august book club
tuesday 13th || friday 23rd || tuesday 27th
In store | Tickets $45 | Bookings essential
From the bestselling author of the modern classic Girl With a Pearl Earring comes a new, transporting story following a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to the present day. The contemporary structure of this historical fiction is sure to generate interesting discussion for our final book club of 2024.
Book Club Session Times:
- Tuesday 13 August 10.30-11.30am
- Friday 23 August 10.30-11.30am
- Tuesday 27 6.30-7.30pm
about book club
Participation is $45 per month, with each month needing to be booked separately. Each session includes:
- copy of the new release book
- moderated discussion
- drink on arrival, light refreshments (evening sessions) or takeaway coffee / tea, biscuits (daytime sessions)
(Please note: as drink orders for the day sessions will be taken at the start of each session to be prepared at a local café, late-arriving participants will not be included. BYO reusable cups encouraged!)
Places in each session are limited. A participant may only attend one session per month.
Books will be made available well in advance of session dates to ensure plenty of reading time. Once booked, we will make contact with participants with full information and timing.
Bookings for all sessions will open 12pm Thursday 29 February and fill on a first come, first served basis. A waitlist function will activate on the booking link in the event all sessions sell out.
The Glassmaker
Available 3 July
Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here – like the glass the island’s maestros spend their lives learning to control.
Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime.
Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss.
Her creations will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna – but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her?
Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
about the author
Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into forty-five languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, a play, and an opera. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in London with her husband.