April 11, 2024

Name: Dylan McCarthy Chapter: Broome Who are you? I'm a Gooniyandi, Kija and Bardi Man from the Kimberley region, a family man, a husband and soon to be a father,...

April 01, 2024

Back in July 2023, Tough Guy Book Club were challenged to get their eyes checked under the hashtag #lookout. Why we had to do this, we were told, was a...

March 27, 2024

Cincinnati is located on the boarder of Ohio and Kentucky in the Midwest of America. Its famous for its chili, which is sauce like and eaten with spaghetti – don’t...

March 15, 2024

Name:  Anish Sonar Chapter: Altona ChapterWhat’s your story? My family moved to Melbourne from India when I was 15. I arrived on the weekend, went shopping for school gear and...

March 13, 2024

On the first day there was music and dancing. Licola Wilderness Village saw the arrival of many goons across the afternoon on Friday as The Camp of the Dark Moon...

February 05, 2024

Towards the end of the year Tough Guy Book Club engages in a traditional Book Swap where every member who signs up is assigned a name and address of another...

December 12, 2023

Name: Ben Mitchell Chapter: Mayfield Who are you? My name is Ben. I am a 26-year-old who is really passionate about reading and travelling the world. Still trying to figure...

October 18, 2023

Each month the Tough Guy Book Club issues a challenge to all members. Some challenges are fun, some are creative, others are health-related – those ones are bloody important and...

September 23, 2023

Tough Guy Book Club was born on a pub crawl through Brunswick, Victoria in August 2013, we reckoned the best way to celebrate the club turning 10 would be for...

August 10, 2023

Name: Thomas Giles Chapter: Gold Coast Chapter - President Who are you: I’m 36 and still don't know for sure. Son, Brother, Father, Punk Rock Warlord. Protector of the principles...

May 17, 2023

Tough Guy Book Club is more than just a bunch of guys meeting at the pub once a month. We do a lot of other stuff outside of chapter meetings...

April 19, 2023

Glossy metal - usually brass, aluminium or similar. Most often rectangular and, if so, about A5 in size. Other shapes, too, but – ironically - rarely large enough to attract...

March 22, 2023

Did you know there are places in your community that provide a safe place out of the elements for you to read, use a computer, have meetings, make a podcast,...

March 17, 2023

It all starts with Shakespeare. Or possibly a guy named Dave. Let's clarify. While it is true that a lot of the western English-speaking literary canon can be traced back...

March 11, 2023

Another year, another great TGBC camp. While a lot of Goons like to write, more of us are readers, so we figured we’d heavily modify a famous work to get...

March 10, 2023

105/75mmHg See that? That's a blood pressure reading. The first number is systolic pressure, which is the level of pressure against your artery walls when your heart beats. The second...

March 03, 2023

Mayfield, near Newcastle NSW, is home to one of the newest chapters of the Tough Guy Book Club (TGBC); a network of men’s book clubs held in pubs around the...

December 28, 2022

Op shops. Charity shops, secondhand stores, Vinnies, Salvos, the Goodwill. Call them whatever you like, wherever you are. For some they're a curiosity, a ubiquitous presence on your small town...

November 25, 2022

November 25 is host to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and we marked the occasion with a very special meeting of Tough Guy Book Club....

November 09, 2022

If you’ve been around the club for more than a few minutes, you’ll know we have a monthly challenge. The challenge is something different each month, but it always involves...

November 09, 2022

This article is supposed to be about the opening of one of our new international chapters, a chapter in Seattle, Washington, but we can’t do that without first talking about...

October 09, 2022

This months TGBC Challenge is to write a short story. By 31 October 2022, you need to write the draft of a short story (between 2,000 and 5,000 words) and...

October 05, 2022

Tough Guy Book Club is about men meeting in pubs to have rowdy conversations about big important issues. And one of the biggest issues facing the world is violence against...

September 26, 2022

Name: Chas Lang Chapter: Mornington Chapter Who are you: So who am I? I'm I pretty ordinary 30-something guy. It's hard for 30-something guys to make new friends, but I...

September 05, 2022

As Tough Guy Book Club slowly takes over the towns, cities, and suburbs of Australia, one area has been an unexpected focus of our expansion plans: Gippsland. For a relatively...