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Tough Guy Book Club was founded in 2012, and is a network of men’s book clubs in local pubs. We have 140+ chapters across Australia and the world.

We’re about reading books, hitting the pub with the goons, and rowdy conversations.
Our club is about putting real decent conversations back in the pub.

For too long the pokie machine, the cover band, and sports on the tv have left the men in our pubs a bunch of boring pricks with nothing to say.
It’s time to change that, let’s put heavy duty discussion back on the table at the pub.
“How the hell is reading, you know, picking up a book and learning new shit, become something that’s considered the opposite to toughness. I can assure you there is nothing tough about knowing less than the next guy. That’s why ignorance is considered a weakness.” – Shay Leighton

Here's a bunch of questions people ask a lot. (aka Frequently Asked Questions)

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