Online Book Club - Ben's Book Club
Ben's Book Club is a digital book club available exclusively to Australian and New Zealand libraries, hosted by best-selling author Ben Hobson.
Members of Lake Mac Libraries can now read the selected title in Libby, before joining Ben Hobson online each month to meet the author discuss the book.
As more and more Australians read and listen to books on their smartphone or tablet, Lake Mac Libraries is pleased to announce that library card holders can now borrow the book chosen for Ben's Book Club each month with no waiting or holds on the Libby reading app. Users with a library card can download Lake Mac Libraries digital content on any device 24/7 on the Libby App or by visiting https://libbyapp.com/library/lakemac.
25 March 2025 - 'The Campers' By Mayrose Cuskelly
Zoom Event - Mayrose Cuskelly is a best-selling writer of fiction and non-fiction. Her novel ‘The Cane’ was shortlisted for the best crime fiction debut in the 2022 Davitt Awards. Mayrose lives in Melbourne and ‘The Campers’ is inspired both by the housing crisis and explores what neighbours will do protect their own patch.
During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion. Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club – hosted by Ben Hobson – brought to you via Libby, the library reading app: https://www.overdrive.com
Register Here
Reserve a physical copy on our catalogue: 'The Campers' By Mayrose Cuskelly
Reserve an e-book copy on Libby: 'The Campers' By Mayrose Cuskelly
22 April 2025 - 'The Chilling' By Riley James
Zoom Event - Riley James lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her partner and two children. She was born and raised in north-west Tasmania and has been writing since the age of six and trained briefly as a journalist before completing a PhD and becoming an academic. 'The Chilling' is her first novel.
During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion. Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club – hosted by Ben Hobson – brought to you via Libby, the library reading app: https://www.overdrive.com
Register Here
Reserve a physical copy on our catalogue: 'The Chilling' By Riley James
Reserve an e-book copy on Libby: 'The Chilling' By Riley James
27 May 2025 - 'The Community' By Christine Gregory
Zoom Event - Christine Gregory is an Australian writer of crime and general fiction, and a former international aid worker who now works as a director in a national-not for-profit, working on the prevention of violence against women and children. She has previously been shortlisted for the sisters in Crime Scarlett Stiletto Award and was a runner up in the 2022 Banjo Prize for an earlier version of 'The Community'.
During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion. Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club – hosted by Ben Hobson – brought to you via Libby, the library reading app: https://www.overdrive.com
Register Here
Reserve a physical copy on our catalogue: 'The Community' By Christine Gregory
Reserve an e-book copy on Libby: 'The Community' By Christine Gregory