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Book Club Series | Witches: Dark Histories and Powerful Women

This spooky season, join Flinders University writer and academic Lisa Bennett for a Library Book Club session exploring witches across history.

About this event

From folklore and early modern fears to feminist reclamations and contemporary fantasy, we will trace how the figure of the witch has been shaped, challenged and reimagined across time.

📚 Bring along a book, character or story that features a witch figure, or simply come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Lisa Bennett is a literary scholar at Flinders University whose work explores gender, narrative and cultural representation across literature and popular culture. Her research spans the Viking Age, as well as genre fiction, speculative storytelling and creative practice.

She is the author of Viking Women: Life and Lore and the forthcoming Yet She Lives: Fierce and Fantastical Women of Norse Mythology (2026), a vivid retelling of the lives of mythological Norse women.

Lisa is also the co-author of Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing and, writing as Lisa L. Hannett, is an award-winning author of multiple short story collections, a novel, and over 80 works across fantasy, science fiction, horror and historical fiction.

Event Details

📅 Date: 13 October

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Central Library, Level 1
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here. 

Book Club series | Halloween: Spooky Stories

Book Club just got spooky! Join Flinders writer and academic Amy T. Matthews and the AMY& podcast for a Halloween-themed discussion.

About this event

From classic horror and gothic fiction to contemporary thrillers, supernatural tales and eerie favourites, this session will explore why we’re drawn to unsettling stories, and how they reflect fear, imagination and the cultural moments we live in.

Blending conversation, storytelling and live recording, this session offers a unique finale to the series while keeping the relaxed and interactive feel of the Book Club.

📚 Bring along a favourite spooky, gothic or Halloween-inspired read, or come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Event details

📅 Date: 29 October

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library, Level 1
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here

About the speaker

Amy T. Matthews is an award-winning author and Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Flinders University.

Her novels have been published internationally and in translation, and are available in print, audio and ebook. She also writes under the names Amy Barry and Tess LeSue.

As an academic, Amy’s research focuses on genre fiction, particularly popular romance, historical fiction and fictions of climate change. She brings a strong interest in storytelling, genre and reader engagement to both her writing and teaching.

Amy is the host of the QBD Romance Book Club and co-host of the AMY& podcast.

Her publications include Someone Else’s Bucket List, voted onto the Better Reading Top 100 Books of 2025.

About AMY&

AMY& is a bookish podcast with benefits.

Hosted by Amy Matthews alongside series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan and Harry Stewart, the podcast features genre deep dives, author Q&As and a live book club with a signature cocktail or mocktail.

Blending accessible academic insight with a lively, conversational style, AMY& creates an interactive space for readers of all kinds, from new book lovers to seasoned bibliophiles.