The Fullers Reading Group is our flagship book club. It is run by our colleague Rayne, who has recently 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 schedule for 2024 is as follows:
• February: Zadie Smith, The Fraud
• March: Shankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
• April: Richard Flanagan, Question 7
• May: Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
• June: Paul Lynch, Prophet Song
• July: Jorge Luis Borges, Fictions
• August: Jane Harrison, The Visitors
• September: Frida Isberg, The Mark
• October: Percival Everett, James
• November: Siang Lu, Ghost Cities
Sessions are held in the first week of each month (see below). Session times are as follows, as at 25 June 2024 (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)
Venue update: After listening to the chorus of reading group feedback, sessions are now to relocated back to Hadley’s Orient Hotel.
Attendance is now $5 per session, which can be paid on arrival.
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).