Who are we?
We’re a bunch of book besties in Darwin yapping about books!
Book Besties is a welcoming space where book lovers can come together, in an easy going environment, and talk about books. We embrace the perfectly imperfect ones, the spicy ones and celebrate diversity in our monthly book club picks.
Think fun events, yummy cocktails and all the book-ish merch you could dream of.
Our Mission
Our mission is to create a welcoming space where book lovers can come together and yap away about books. We will embrace the perfectly imperfect ones, the spicy ones and celebrate diversity in our monthly picks.
Each month there will be a book selection and a get together at the end of the month to discuss the read (and any other gems you’ve found along the way!) over a coffee or a spicy marg 😉🙌🏽
Think casual, cute, FUN!!!!! Not stale, dry and serious.
How Does This Whole Thing Work?
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Each month we pick a book (fantasy, spice, strong women… you get it)
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You read it. Or don’t. It’s honestly fine.
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We meet up IRL at a local spot, drink wine, and chat about it.
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Everyone’s welcome. Come solo, bring a mate, just show up
Book Club Pick - January
Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray
Books about friendship are not often described as love stories, but this is one.
Nell Argall and Eve Bowman are both brilliant, odd and friendless. Traumatised in their first year of high school, their lives are changed forever when they meet.
Set in Sydney over eighteen years, Chosen Family follows Nell and Eve as they grow into themselves, as they both love and destroy each other. From school, to university, to careers, to motherhood, Nell’s and Eve’s is a relationship that is a life-raft that is also a poison apple that is also a Medusan stare, frozen in time.
Together, Nell and Eve are a double helix. Love, guilt, shame, joy – these emotions twist and turn between them. Can the wounds of adolescent betrayal ever really heal? Can we ever really understand what is going on in someone else’s head? And what’s love got to do, got to do with it?
Purchase your copy of Chosen Family here
