Pride In Service LGBTQIA+ Book Club
Stories. Service. Belonging.
Pride in Service book club brings together LGBTQIA+ current and former ADF members, Defence families and allies through books, conversation and shared experience.
Meeting monthly in person, the club is a relaxed and welcoming place to connect with people who understand both LGBTQIA+ community and Defence life.
When: Third Thursday of the Month|
Where: to be advised | Cost: Free
What's next?
The Absolutist
John Boyne
It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War.
But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will – from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.
A masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I.
It’s about more than the book
Each month we choose a book that gives us something worth talking about. Fiction, memoir, history or contemporary writing might open conversations about identity, relationships, family, resilience, service or simply life.
You don’t need to be a literary expert and you don’t need to share your own story, in fact you don’t need to have read the book. The book starts the conversation. Where it goes from there is up to the group.
Who can join?
Pride in Service welcomes LGBTQIA+ current and former ADF members, Defence partners and family members, and allies aged 18 and over.
Come for one book that interests you or become a regular.
How does it work?
We meet monthly for around 60 minutes, with time for facilitated conversation followed by an informal catch-up.
GRAI received funding from Defence Member and Family Support, a branch of the Commonwealth Department of Defence, to deliver this project.
How to join?
The book club happens monthly on the third Thursday of each month 6pm to 7pm.
For more information, please contact us using the button below or through email on info@grai.org.au
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