September 24, 2026
September Book Club
A monthly bookish meet up at Amplify 💚
Join us for a cosy and reflective evening in our reading room! Come ready to chat about our latest read and make new bookish friends.
Book club is held from 6-8pm on the last Thursday of each month, with the book of the month alternating between fiction and non-fiction. As always, we aim to read widely across genres and topics, so there will be a range of options for every reader as the months go on.
We're reading But Won't I Miss Me in September. Signed copies are available in store.
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Book club is for everyone, equally, to share and contribute their ideas — facilitators are just present to help guide the night and break the ice (and participate!). The fiction book club will be facilitated by Kanika Chopra. Non-fiction will be facilitated by Nishtha B.
All participants will get 10% off any in-store purchases on book club nights. There will also be nibbles and a welcome drink (non-alcoholic) to get you settled in!
Book club will be held in our reading room at 55 Peel St, West Melbourne. The reading room is accessed via a spiral staircase. If this is an accessibility issue for you, please be in touch after making your booking so we can accommodate your needs.
Our reading room has a limited capacity so tickets are capped to reflect this. If you can no longer make it, please let us know up to a week prior and we will try to facilitate a ticket transfer. Please note tickets are non-refundable but they can be transferred if we have someone on the waitlist who wants your seat.
Book club is a safe space for everyone to have thought-provoking, insightful conversations about books. Please come with an open mind and be open respectful to our hosts and participants. We have safe spaces for you to step aside and take a moment for yourself if/when necessary. Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated. Amplify Bookstore reserves the right to revoke tickets.
Our reading room is accessed by a small spiral staircase. Unfortunately, there are no lifts on the premises.
There are two steps leading into the shop and two steps inside the shop that take you to the counter and the non-fiction section. We have a sturdy foldable ramp that can be placed for anyone who requires it for these steps.
If you require accomodations, please be in touch after making your booking so we can accommodate your needs.
Publishing has a diversity problem. There are less 'diverse' books being published which limits the discoverability and reach of those authors.
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November Book Club
Amplify Salon: Japanese Bakehouse
Workshop: Writing Histories with Antoun Issa
Workshop: The Personal Essay with Adalya Nash Hussein
September Book Swap
Book Launch: The Inheritance of Solitude
The Venue
Find us at
55 Peel St, West Melbourne
VIC 3003
Opening hours
Thu & Fri 11am–6pm
Sat & Sun 10am–5pm
Public transport access
Located just behind the Queen Victoria Market, Amplify is easily accessible by public transport. Your best options are:
- The 58 tram,
- A 7 minute walk from the 19, 57 and 59 trams on Elizabeth St,
- A 10 minute walk from Flagstaff train station.
Parking
Available at the QVM or on Capel Street.
Frequently Asked Questions
Events are announced on our Instagram page and in our newsletter. You can find tickets here for our upcoming events.
We run a monthly book club, hold book launches and author salons, and general community events. Our reading room is also available for hire for private events.
Check our FAQs or ask us on our contact form.
An anti-racist social enterprise bookstore specialising in BIPOC books.
Only about 11% of books published are by BIPOC authors — so unless you specifically seek out books by BIPOC authors, you aren't likely to find very many of them organically. At Amplify, BIPOC authors are highlighted and celebrated. Here, they don't have to fight to be seen, and you don't have to fight to find them.
We hope that in our shop, you can discover a new favourite read, find stories that speak uniquely to you, learn about a culture outside your own (or more about your own histories), and gain a better understanding of the systems that connect us all.
