Helping you fall back in love with reading.
Welcome!
We are so glad you've found us.
Hands up who wants to do less scrolling and more reading in 2026?
Do you love curling up with a great book BUT you've somehow fallen out of the habit of reading?
Have you always wanted to be in a book club, but finding the time (and, let's face it, ENERGY) to leave the house for meetings just feels too hard?
THEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
2026 memberships for
Birds of a Feather
open 1st November!
Make sure you’re the first to hear about it — join the waitlist now.
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Words from Birds!
What kind of books do we read?
Here's a look back at some of our most popular reads from the past 4 years!
Still Life
Sarah Winman
Weyward
Emilia Hart
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus
Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty
After Story
Larissa Behrendt
Tilda is Visible
Jane Tara
How does BIRDS OF A FEATHER work?
Read new books
With 11 wildly different page-turners to read from January to November, Birds of a Feather is the perfect way to get your reading mojo back. We glide from delicious whodunnits to literary award-winners. From rom-coms to historical sagas and everything in between.
Fall back in love with reading
If your goal is to get back into reading - we got you! Our tips and tricks to get more reading done every day have changed the lives of hundreds of our members. We'll teach you the art of 'incidental reading' and have you finishing a book every month!
Reading notes
We want you to get the most out of every book. That's why Jane (a former English teacher) and Bec (best-selling author) create reading notes that explore the key themes and literary techniques the author has used. There are also questions to ponder and reflect upon. You'll get more out of your reading experience!
Hear from the authors
Where did the idea come from? Was the main character based on you? These questions and more are answered in our monthly meetings. In 2026, we'll be talking to some of the world's bestselling authors and getting the story behind the story.
Participate however you like
Our meetings are ONLINE so you can choose to share your ideas or lurk quietly in the background. PREMIUM members get exclusive invites to our live online meetings, STANDARD members get to watch the recordings or listen via our private podcast channel.
Access our full back-catalogue of past titles
When you become a member you receive access to our entire back-catalogue of Birds of a Feather books and resources from the past 4 years. This includes recordings of all our monthly book club conversations and author interviews, our reading notes, 4 years of podcast episodes and more!
Meet other Birds!
Open yourself up to new friendships! With over 5500 Birds across Australia and NZ we have hundreds of local Bird groups gathering together. From Bunbury, WA to Newcastle, NSW -- our Birds are meeting up in cafes and bookstores across the country, talking books (and life) and forming wonderful new friendships. In person meet-ups are totally optional, of course!
We have over 5,500 members gathering together around Australia each month!
Don't worry,
there's no judgement!
No-judgement is the name of the game in Birds Of A Feather! And that includes not getting the book finished. Let’s face it, life gets in the way sometimes!
Join in anyway! And be part of the discussion (we’ll warn you if there are any spoilers!).
JOIN OUR WAITLIST
Doors Open November 1st 2025
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Meet your hosts
Rebecca Sparrow
Co-Founder, author & friendship expert
Bec Sparrow is an acclaimed writer, speaker, podcaster, and passionate advocate for prioritising connection and belonging in an increasingly lonely world.
Bec wrote her first book of short stories and (dubious) poems at the age of eight. Today she is the author of seven books, including the best-selling novel The Girl Most Likely, her best-selling book for teens Find Your Tribe (and nine other things I wish I'd known in high school) and her most recent book, Out Of The Box: a one-step guide for navigating neurodivergence, co-authored with Madonna King.
For the past 20 years, Bec has worked with thousands of tweens, teens, and adults, giving them the skills to find friends and build authentic connections. Her friendship webinars are watched in loungerooms across the world.
Now for the fancy stuff: In 2018 Bec was invited to sit on the Queensland Government’s Anti-Bullying Taskforce. She was awarded the 2024 Queensland Child Protection Week Media and Communications Award for her dedication to educating adults, kids, and teens about the dangers that exist online. In 2025 she was nominated for a Queensland Community Achievement Award because of her commitment and service to others in need.
She is the host of the ABC podcast Parental As Anything Teens and was a guest expert on ABC TV's Time Of Your Life parenting series.
In other words, you could totally trust Bec to water your plants and feed your cat next time you go on holiday.
Most importantly, though, Bec loves books. LOVES BOOKS. There are wonky piles of books all through Bec's house - on shelves, in hallways, under cupboards and beds, and on the kitchen table. She grew up escaping into the pages of Milly-Molly-Mandy and Anne of Green Gables and the works of Enid Blyton and Judy Blume.
It's true - Bec has a very bad habit of dog-earing pages instead of using a bookmark. THE SHAME! But she truly believes that a great book can change your life, and it's her mission to get everyone reading more.
Bec lives in Brisbane with her husband and three kids and two rambunctious Labradoodles, Reuben and Wanda. Her favourite books are Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting.
As the co-host and co-founder of Birds of a Feather, Bec's dream has always been to connect women across Australia - both online and offline, city and country - through a shared love of unputdownable books.
Jane Sullivan
Co-Founder & Book Whisperer
By day, Jane Sullivan co-hosts Birds of a Feather, Australia’s fastest-growing online book club for women, and by night, she’s probably under a doona with a good book (some habits never change). She’s also the creator of Scholarly, an online tutoring platform supporting high school students across Queensland.
A lifelong reader, Jane was the kid who stayed up late with a flashlight, determined to finish “just one more chapter.” Her love of literature led her to study English at university, where she fell for voices as diverse as Shakespeare, Charlotte Brontë, Vikram Seth, and Arundhati Roy. She spent 15 years sharing that passion as an English teacher before becoming a professional book club host, public speaker, wedding celebrant, and online course creator. She also spent five years running book clubs for kids, teens, and teachers at her favourite Brisbane bookstore.
Now, Jane pours her biblio-zest (yes, she made that word up) and literary nous into Birds of a Feather, creating a warm, thoughtful space where women connect over great reads. When she’s not recommending books or running her literary ventures, she’s wrangling her four young sons and gently encouraging their love of reading (with plenty of picture books on repeat).
Firm favourites: Still Life by Sarah Winman, My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, Dusk by Robbie Arnott.
Words from Birds!
FAQs
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