CBCA WA BRANCH
  • Home
  • About
    • CBCA WA Committee Members
    • Governance
    • WA Judges
  • Children's Book Week®
    • Children's Book Week®
    • Book of the Year Awards
    • Ideas and Activities
    • Children's Book Week® Costume Ideas
    • EOI Children's Book Week®
  • CBCA WA Events
    • A Night With Our Stars
    • Book Discussion Group
    • Book Week Opening and Dinner
    • Judges Talks
    • Peppermint Grove Retreat
  • CBCA WA Supports
  • Membership
  • Merchandise E-store
  • Make Your Own Story Book Awards
    • Entry Information
    • Videos and Hints
    • Winners 2024
    • Winners Archive
  • Resources
    • Kids Book Buzz
    • Reading for the Heart & Mind
    • WA Publishers
    • WA Bookshops
    • WA Authors & Illustrators
    • Useful Links
  • Shadow Judging
    • Shadow Judging
    • Contact Shadow Judging WA Representative
  • WA Awards
    • Muriel Barwell Award
    • Penny Hutchens Memorial Fund
  • WA News
    • Latest News & Events
    • Calendar
    • Newsletters >
      • Newsletter archive
  • Contact
  • CBCA 80th Birthday

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

An enthusiastic group of readers meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month to discuss a set book by an Australian author. Books chosen for discussion are generally YA titles although the occasional book for Younger Readers is included.  In the past a book by an overseas author has also made the list for discussion.

There are several special events throughout the year. Guest authors are invited to talk about recent publications and, following the announcement of the Book of the Year Awards Shortlist, the group meets to review all the shortlisted titles.

​Everyone is welcome to attend the Book Discussion Group meetings to improve their knowledge of Australian young adult and children’s literature.
​
Contact Gail Spiers

​2025 Meeting Dates and Books to be Discussed

Picture
Wednesday 28 May 2025  (6.30 Contact Gail for venue information) 
Sunny at the End of the World by Steph Bowe (Text Publishing)
‘With classic Steph Bowe humour and undertow, this is a post zombie apocalypse to relish. I loved it.’ Fiona Wood

Picture
Wednesday 25 June 2025 (6.30 Contact Gail for venue information) ​
The Edge of Everything by Miranda Luby (Text Publishing)
‘Miranda Luby’s second novel is a heartfelt portrayal of grief, a tender romance, and a tribute to a very special Australian bird.’

Picture
Wednesday 23 July 2025 (6.30 Contact Gail for venue information) 
Darkest Night, Brightest Star by Barry Jonsberg (Allen & Unwin)
Tackles themes of masculinity, fractured families and the power of friendship.

Picture
Participants at the UWA Members Meeting Room discussing Eta Draconis by Brendan Ritchie in January.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP - ARCHIVE OF BOOK TITLES

Interested to find out which books have previously been read in the Book Discussion Group...? See below:

2025 

Picture
Wednesday 22 January 
​ My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery (Allen & Unwin)
An entertaining murder mystery set in WA in which family members are the prime suspects.

Picture
 Wednesday 26 February 2025 (6.30 Contact Gail for venue information) 
White Noise by Raelke Grimmer (UWA Publishing)
A coming-of-age novel set in Darwin with themes of grief, friendship, first love and autism by a senior lecturer in creative writing and linguistics at Charles Darwin University.

Picture
​Wednesday 26 March 2025 ​
I’m Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough (Allen & Unwin)
A coming-of-age queer romance with themes of grief, body image, loneliness, LGBQTI+ and friendship from the multi award-winning author of The Boy from the Mish.

Picture
Wednesday 23 April 2025  
This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern (Penguin)
A clever and frightening feminist horror story set on a school retreat.


2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2001 - 2011
Picture
AWARDS FOUNDATION
We dreamt of funding prizes for Winning and Honour Books in the Children’s Book of the Year Awards to reward their creators. Your generous donation was part of that dream. You can make our dream a reality.
​GIFT FUND
Your donation to the CBCA Gift Fund will help fund programs that enrich young lives through Australian stories and create a thriving creative world. Support our mission to connect, communicate, celebrate and advocate stories across Australia.
Donate Now

AWARDS FOUNDATION BENEFACTORS

Allen & Unwin • CBCA NSW Branch Inc • Eddie and Dina Coffey • Laurie Copping OAM • Margaret Hamilton AM • Maurice Saxby AM Scholastic Australia • Thyne Reid Trust No. 1

Major Donors

​Australia Post • Jill B Bruce • Sandy Campbell • CBCA ACT Branch • CBCA SA Branch • CBCA VIC Branch • CBCA WA Branch • Era Publications • Five Mile Press • Libby Gleeson AM • Bob Graham • Hachette Children’s Books • Hardie Grant Egmont • HarperCollins Publishers • Ipswich District Teacher-Librarians’ Network • The James N Kirby Foundation • Kinross-Wolaroi School • Koala Books • Library Board of Queensland • Dr Robin Moncrieff Morrow AM• Angela Namoi • Northern Territory Government • Parents & Boys of Sydney Grammar Edgecliff Prep School • Penguin Books • Random House • Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe) • Gillian Rubinstein • SA Dept of the Arts & Cultural Development • Gail Spiers • Myrtle Spiers • Cathie Tasker • University of Queensland Press • Julie Vivas • Walker Books • Margaret Wild • Sue Williams 

Major Donors in Memoriam

Jean Chapman • Max Fatchen • Beryl Moncrieff Matthews • Christobel Mattingley • Jill Midolo • Narelle Oliver • Jan Ormerod • Eve Pownall • Marion E Robertson • Gregory Rogers • Sebastian Walker • Cassandra Weddell • Maisie Williams, Garah, NSW​​

Website

Home

Links

​National website
eStore/Merchandise
Reading Time

Connect

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
  • Home
  • About
    • CBCA WA Committee Members
    • Governance
    • WA Judges
  • Children's Book Week®
    • Children's Book Week®
    • Book of the Year Awards
    • Ideas and Activities
    • Children's Book Week® Costume Ideas
    • EOI Children's Book Week®
  • CBCA WA Events
    • A Night With Our Stars
    • Book Discussion Group
    • Book Week Opening and Dinner
    • Judges Talks
    • Peppermint Grove Retreat
  • CBCA WA Supports
  • Membership
  • Merchandise E-store
  • Make Your Own Story Book Awards
    • Entry Information
    • Videos and Hints
    • Winners 2024
    • Winners Archive
  • Resources
    • Kids Book Buzz
    • Reading for the Heart & Mind
    • WA Publishers
    • WA Bookshops
    • WA Authors & Illustrators
    • Useful Links
  • Shadow Judging
    • Shadow Judging
    • Contact Shadow Judging WA Representative
  • WA Awards
    • Muriel Barwell Award
    • Penny Hutchens Memorial Fund
  • WA News
    • Latest News & Events
    • Calendar
    • Newsletters >
      • Newsletter archive
  • Contact
  • CBCA 80th Birthday