Libby Online Book Club for WA

The Libby Book Club for WA is a monthly digital book club available exclusively to Western Australian library members (State Library and public library), hosted by local author David Allan-Petale. The book club, delivered online - will take place on the third Wednesday of every month. Join the State Library of Western Australia - it's free.

• November Book Club is Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp
• December Book Club is The Valley by Chris Hammer

November Book Club 

This month’s featured title should be available to borrow from your local library with no waitlists or holds! 

Blurb about Jasper Cliff

The tiny outback town of Jasper Cliff is a place where people have a habit of vanishing – and it is the place where Lachlan’s brother Toby was last seen. As Lachlan drives north to look for his brother, he too is drawn into the foreboding, timeless lan escape of the East Pilbara – to a place called The Rift, where the truth of Toby’s disappearance could finally be revealed. This gothic thriller reveals the scars of a colonial legacy in a landscape of such forbidding conditions that dying is easier than living.

Josh Kemp

Josh Kemp is an author of Australian gothic fiction. His debut novel, ‘Banjawarn’ won the 2021 Dorothy Hewett Award, the 2022 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction and the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards for Best Emerging Writer. He lives in the South West of WA, but finds himself drawn, over and over again, to the red dirt of the state’s north.

David Allan-Petale 

David Allan-Petale is a Perth/Boorloo writer whose debut novel ‘Locust Summer’ (Fremantle Press) was longlisted for the 2021 ALS Gold Medal and shortlisted for the 2022 WA Premier’s Book Awards. The manuscript was shortlisted for the 2017 Australian/ Vogel’s Literary Award, and developed through a fellowship at Varuna, the National Writers’ House. David worked for many years as a journalist in WA and internationally with BBC World and Al Jazeera, and is passionate about helping the arts sector thrive.    

Libby Book Club for WA

The Libby Book Club for WA is a free monthly digital book club hosted by author David Allan-Petale - brought to you by OverDrive Australia for all members of the State Library and Public Libraries, Western Australia. We welcome guests to join us the third Wednesday of each month to engage and interact with authors from all genres. The Zoom link will be emailed to all attendees on the day of the event.