Senior man reading a book

Tough Guy Book Club

Published: 13 July 2022
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  • 13 July 2022
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Are you a man who likes to read books and talk about them, but daunted by the thought being the only man in a book group? Or a man who might enjoy reading more, talking more and having more mates? The Tough Guy Book Club might be the answer.

The not-for-profit club began in ‘the beer-drenched streets of Collingwood’ and now has 73 chapters throughout Australia, including 11 in NSW, and a few outposts in Canada, the UK, the US and New Zealand. It’s a place for men to get together with other men and discuss the work of literary greats as well as all of the issues that men tackle on a daily basis.

The chapters all meet in a hotel, though there is no obligation to drink alcohol and wine drinkers are welcome as well as beer enthusiasts. Chapters meet on the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm, and every chapter reads the same book at the same time.