{"id":8608,"date":"2025-12-19T03:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8608"},"modified":"2025-12-19T03:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:56:55","slug":"book-talk-6","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/article\/book-talk-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Book Club excursion was a lovely and entertaining trip, consisting of a bus ride to Glebe, in order to select different books for our school library, culminating in lunch at a local cafe. Gleebooks had a welcoming and warm atmosphere, and the shelves were absolutely covered in books- there was a large variety to choose from, including the popular young adult section and the quieter, but nonetheless crowded history and non-fiction section. Although the first floor was relatively crowded, the second and third floors were also covered in books- admittedly second-hand. However, we discovered novels and hardbacks that were absolutely perfect for the library. Most people managed to pick out 1-4 books each, and the senior book club selected six books for 2026\u2019s meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After we\u2019d chosen our books for the library, we went for lunch next door at Sappho Books, a cozy cafe doubling as yet another bookstore. The dining area was a courtyard, so we were able to sit under trees and fairy lights- an absolutely magical atmosphere. It was an amazing way to spend a Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Book Club is an excellent place to spend your time, meeting up twice or three times every term- definitely don\u2019t miss out!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jennifer Duong, year 9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8682\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/12\/Book-Club-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Book Club excursion was a lovely and entertaining trip, consisting of a bus ride to Glebe, in order to select different books for our school library, culminating in lunch at a local cafe. Gleebooks had a welcoming and warm atmosphere, and the shelves were absolutely covered in books- there was a large variety to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-8608","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/fortstreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}