{"id":937570,"date":"2026-10-23T01:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937570\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T01:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T01:48:18","slug":"cody-simpson-book-club-star-announces-unexpected-career-move-new-details-revealed-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/937570\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Simpson book club: star announces unexpected career move, new details revealed | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Cody Simpson<\/a> has announced a surprising new career move and revealed one detail that will have his female fans thrilled.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old singer, swimmer and actor has just launched his own book club, following in the footsteps of stars like Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey, and Dua Lipa.<\/p>\n

\"Cody<\/p>\n

Cody Simpson is in his reading era! The singer just announced he\u2019s launching a book club.\u00a0Instagram\/@codysimpson<\/p>\n

Simpson announced the launch on Instagram with a moody video directed by Antony Muse, who also directed When It Comes to Loving You and Fluent music videos.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOkay I\u2019m doing it. I\u2019m starting my own book club with @baileysofficial. Each month I\u2019ll share a book I\u2019m reading, paired with a Baileys,\u201d Simpson captioned the clip.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst up is Jack Kerouac\u2019s On the Road, I\u2019m running this one back because it\u2019s the book that first sparked my sense of adventure & love of reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

He encouraged followers to get lost in the book and \u201cthank [him] later\u201d, and even included his favourite quote: \u201cNothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.\u201d <\/p>\n

Nine.com.au can also exclusively reveal that Simpson\u2019s second book club pick will be A Court of Splintered Harmony, the latest instalment in Sarah J. Mass\u2019 best-selling A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) romantasy series with a huge female fanbase.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a far cry from Kerouac\u2019s 1957 novel, which was inspired by the author\u2019s travels across the US, but Simpson has a vested interest in Maas\u2019 latest fae romance.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be making a special appearance at Dymocks on Sydney\u2019s George Street on Monday for A Court of Splintered Harmony\u2019s highly anticipated midnight release.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of fans are expected to line up outside the bookstore in the hopes of getting their hands on the novel as soon as the clock strikes midnight after waiting five years for it.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A Court of Splintered Harmony is expected to break plenty of reading records when it hits shelves next week.\u00a0Facebook\/The World of Sarah J. Maas\ufeff<\/p>\n

Maas published A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first book in the series, in 2015 and followed it up with sequels and spin-offs in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.<\/p>\n

The prolific author then took a break to focus on her other projects, only to surprise millions of fans earlier this year when she announced two new ACOTAR books were on the way.<\/p>\n

A Court of Splintered Harmony will hit shelves on October 27, and A Court of Forgotten Melody is slated for release on January 12 next year. <\/p>\n

Simpson isn\u2019t the first high-profile Aussie bloke to jump on the ACOTAR bandwagon; former NRL player Luke Bateman built a whole career<\/a> in the online book space after posting about the books in 2025.<\/p>\n

Nor is this Simpson\u2019s first foray into the literary world.<\/p>\n

\"Cody<\/p>\n

Cody Simpson published Prince Neptune, a book of poetry, in 2020.\u00a0Instagram\/@codysimpson\/Supplied<\/p>\n

Though he\u2019s better known for swimming and singing, Simpson also released a book of poetry titled Prince Neptune<\/a> back in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecoming a published writer is the ideal beginning to a new decade and the highest of honours,\u201d Simpson wrote at the time.<\/p>\n

He also predicted Prince Neptune would be the \u201cfirst of many books in my lifetime\u201d, which he proved true in 2024 when he released a children\u2019s picture book titled The Sea In Me.<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps this new book club could be Simpson\u2019s avenue back into publishing now he\u2019s retired from professional swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Cody Simpson has announced a surprising new career move and revealed one detail that will have his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-937570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}