The Fullers Reading Group is our flagship book club. It is run by our colleague Rayne, who has returned to Tasmania after having spent fifteen years abroad teaching History, Classics, and Great Books classes at various universities in the USA and UK.
The reading list for 2025 is as follows:
• February: Alexis Wright, Praiseworthy (Winner of the Stella and Miles Franklin Awards 2024)
• March: Kate Atkinson, Death at the Sign of the Rook (Crime/Thriller)
• April: Claire Keegan, Antarctica (Short Stories)
• May: Charlotte Wood, Stone Yard Devotional (Booker Prize Shortlist 2024)
• June: Samantha Harvey, Orbital (Booker Prize Winner 2024)
• July: Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca (Classic)
• August: Robbie Arnott, Dusk (2025 Indie Book Awards Book of the Year)
• September: Helen Garner, The Season (Because We All Love Helen)
• October: Banu Mushtaq (trans. Deepa Bhasthi), Heart Lamp (Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025)
(November to be announced)
Venue: Hadley’s Orient Hotel (various rooms)
Dates/Times: Sessions are held in the first week of each month (please note they may be subject to change or revision):
1. First Monday 10am-11am (Hadley’s Orient Bar)
2. First Tuesday 10am-11am (Hadley’s Orient Bar)
3. First Thursday 6pm-7pm (Hadley’s Gallery)
4. First Saturday 11am-12pm (Hadley’s Orient Bar)
5. Second Wednesday 6.00pm-7.00pm (Hadley’s Gallery)
Pricing: $100 per year (includes a 10% discount on your reading list books)
Payment:
- You can pay your annual Reading Group fee online by clicking HERE. Then, as and when you go into the shop to buy your reading group books, just let the friendly staff member behind the counter know you’ve paid your fee so they can apply your 10% discount (if you can bring along your annual fee receipt, that’d be much appreciated).
- You can pay at the counter in Fullers. Again, just let the staff member know you’d like to pay for your annual reading group fee, and they’ll sort you out.
*If you don’t want to commit to the annual fee, you can still pay your $10 by cash or card on arrival at your reading group session. This pay-as-you-go arrangement does not include a 10% discount on books.
Group size: Each group will be capped at 15 members.
Please refrain from attending if you are experiencing any flu-like symptoms, or are generally unwell.
For more information, or to express your interesting in joining, please contact Rayne at reading@fullersbookshop.com.au.
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The Fullers Reading Group was started by Irene McGuire in 1997. The first book they ever discussed was Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander. Since then they have met monthly, February-November, every year (with the exception of the ill-fated 2020).