Calling all followers of folklore and fairytales!

If you love reading old stories told in new ways, and talking to your heart’s content about books with other like-minded souls, this reading group is for you.

Bring yourself, an open mind and a willingness to participate in the unpacking of some truly wonderful tales. Come with us as we step over the threshold and into the dark woods. Delights and terrors await. There may even be some guest authors in attendance… In 2024 Arianne invited Angela Slatter and Kate Forsythe to speak to the group!

To register your interest, please contact arianne@fullersbookshop.com.au

The reading list for 2025:

Monday 3 February: Circe, Madeleine Miller
Monday 3 March: Psykhe, Kate Forsyth
Monday 7 April: Upon a Starlit Tide, Kell Woods
Monday 5 May: The Crimson Road, A. G. Slatter
Monday 2 June: Kaikeyi, Vaishnavi Patel
Monday 7 July: Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes
Monday 4 August: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson 
Monday 1 September: Beowulf (translated by Maria Dahvana Headley)
Monday 6 October: The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, Amy S Kaufman
Monday 3 November: The Lady of the Lake, Jean Menzies

When: first Monday of each month, 6.00pm-7.00pm, February through to November (subject to occasional changes)

About Arianne:
Arianne is a writer of fiction and avid reader. She holds a Bachelor of Behavioural Science and First-class Honours in Creative Writing from the University of Tasmania. Arianne has been shortlisted for the Margaret Scott Young Writers Fellowship and the HNSA Elizabeth Jane Corbett mentorship, and in 2023 she was awarded an ‘Upcoming Writer Fellowship’ at the Katherine Susannah Prichard retreat. Arianne currently works at TasWriters and hosts ‘The Book Shelf’ on Edge Radio where she interviews people from the Tasmanian literary community and beyond.