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Book Club, Hotel
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 […]
Hotel, Music, Swim Sets
When: 10am – 5pm Wednesday to Sunday 6 Dec 2023 to 28 Jan 2024 Where: Pool deck, Level 1 Entry: Hotel guests only Every holiday deserves a soundtrack, an accompanying score that sets the scene and creates a moment to be remembered and treasured. Swim Sets provides the holiday playlist via live DJ performances poolside […]
Hotel
We all do it… keep a list of things, either in our heads, in endless phone notes or scribbled somewhere for future remembering. Usually however, these lists are full of chores, the daily drudgery of errands and the priority list for an organised work-life. Well, we are here to flip the “to do” list to […]
A book is the ultimate way to escape, and this month for our Book Club we are escaping into Lola in The Mirror, by much loved local best-selling Author Trent Dalton. The two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist Trent Dalton’s latest novel Lola in The Mirror paints a moving, acerbic, intense, and tragic yet ultimately hopeful story, […]
Calile Culture, Events, Hotel
Calile Culture is an edifying series of events, goings-on and conversations to connect our community and encourage learning and dialogue. Join us for coffee and conversation with Brisbane’s much loved and international bestselling Author Trent Dalton as he discusses his latest book Lola in The Mirror with Matthew Condon OAM and prize-winning Australian writer and […]
Charity, Hotel
This summer throughout November, December and into January 2024, The Calile will donate $5 for every night a guest stays with us to support 3rd Space, a local charity providing vital community work. We encourage our guests to donate too, and have made it easy to match our donation by adding a donation option to […]
Escape with a good book in a good place. We believe that a book is the ultimate travel companion, hence we have started our own Book Club so when guests stay with us, they can read what we are reading. This month, we encourage you to sample the work of one of the most revered […]
Introducing our monthly Book Club. We believe that a good book is the ultimate travel companion. Reading, like travelling, cracks open new worldviews and enriches understanding of people and place – so it is logical that we have combined the two to present monthly literary inspiration for guests in the form of The Calile Book […]
On the cusp of our fifth birthday we have been reflecting on the question we asked ourselves when we opened back in October 2018: What Makes a Great Hotel? and do our guests still experience that sweet intangible quality that a good hotel provides, a combination of comfort tinged with possibility and discovery when staying […]
The Calile Hotel presents Calile Culture, a series of cultural events, and conversations to connect our community and spark dialogue. Proving that Calile Culture will cover culture in all guises and formats, the spring focus will shift to cover seasonal sensibilities on Wednesday 25 October with Australia’s foremost garden designer Paul Bangay discussing his new […]
The Calile Hotel presents Calile Culture, a series of cultural events, and conversations to connect our community and spark dialogue. This October, The Calile welcomes Suzie Miller in partnership with Riverbend Books, for a discussion on her new book Prima Facie – based on her internationally acclaimed and cultural phenomenon play of the same name. […]
