The Vault Memberships & Bookclub Sessions NOW OPEN!
Important Membership Start Info
🔸 Member benefits and direct debit payments will begin 1 month before your first booked session. This allows us to prepare your materials and secure your membership in advance.
🔸 Your first Vault book will be available for collection in February. You’ll receive an email as soon as it’s ready. Simply pop in-store to collect it. If there are any issues with collection, please email us.
🔸 Your first official Vault session will take place in March / early April, where we’ll debrief February’s read and hand you your next book.
🔸 Although the Forbidden Vault officially launches on 19 March, you will still receive all member perks (except room access) from one month before your session date.
Extra Sessions: You can add additional sessions at any time for $30 each, available as either: Once-off add-ons, or Recurring add-ons (if you want more regular sessions)
Each month's session will need to be booked at least a month in advance to secure your spot, this also provides you the opportunity to change chapter genres when you feel like it and there is space available.
Once your direct debit form is submitted:
✔️ Your membership will activate at the direct debit date
✔️ You’ll receive access to the Members Hub via email instructions
✔️ You can book your first session
✔️ Your February read will be prepared for you
Forbidden Vault Membership
An exclusive program for our most devoted readers who crave earlier, spicier editions and indulgent perks others only fantasise about — all hidden inside our velvet-clad red room Vault, where phones are forbidden, secrets stay sealed, and only the truly daring ever get inside.
Membership Features
- Members only online hub
- Members-only discount: 5% off all purchases
- Automatic entry into giveaways
- Exclusive Vault drops (limited runs, numbered editions, NSFW covers)
- Priority invites to in-person and virtual events with a 10% discount to all ticketed events
- Invitations to private VIP only after-hours events
- Monthly book club meets, inc’s the book
- Access to pre-orders 24 hours prior to the public
- VIP lanyard and collector pin
- Use of the Vault in-store anytime (except when events are on)
“Not just a membership — a forbidden lifestyle.”
Monthly Subscription cost - $49.95
We know life (and TBR piles) can get a little chaotic, so we’ve made stepping in and out of the vault simple:
Pause Anytime
Need to take a breather? You can pause your membership once per calendar year for up to 2 consecutive months. To do so please complete the form.
· Your billing will be temporarily halted.
· Your spot (and perks) will be held for your return.
· Reactivate simply by emailing us before your next billing date.
The Forbidden Chapter reserves the right to update, modify, or withdraw membership features at any time.
Any significant changes will be communicated to members in advance.
Pause Here
Want to slip out of the vault room entirely?
You may cancel your membership at any time, effective at the end of your current billing period. Once cancelled, you’ll lose access to all Vault perks, drops, and exclusive content from the following month onwards.
Cancelled memberships are not guaranteed re-entry. You may be added to the waitlist if The Vault is at capacity.
Life gets messy — we get it. If your scheduled Book Club night no longer works for you: You can add yourself to the waitlist for alternate session nights (e.g. Tuesdays, Thursdays, weekends). When a spot opens on one of your selected nights, we’ll contact you in order of the waitlist.
Note: Your current membership spot will be held until your new night is confirmed, so you never lose access while waiting.
Email: info@theforbiddenchapter.au
- Membership is open to individuals aged 18 years and older. Memberships are non-transferable and issued in the member’s name only. A valid email address and contact information must be provided at sign-up.
- The Vault is an intimate, private reading space for members. Phones, photography, and recording devices are strictly prohibited inside the Vault to maintain its atmosphere of secrecy. Members may be required to show their VIP lanyard for entry. Members are expected to treat the space, staff, and fellow members with respect. The Vault may be closed for special events at management’s discretion.
- Discounts cannot be combined with other promotions unless explicitly stated. Perks such as giveaways, exclusive editions, early releases, and online hub access are subject to availability and may change without notice.
- The Forbidden Chapter reserves the right to revoke membership without refund in cases of: Breach of these Terms & Conditions. Disruptive, unsafe, or disrespectful behaviour. Misuse of member-only benefits (e.g., sharing access or content). If revoked, all benefits and access cease immediately.
- If a membership is cancelled, paused, or not renewed, all benefits — including discounts, event access, Vault use, giveaways, and online hub access — are immediately revoked. Any pending perks (e.g., giveaway entries, birthday gifts, book club books) are forfeited once membership ends.
The Forbidden Chapter reserves the right to update, modify, or withdraw membership features at any time.
Any significant changes will be communicated to members in advance.