October 01, 2020

The Tough Book Club camp is significant for many reasons, it’s a chance for goons from all over the country to catch up, do a lot or not much at...

August 15, 2020

This month's challenge was relevant and tricky. It was about making the effort to recognise someone in service work doing a good job and exceeding expectations regardless of being noticed...

July 30, 2020

We don’t normally like to pat ourselves on the back that much, but 2020 was an extraordinarily shit year for us all so we’re going to take some comfort in...

July 15, 2020

Name:James Barry aka JB Chapter:Footscray VIC Who are you:Real quick: a son, a brother, a mate, and board member of TGBC. How long have you been with TGBC:My first meeting...

June 24, 2020

Tough Guy Book Club is a club for men who don't read enough. Or men who want to read more. Or men who read too much and need somebody to...

June 03, 2020

That's our thing, always has been, right from day one. We like to read, pubs, chat, think about what's going on with ourselves and the world around us, drink beer...

May 07, 2020

The challenge for May 2020, apart from finding a path through your hoarded toilet paper, was to show us something at home. How do you make your signature dish?, are...

April 01, 2020

TGBC is more than just a book club. Each month TGBC sets a challenge – a suggestion on an activity, thought or task - always angled at making a positive...

March 17, 2020

2020 has thrown up more than its share of curveballs. Pressure around jobs, income, cancelled plans, changing circumstances and breaks in our day to day structure and routines impacted most...

January 09, 2020

Name: Lucas Earl Chapter: Southbank Who are you: I'm just your average late 20s early 30s bloke struggling to balance work, friendships, hobby and starting my own family. How long...

December 20, 2019

Anticipation. End of Year Book Swap is all about anticipation. It’s not just about what treasure you’ll get in the mail from some far away Goon, it’s about the book...

September 05, 2019

This challenge was about getting outside your normal circle and getting to know a goon you don’t know much about. Blokes have a reputation for not being good at getting...

July 18, 2019

The TGBC Model of Care report.

June 19, 2019

We've been to a mountain range national park, a high-country lake, the rugged southern coast and now we're headed to Victoria's longest river. It's difficult to capture a TGBC camp...

May 07, 2019

Encompassing more than just reading a book each month, Tough Guy Book Club has challenges for members. This started with a yearly reminder to get a blood pressure test and...

April 01, 2019

We’ve done it. We’re proud to announce that with a LOT of help from our friend and new Chapter President David Harris, we have finally opened our 2nd chapter in...

March 05, 2019

Though most of the region is on fire the mighty Heyfield Chapter could not be stopped opening tonight. Seriously, there’s bush fires all over Gippsland and the town of Heyfield...

February 15, 2019

TGBC is pleased to announce that we will be opening a chapter in the Victorian town of Castlemaine in March. Castlemaine is a town with a long history, great bookshops...

February 12, 2019

Name: Alex Dobson **Chapter: Sydney Who are you: Wine wanker, pasta nerd and passionate lover of, and advocate for, all forms of creative expression from fashion to fine art. How...

February 12, 2019

Yet again piles of our goons have participated in our end of year book swap. This year we had 140 goons get involved and send guys they have never met...

February 05, 2019

2019 is off to a flying start with 2 Melbourne Chapters opeing tonight. The first is one directly between the existing Footscray and Williamstown Chapters in the notoriously civilised but...

December 05, 2018

This last month a bunch of our goons grew moustaches (or ran k’s) to raise money for vital men’s health research and there was truly some shockingly bad ones. Seriously,...

July 03, 2018

Every year we have Hemingway Month. We do this because he is interesting. He’s an icon of 20th century masculinity, with all the drinking, women and guns but he’s also...

June 13, 2018

When surveyor Charles Scrivener was charged with finding a suitable site for our fledgling nation’s capital in 1904, little could he have imagined what was to follow over one hundred...

May 31, 2018

Name: "Clean" Pete Collings **Chapter: Castlemaine East Who are you: An ordinary bloke with extraordinary dreams. I'm also a proud husband to an awesome woman and father to two awesome...