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Discuss art, life, culture and creativity at our monthly Book Club. The titles on the Members Book Club reading list from September to November will explore ideas presented in ‘Under a Modern Sun: Art in Queensland 1930s–50s’.

A Long Way from Home (2020) by Peter Carey

Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in western Victoria. Together they enter the Redex Trial, a brutal race around the ancient continent over roads no car will ever quite survive. With them is their lanky fair-haired navigator, Willie Bachhuber, a quiz show champion and failed schoolteacher whose job it is to call out the turns, the grids, the creek crossings on a map that will finally remove them, without warning, from the lily-white Australia they know so well. Set in the 1950s amid the consequences of the age of empires, this funny, brilliantly vivid and lively novel reminds us how Europeans took possession of a timeless culture – the high purpose they invented and the crimes they committed along the way.

Ticket includes light refreshments. Members receive 20% off current and past Book Club titles at the QAGOMA Stores.

September – November reading list

• Artful Lives: The Cohen Sisters (2024) by Penny Olsen
• A Long Way from Home (2020) by Peter Carey
• The Comfort of Figs (2017) by Simon Cleary

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Ticketholders must provide 2 days’ notice of cancellation to be eligible for a refund. Within 24 hours of the event date, ticketholders may request to transfer their payment to another Members event. No-shows cannot be refunded or transferred.