Classics Club - Carmilla

For October's Classics Club, we're going for Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 gothic novella, CARMILLA. Published 26 years before Dracula, it's the original English-language vampire story.

I have been in love with no one, and never shall, she whispered, unless it should be with you.

A lonely castle, deep in the Styrian forest - here Laura leads a solitary life, with only her elderly father for company, until a moonlit night brings an unexpected guest to the schloss. At first Laura is glad to finally have a female companion of her own age, but her new friend's strange habits and eerie nocturnal wanderings quickly become unsettling, and soon a ghastly truth is revealed.

Suffused with gothic horror and sexual tension, Carmilla has inspired generations of writers and is the foundation of the lesbian vampire myth.

Join us at a bi-monthly book club, tackling a classic you might not have read since school.

Your ticket includes small batch, natural sodas from Mischief Brew and snacks, and a $2 donation to Literacy For Life, a First Nations-run charity training local people to deliver literacy classes in their communities.

Your ticket does not include the book.

Classics club picks will have 10% off in store for the month before the meet-up - we'll likely have a couple of different editions, but you can take your pick. Pop in to choose your favourite.

If you prefer audiobooks, there's a list on Libro.fm of our book club picks.

Book club tickets are non-refundable. 10% off runs for the month preceding the meet-up. Store gift cards cannot be used for events (yet!).

Reading and writing on the unceded land of the Turrbal and Yuggera peoples. We respect and acknowledge Elders past and present, and all First Nations storytellers. Every story on our shelves sits alongside the world’s oldest living stories, reminding us that stories are not just read, but also lived and passed on.