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Food, Hotel
When the queen of cuisine, Nigella Lawson, says “Best ever croissants at the bakery in @thecalilehotel” you do the math and get yourself a croissant at The Calile Lobby Bar of course.
Hotel, Music, Swim Sets
Plan some sunshine time this season and opt for a cruisy Mediterranean vibe poolside with our Swim Sets Vol. II. DJs are spinning breezy Balearic inspired beats from June to July.
Book Club, Hotel
Our June Book Club follows the story of two women stuck in the same hotel room, a century apart. The Sitter by Queensland author Angela O’Keefe is inspired by the wife of Paul Cézanne, Marie-Hortense Fiquet, the familiar yet enigmatic subject of the French post-impressionist’s paintings.
Calile Culture, Events, Hotel
From literature, theatre, dance and arts – to date, Calile Culture has explored the many facets of creative expression. This June, fashion will be added to the cultural consommé.
We’re taking a hike with our May Book Club in the loveliest way. You Are Here by David Nicholls, is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home. A beautiful and compelling read about two characters who meet on a coast-to-coast walk in the UK. Longlisted for the Booker Prize for […]
The Calile Hotel has a long history with Australasian Dance Collective (ADC), proudly supporting and collaborating over the past five years and we are proud to present an evening dedicated to celebrating creativity and collaboration via our Calile Culture event series. If you have not been fortunate enough to see ADC perform, this is your […]
Our April Book Club novel is, in our opinion, by one of the most compelling modern Irish writers, Claire Keegan. The Times has identified Keegan as, “A genuine once-in-a-generation writer” and Hilary Mantel describes her storytelling mastery as, “Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply […]
Our March Book Club novel is an intelligent and powerful story about women, children and justice, by one of Australia’s most loved and clear-eyed storytellers, Tony Birch. Birch’s fourth novel showcases the range of this award-winning master craftsman in a beautiful and forthright work that sensitively explores the effect of trauma and violence on women […]
Calile Culture is a series of events and conversations that connects our community of locals and guests from afar by encouraging engagement, physical connection, appreciation, discourse and learning across all forms of creative expression.
Winner of the prestigious The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award, Brisbane author Anna McGahan’s Immaculate is our Calile Book Club read for February. Described by the author as a “fairytale” Immaculate is set in neighbouring New Farm. The plot centres on Frances, a mother whose world is in emotional turmoil: breakdown of marriage, loss of faith, struggling with […]
This month our Book Club is throwing it back to one of Australia’s most celebrated novels, the classic Miles Franklin Award-winning Tirra Lirra by the River by Brisbane Author Jessica Anderson. First published in 1978, Anderson crafted a lyrical and moving account of one woman’s remarkable life – about the sweetness of escape and the […]
