SWIC Book Groups – Reading List 2026
SWIC now has 3 Book Groups on every month – 1 daytime and 2 evening.
Below are the books for each group. Contact Convenors for more details or to attend.
EVENING BOOK GROUP 2026
SWIC Evening Book Club Reading List February 2026 – March 2027
The SWIC Evening Book Group meets on the first Monday of the month from 17:30 (book discussion commences at 18:00). We meet at The Imperial Hotel, 252 Oxford Street, Paddington https://www.imperialhotelpaddington.com.au. Oxford Street is serviced by multiple bus routes and street parking is readily available in the area.
If you are interested in joining the SWIC Evening Book Group, please contact the Convenor, Caroline Frangopoulos, at [email protected] or [email protected]
| Title | Author | Date of Meeting |
| Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor | Roger Lewis | 2-Feb-26 |
| The Names | Florence Knapp | 2-Mar-26 |
| The Wedding People | Alison Espach | 13-Apr-26* |
| Small Things Like These | Claire Keegan | 4-May-26 |
| Verity | Colleen Hoover | 1-Jun-26 |
| Before the Coffee Gets Cold | Toshikazu Kawaguchi | 6-Jul-26 |
| Butter | Asako Yuzuki | 3-Aug-26 |
| What Happened to Nina | Dervla McTiernan | 7-Sep-26 |
| The Vanishing Place | Zoe Rankin | 12-Oct-26* |
| The House of Doors | Tan Twan Eng | 2-Nov-26 |
| Outback | Patricia Wolf | 7-Dec-26 |
| The Elephant Whisperer | Lawrence Anthony | 7-Feb-27 |
| The Yield | Tara Winch | 1-Mar27 |
*Second Monday of the month instead of the first due to a public holiday
NORTH SHORE EVENING BOOK CLUB
The North Shore Evening Book Club meets at the View Restaurant 5.30-730pm on the dates below.
Contact Jill McLean if you wish to attend [email protected]
2026
| Title | Author | Date |
| Legacy | Chris Hammer | Jan 13 |
| One of us is Missing | BM Carroll | Feb 3 |
| Olive Kitteridge | Elizabeth Strout | Mar 3 |
| One illuminated Thread | Sally Colin James | Apr 7 |
| The Art of Seduction | Richard Greene | May 5 |
| The Instrumentalist | Harriet Constable | Jun 2 |
| The Heart in Winter | Kevin Barry | Jul 7 |
| Butter | Asako Yuzuki | Aug 4 |
| Last One Out | Jane Harper | Sept 1 |
| Educated | Tara Westover | Oct 6 |
| The Names | Florence Knapp | Nov 10 |
| The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden | Dec 8 |
SWIC Book Group
This group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1.30pm either on the North Shore or in the Eastern Suburbs
Books for 2026 are as below.
| Month | Title | Author |
| February | Journey across the Four Seas | Veronica Li |
| March | The Nightingale | Kristen Hannah |
| April | This is Happiness | Niall Williams |
| May | Stone Yard Devotional | Charlotte Wood |
| June | Memorial Days | Geraldine Brooks |
| July | There are Rivers in the Sky | Elif Shafak |
| August | Intermezzo | Sally Rooney |
| September | The Hamilton Case | Michelle de Krester |
| October | The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley |
| November | LUNCH and BOOK CHOICE | |
| December | The House of Doors | Tan Twang-Eng |
I’d love to join the lunch time book club – I can make the March one and have read The nightingale… where do I go?