
BOOK CLUB
Graphic Novels
- This Woman’s Work – Julie Deporte
- On A Sunbeam – Tille Walden
- Rosalie Lightning – Tom Hart
- Hyperbole And A Half – Allie Brosh
- Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant – Roz Chast
- The Voyeurs – Gabrielle Bell
- This One Summer – Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
- Maus – Art Spiegelman
- Fun Home – Alison Bechdel
- The Infinite Wait – Julia Wertz
- Marbles – Ellen Forney
- The Story Of My Tits – Jennifer Hayden
- Soldier’s Heart – Carol Tyler
- Nothing Lasts Forever – Sina Grace
- Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel – Anya Ulinich
- One! Hundered! Demons! – Lynda Barry
- Cancer Vixen – Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Zines & Comic / Art Books
- Swimsuit – Rachel Ang
- The American Indian Ready to Wear Catalog – Joey Clift & Janet Myer
- The Ship’d Sailed: Stories About Friendships & Loss – edited by Amy Ng & Weng Pixin
- Sit In – Paul Reps
- I Have Given Up – Harvey Normal & Fiona Teal
- The Blanket Of Immortality – Grace Hermann
- Life Happening – dangerlam / Kim Lam
- The Comics Journal, Issue #305 Health Care, Disability, Illness & Comics
Educational, Activist & Enlightened Non-Fiction
- Tools For Grassroots Activists – Patagonia: edited by Nora Gallagher & Lisa Myers Tools
- Beauty – Bri Lee
- Ancient Futures – Helena Norberg-Hodge
- My Life On The Road – Gloria Steinem
- Belonging – Toko Pa Turner
- Fight Like A Girl – Clementine Ford
- There Is Nothing Wrong With You – Cheri Huber
- Breaking Point – Martha Beck
- Everything That Remains – The Minimalists
- Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Japan We Never Knew – David Suzuki & Keibo Oiwa
- It’s Not You – Sara Eckel
- Waste Not – Erin Rhoad
- The Ausralian Native Bee Book – Tim Heard
- Simple Matters – Erin Boyle
- The Heart Of Tantric Sex – Diana Richardson
- The Language Of Letting Go – Melody Beattie
- Everyday Zen – Charlotte Joko Beck
- Being Zen – Ezra Bayda
- Waking Up To What You Do – Diane Rizzetto
- Awakening You – Isira
- Women’s Work – Megan K Stack
- Sex At Dawn – Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jetha
- Orgasms For Two- Betty Dodson
- Vegan Style – Sascha Camilli
Non-Fiction Novels
- Singing For Freedom – Ani Choying Drolma
- Long Quiet Highway – Natalie Goldberg
- Montien Boonma: Temple Of The Mind
- Island Home – Tim Winton
- The Soul Of An Octopus – Si Montgomery
- How To Be A Good Creature – Si Montgomery
- The Snow Leopard – Peter Matthiessen
- The Dharma Bums – Jack Kerouac
- Tove Jansson: Work & Love – Tuula Karjalainen
- Girl Walks Into A Bar – Rachel Dratch (audiobook version is best)
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murukami
Poetry
- Break The Mirror – Nanao Sakaki
- Endless Vow – Soen Nakagawa
Cookbooks
- Hungry – Anthea Amore
- Greens 24/7 – Jessica Nadel
- Elsa’s Wholesome Life – Ellie Bullen
- Kindness Community Vegan Cookbook – Collected by Edgar’s Mission
Movie Club

Documentary
- 2040
- The Kingdom Of Dreams & Madness
- Dogtown & Z Boys
- The Wild Parrots Of Telegraph Hill
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
- Wild Wild Country
- 100 Vaginas
- Jane (2017)
- My Octopus Teacher
- The Artist Is Present
- Bowling For Columbine
Animation & Art House
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Drawing Restraint 9
- Baraka
- Song Of The Sea
- Lemonade (Beyonce)
Drama
- All About My Mother
- Milk
- Adoration / Adore
- Angel Baby
- Radiance
- Whale Rider
- Boy
- Frida
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
- Caotica Ana
- American Splendour
- Barney’s Version
- Cake
- Joker
- Pain & Glory
- The Beauty Inside
- Suffragettes
- Babel
- Lion
- Once Were Warriors
- Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story
- Run Lola Run
Comedy
- This Is Spinal Tap
- What We Do In The Shadows
- The Room
- Hamlet 2
- Bridesmaids
- Notorious C.H.O
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Bowfinger
- Michael Bolton’s Big, Sexy Valentine’s Day Special
- I Feel Pretty
- Confessions Of A Shopaholic
- Napoleon Dynamite
Musicals
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
- Hedwig & The Angry Inch
- Om Shanti Om
- Jerry Springer, The Opera
TV Comedies
I am including TV comedies in my book / film club as I believe humour is essential to life and sometimes the short format of humour is just what we need.
- Flight Of The Conchords (US/NZ)
- Parks & Recreation (US)
- How I Met Your Mother (US)
- Frontline (AUS)
- Will & Grace (US)
- 30 Rock (US)
- The Mighty Boosh (UK)
- Archer (US)
- Kath & Kim (AUS)
- The IT Crowd (UK)
- Wellington Paranormal (NZ)
- Stella (US)
- Reno 911 (US)
- Saturday Night Live – Especially: ‘The Californians’ (US)
- Portlandia (US)
- Get Krackin (AUS)
- At Home Alone Together (AUS)
- Wham Bam Thank You Ma-am (AUS)
- The Family Law (AUS)
- Nirvanna The Band The Show (CAN)
- The Letdown (AUS)
- Superwog (AUS)
- Lady Dynamite (US)
- Arrested Development (US)
- Inside Amy Schumer (US)
- Aroha Bridge (NZ)
- Bro Town (NZ)
- Shaun The Sheep (AUS)
- Broad City (US)