What we’re about
Hi gay!
Waverley Library is calling all members of the LGBTQIA+ community who are interested in joining Queer Reads monthly book club or Queer Cinema monthly film screenings.
Celebrate diversity and difference and make new friends in the queer community. Each month in Queer Reads we will discuss a different book chosen by group consensus.
Queer Cinema's goal is to highlight the history and joy of positive representation for our community.
Queer Reads meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Queer Cinema meets on the 3rd Friday of the month.
Drinks and snacks provided.
Reading list for 2025:
- Feb: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
- Mar: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Apr: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- May: Losing Face by George Haddad
- Jun: She and Her Pretty Friend: The Hidden History of Australian Women who Love Women by Danielle Scrimshaw
- Jul: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
- Aug: Son of Sin by Omar Sakr
- Sep: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H
- Oct: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
- Nov: Maurice by E. M. Forster
- Dec: Nimona by ND Stevenson/Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Queer CinemaWaverley Library, Bondi Junction
August's movie is: Lesvia (2024) [CC]
Lesvia chronicles 40+ years of lesbian identity and conflict between the locals of a small village on the Greek island of Lesvos and lesbians who arrived searching for love, freedom and community.Since the 1970s, lesbians from around the world have been drawn to the island of Lesvos, birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. When they find paradise in a local village and carve out their own lesbian community, tensions simmer with the local residents. With both groups claiming ownership of lesbian identity, filmmaker Tzeli Hadjidimitriou—a native and lesbian herself—is caught in the middle and chronicles 40+ years of love, community, conflict, and what it means to feel accepted.
Lesvia has won multiple awards all over the world and was part of the Mardi Gras Film Festival this year. Watch the trailer here.
Runtime: 1h 18m - Author Talk: Daniel Nour in conversation with Winnie DunnWaverley Library, Bondi Junction
A laugh-out-loud story of culture, family and surviving suburbia, from one of the most exciting new comic voices in Australia.
We are thrilled to have Daniel Nour and Winnie Dunn in conversation talking all about Nour's debut memoir How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life.
Loud, painfully awkward, conservative and very confused (especially about other boys), Daniel has never quite pulled off normal, but 'not-normal' is where the best stories are – right? Now he's made peace with that, he’s ready to share his wisdom in this highly unreliable ethnic memoir. Told as a series of snapshots from Daniel's life – from 'How to Be Born' to 'How to Die' and everything in between – How to Dodge Flying Sandals and Other Advice for Life is a wildly absurd, sharply insightful and, at times, disarmingly heartfelt tale of culture, family and trying, but not always managing, to come of age.
If you've ever had someone try to arrange a marriage for you…
If you have so many cousins you can't remember all their names…
If your parents only show love through food and unsolicited advice…
If your family still thinks your 'roommate' is 'just a great friend'…
Then this book is for you.
And if you've never experienced any of this? Well, aren't you just a little curious?
Books available for sale and signing thanks to The Bookshop Darlinghurst
