Australia's Biggest Book Club

Each month we feature a webinar with a new author and their book, with a focus on non-fiction. Members receive special offers on the latest books, as well as the chance to engage directly with renowned and prize-winning authors. An accompanying podcast coming soon.

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Economics Climate & Energy Democracy & Accountability Environment International & Security Affairs Law, Society & Culture
The Australia Institute Tasmania
Centre for Future Work Carmichael Centre Nordic Policy Centre Centre for Responsible Technology Centre for Sex & Gender Equality
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October 2025

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Defiance with Bob Brown

Join Bob Brown to discuss his new book, Defiance: Stories from nature and its defenders
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For half a century, Bob Brown has been standing up to the powerful interests who would put profit before planet. In Defiance, he draws on this experience to inspire a new generation of individual and collective action. He reflects on the people and places that have shaped him, celebrates the irreplaceable beauty and value of nature

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November 2025

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Aiming Higher with George Williams

Join Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University, Professor George Williams AO discussing his new essay, Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia’s future
Zoom

Decades of policy decisions have made access to higher education harder for those who need it most. Public trust and community confidence in universities in Australia and overseas are at all-time lows. Political sentiment has shifted. Our centres of higher learning have leapfrogged big business to become easy political targets. And it’s no surprise; the

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On belief in politics with Sean Kelly

Join journalist Sean Kelly discussing his new book, On belief in politics
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In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the strange transitional moment we are in. We seem sick of neoliberalism but afraid of what might replace it. We are obsessed with work but resentful of it; desperate for community but stuck inside our phones; protective of our way of life while wanting to change everything. Amid

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