happy for suggestions - click 'Message' Organizer.
Upcoming events
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March meeting
Poppy's Cafe, Australian War Memorial, Campbell, Canberra, AUBook: Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (2022)
In this exhilarating novel, two friends come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.Movie: The Taste Of Things, Dir Tran Anh Hung (2023)
Cook Eugenie and her boss Dodin grow fond of one another over 20 years, and their romance gives rise to dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie's reluctance to commit, he begins to cook for her.
Available on SBS On Demand
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/the-taste-of-things/2474791491854Podcast: Let's Talk About Sects, Episode 4 June 2025
Lets talk about sects is an award-winning, 100% independent monthly podcast focusing on a different cult each episode. Host Sarah Steel takes a storytelling, deep dive approach, looking at the history of a sect's leaders, the recruitment of members, their experiences, psychological aspects, and notable incidents during its existence.This episode is entitled Cult Bride & JMS/Providence with Liz Cameron
In 2011, an 18-year-old Liz Cameron joined a Bible study group she only knew as ‘Sarang Church’. Over the coming months, she lost more and more of her life and identity to the group. Liz managed to find her way out with the help of her family, and has just released her memoir about her experiences, Cult Bride: How I was brainwashed – and how I broke free.
The podcast is available here https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/lets-talk-about-sects/id1286328757?i=100071102151714 attendees
April meeting - Book - Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect
Poppy's Cafe, Australian War Memorial, Campbell, Canberra, AUHi everyone,
Setting up the April meeting now, but will choose the movie and podcast closer to the time.
Feel free to engage in the suggested content or just come along for a chat.
Table will be booked at Poppy's Cafe at the Australian War Memorial.Book: Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
Publisher: "When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out."
Book available at ACT librariesMovie: TBA
Podcast: TBA14 attendees
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