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Tough Guy Book Club Officers complete Safe and Equal training
This week, Officers from Tough Guy Book Club put down this month’s book and pick up something just as crucial - a deeper understanding of family and gender-based violence. Safe and Equal is Victoria’s peak body for organisations specialising in family and gender-based violence…
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A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess (1962) Take 2
Just kids being kids, isn’t it? You know, the weekend rolls around and in the absence of any kind of moral authority, what will your crew get up to? Well, if you’re one of Alex’s ‘droogs’ you’ll dress up in cravats, masks and boots for kicking. You’ll speak a complicated street…
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The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (long read)
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Goon Profile - Graeme Salt
Name: Graeme Salt Chapter: Sydney City (but like turning up at other Chapters!) What is your story? Bloody good question! I am not 100 per cent sure and desperate to avoid a mid-life a crisis. A divorced dad with two adult children and an ex-wife with whom I have a good…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #MountainMan
Hey, what did you do last month? Well, if you are a member of Tough Guy Book Club (TGBC) the answer may well have been, “I climbed a damn mountain and read a book on top of it!” Each month TGBC issues a challenge to all members, daring them to complete a task. Some are fun, some…
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Goon Profile – Kane Casson
Name Kane Casson Chapter: Gladstone What’s your story? I'm Kane, grew up in CQ, but back when I was 17 and finished school, I could not wait the GTFO. I went to Brissie for uni and got drunk and hurt myself more often than I studied. After graduating Uni my only plan for the…
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TGBC Meets The Governor Of Victoria
The usual habitat for the goons of Tough Guy Book Club (TGBC) is in pubs and bars around the world, while engaged in heated debate, putting robust discussions back into these venues one book at a time. So how does the club respond to a formal invitation from one of the highest…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #TGBCcrawl
Every month Tough Guy Book Club invites all members to complete a monthly challenge. They are meant to challenge you, shake up your month, and add a page to your story. September's challenge was to go on a journey, a bar crawl with fellow goons to create some stories. Bar crawls…
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Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (1818)
Clearly this is a work of fiction, after all monsters aren’t made in secluded, upstairs rooms at the university of Ingolstadt; more likely they are what men uncover about themselves on their journey of becoming, the journey into their masculinities. And clearly too Frankenstein…
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The Riders - Tim Winton (1994)
In August we're reading The Riders by Tim Winton (1994). Grab a copy and get reading!
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #GraveGang
Something we do each month at Tough Guy Book Club (TGBC) is set a challenge, daring all members to complete a task and post a photo as proof on our Pool Hall Facebook page. Some challenges are fun, some are difficult, many can push you outside your comfort zone, but all have the…
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Goon Profile - Desmond Doyle
Name: Desmond Doyle Chapter: Mayfield What is your story? I reckon I have lived a few different lives so far and have enjoyed them all. I moved around a lot as a kid (Defence Brat) and continued to move around throughout my life. Not having a single place to be "from" has helped…
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