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
(Sept, Oct, and Nov = to be announced)
Sessions are held in the first week of each month (see below – 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 have now 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).