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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Tough Guy Book Club is about men meeting in pubs to have rowdy conversations about big important issues. And one of the biggest issues facing the world is violence against women. So on November 25, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Tough…
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The Glass Canoe - David Ireland (1976)
Somewhere in the inner western suburbs. Thursday afternoon. February 2023. “I don’t go in for that craft shit. Two schooners of Resch’s love.” The barmaid with the undercut and Nirvana t-shirt sneers silently, her hand squeezing the beer tap. Cold amber fluid is expelled into two…
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The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
Scott F. Fitzgerald’s story takes place between Long Island and New York in the early 1920s, the time of prohibition in America. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a lost soul who in trying to find his place in the world after returning from the war, lands a job as a “bonds…
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Goon Profile - Chas Lang
Name: Chas Lang Chapter: Mornington Chapter Who are you: So who am I? I'm I pretty ordinary 30-something guy. It's hard for 30-something guys to make new friends, but I found a way to do that. This isn't supposed to sound sad, but I'm a totally normal guy. I have a lot of hobbies…
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The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
Scott F. Fitzgerald’s story takes place between Long Island and New York in the early 1920s, the time of prohibition in America. The story is narrated by Nick Carraway, a lost soul who in trying to find his place in the world after returning from the war, lands a job as a “bonds…
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400 Days - Chetan Bhagat (2021)
There was a cartoon published recently on the web depicting an image of author Chetan Bhagat speaking to a reader. Bhagat’s script balloon says “On a scale of 1 to 10, how bored are you?” The readers response is “11 … and I still won’t read your book.” It’s a fair comment. On…
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Sale Chapter Opens
As Tough Guy Book Club slowly takes over the towns, cities, and suburbs of Australia, one area has been an unexpected focus of our expansion plans: Gippsland. For a relatively rural area, Gippsland in South-East Victoria boasts four chapters. TGBC also has a bit of a new home in…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #NewBloods
If you’ve been around Tough Guy Book Club for a while, you’ll know we do monthly challenges. These challenges range from something a little strange like our unusual reading challenge , health related challenges like get your blood pressure checked , and club growth challenges…
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TGBC in the News - The Senior - 17/08/22
Tough Guy Book Club brings deep discussion back to the pub - By Rowan Cowley Retiree Vince Bartilotta's life was missing something until he joined a blokey book club in an exciting new chapter. Since the 76-year-old joined the Tough Guy Book Club about seven years ago he has made…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #NewBloods
August 2022 saw one of our coolest challenges yet, with goons being encouraged to give blood as part of the TGBC Lifeblood donor team. Restrictions preventing former residents of the United Kingdom from donating had recently been lifted, so #NewBloods was perfectly timed to get…
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400 Days - Chetan Bhagat (2021)
There was a cartoon published recently on the web depicting an image of author Chetan Bhagat speaking to a reader. Bhagat’s script balloon says “On a scale of 1 to 10, how bored are you?” The readers response is “11 … and I still won’t read your book.” It’s a fair comment. On…
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (1962) Take 2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest tells the story of Randle Patrick McMurphy, a convicted criminal who fakes being insane so can serve his sentence for battery and gambling in a mental hospital rather than at a prison work farm, thinking this will be an easier way to spend his time…
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