Perth WA LGBT Book Club

LGBT Perth Book Club - Ghost Town

Wed, Mar 11 · 6:00 PM AWST

Gino's, 5 South Terrace, Fremantle, WA, AU

The next book club pick is Ghost Town by Kevin Chen! It'll be held on the 11th of March at 6pm, Gino's in Fremantle. Here's the Storygraph buddy read. Discussion questions are here. You don't have to answer them at the book club. They're just there to give a jumping point for anything people would like to discuss.

Libraries in the Cities of Canning, Stirling, Vincent, Kalamunda and Wanneroo have copies. The Grove library has a copy that is also available to libraries in the Western Suburbs Library Group (Nedlands, Subiaco, Mt Claremont, Claremont). You can request a purchase or use inter-library loans to have a copy sent to your local library. Keep in mind a purchase might not arrive in time.

You can access an audiobook copy through Everand and Spotify.

If you'd like to purchase a copy, Booko provides a price comparison for certain sites.

Here are some interviews with the author, warning for spoilers:

• Book special + Interview with Kevin Chen
• Author Event | Ghost Town: Exploring the Liaison between Fiction and Autobiography (YouTube)
• Interview with Kevin Chen author of Ghost Town (YouTube)
• GTLF2024: Deciphering Ghost & Others - A Conversation with Kevin Chen (YouTube)

You don't have to have read or finished the book to attend the book club, but we will be discussing spoilers at a certain point.

I'll have the book on the table to help you find me. If you have any questions or need to update me on your arrival, feel free to message me!

LGBT Perth Book Club - Chain-Gang All-Stars

Wed, Apr 8 · 6:00 PM AWST

Gino's, 5 South Terrace, Fremantle, WA, AU

The next book club pick is Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah! It'll be held on the 8th of April at 6pm, Gino's in Fremantle. Here's the Storygraph buddy read. Discussion questions are here. You don't have to answer them at the book club. They're just there to give a jumping point for anything people would like to discuss.

Libraries in the Cities of Armadale, Vincent, Cambridge, Gosnells, Stirling, Melville, Joondalup, Nedlands, Victoria Park, Bayswater, South Perth, Perth and Serpentine-Jarrahdale have copies. You can request a purchase or use inter-library loans to have a copy sent to your local library.

You can get an audiobook copy through BorrowBox. You only need to sign up to the libraries online to access the apps, no need to go in person. You can access an eBook and audiobook copy through Everand.

If you'd like to purchase a copy, Booko provides a price comparison for certain sites. Other stores that have copies are

Here are some interviews with the author, warning for spoilers:

• Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on his new novel 'Chain-Gang All-Stars' (audio with transcript)
• Changing the culture of kill in “Chain-Gang All-Stars”
• Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’
• Building a Book: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Goes In-Depth on Writing His Novel CHAIN-GANG ALL-STARS (YouTube)
• Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah — Chain Gang All Stars - with Clint Smith (YouTube)
• Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses CHAIN GANG ALL STARS with Miwa Messer (YouTube)

You don't have to have read or finished the book to attend the book club, but we will be discussing spoilers at a certain point.

I'll have the book on the table to help you find me. If you have any questions or need to update me on your arrival, feel free to message me!