October 16, 2025

They say that a society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit. It’s a great saying, so we thought we would test it...

October 08, 2025

“Come check it out. There are stars in the grass,” Joe said to a bunch of us who were chatting on the front porch of the main cabin. We looked...

September 03, 2025

At Tough Guy Book Club we are proud of putting robust conversation back into the pub, and each month we do just that in venues across the world. So, when...

August 13, 2025

Tough Guy Book Club was born on a pub crawl back in 2014. Over ten years on, we still honour those roots every August with our annual crawl. This year...

August 06, 2025

Name:  Luke Augutis  Chapter:  Bundaberg  What is your story?  Married, Father of 3, Grew up in Regional Queensland. Spend much of my personal time outdoors, fishing, or playing with cars. ...

July 28, 2025

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that when you plant the seed of a good thing, it will grow in places you didn’t expect. Case in...

July 16, 2025

At Tough Guy Book Club, we think libraries are cool. So cool that we put it on a shirt. So cool that you’ll usually find a couple of Goons fighting...

July 10, 2025

We have some great traditions at Tough Guy Book Club. One that we look forward to each June is the Bourdain Day Dinner.   Celebrity chef, TV host, and author Anthony...

July 07, 2025

Tough Guy Book Club began in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia in 2012 and has since spread across the globe. Our expansion into the United States started slowly. It was...

June 18, 2025

Every month, the Tough Guy Book Club issues a challenge to its members. Something to push them, to challenge them, and to give them something interesting to add to their...

June 11, 2025

Name:  Neil Grant  Chapter:  Diamond Creek  What is your story?  I was born in Glasgow in the Year of the Fire Horse and came to Australia at age 13 to...

June 09, 2025

Welcome to Redcliffe, QLD. It’s a beautiful seaside town just over the bridge from the hustle and bustle of big city Brisbane. They have a team in the National Rugby...

May 27, 2025

Name:  Peter Machell (rhymes with Rachel) Chapter:  Fortitude Valley  What’s your story?  I've been on this planet for just over half a century. But I still learn stuff every day....

May 16, 2025

At Tough Guy Book Club we are into our merch. You will be hard pressed to find a group photo of one of our meets without someone in the trademark...

May 05, 2025

Name:  Amal Amarsi  Chapter:  Ringwood (I originally started at the Warrandyte chapter)  What is your story?  So many chapters, and stories within them - but ultimately I’m just a guy...

April 23, 2025

If you’ve ever spent any time in Canberra, you will know that the north/south rivalry runs deep, those North of the lake don’t like to venture South and vice versa....

April 10, 2025

There’s a certain sound to a bunch of goons arriving at Licola Wilderness Village. It’s not quiet. Cars pulling up, boots hitting gravel, backs cracking from the long journey, shouts...

April 07, 2025

Austin, deep in the heart of Texas, bills itself as the “Live Music Capital of the World”.  It hosts internationally-recognised events like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Austin City Limits,...

April 04, 2025

Every month Tough Guy Book Club sets a challenge to all members. These challenges are to add a page to your story, because at TGBC we are obsessed with stories....

March 25, 2025

Name:  Ben Scotcher  Chapter:  Townsville (and Surf Coast before that)  What’s your story?  I think, at 42 years old, that I'm starting to figure this out. I'm a good father,...

February 28, 2025

Things break. It’s one of the worst things about things. We live in an age where broken things are usually get replaced or thrown out. Which sucks, because it’s wasteful...

February 05, 2025

It's February 2025. Tonight, as we do every month on the first Wednesday of each month, our Chapters of Tough Guy Book Club will get together in the pub, to discuss...

December 23, 2024

Chapter:  Brunswick East  What’s your story?  I’m a book loving, avidly reading, humbly writing, VHS collecting, metalhead from Tassie, who's called Melbourne second home for the last decade.   How long...

December 10, 2024

At Tough Guy Book Club each month, we issue a challenge to all members. When one of our recent book’s characters had some seriously questionable habits, it made sense that...

December 01, 2024

The Tough Guy Book club are honoured to announce Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria as the club’s patron.   Tough Guy Book Club (TGBC) is...