- First Tuesday Book Club
"First Tuesday Book Club" is an
Australia ntelevision show that discussesbooks ostensibly in the style of a domestic book club. Hosted by journalistJennifer Byrne , it uses the panel format made popular in "The Glass House" with two regular members — book reviewerJason Steger and author/bloggerMarieke Hardy — and two guest members. The show first aired on the ABC on1 August ,2006 and is scheduled as amonth ly program.Books reviewed
2006
* "
American Psycho " byBret Easton Ellis — August 2006
*"The Ballad of Desmond Kale" byRoger McDonald — August 2006
* "The Shadow of the Wind " byCarlos Ruiz Zafón — September 2006
* "Longitude " byDava Sobel — September 2006
* "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid " byBill Bryson — October 2006
* "The Rachel Papers " byMartin Amis — October 2006
* "The Mission Song " byJohn le Carré — November 2006
* "The Transit of Venus " byShirley Hazzard — November 2006
* "The Unknown Terrorist " byRichard Flanagan — December 2006
* "The God Delusion " byRichard Dawkins — December 20062007
* "
Mister Pip " byLloyd Jones — March 2007
* "The Solid Mandala " byPatrick White — March 2007
* "In The Company of The Courtesan " bySarah Dunant — April 2007
* "The Secret River " byKate Grenville — April 2007
* "The Road " byCormac McCarthy — May 2007
* "Slaughterhouse Five " byKurt Vonnegut — May 2007
* "The Raw Shark Texts " bySteven Hall — June 2007
* "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland " byLewis Carroll — June 2007
* "The Post-Birthday World " byLionel Shriver — July 2007
* "Le Grand Meaulnes " byAlain Fournier — July 2007
* "A Thousand Splendid Suns " byKhaled Hosseini — August 2007
* "The Dancer Upstairs " byNicholas Shakespeare — August 2007
* "The Broken Shore " byPeter Temple — September 2007
* "Moby-Dick " byHerman Melville — October 20072008
* "
The Memory Room " byChristopher Koch — March 2008
* "Naked" byDavid Sedaris — March 2008
* "Liar's Poker " byMichael Lewis — April 2008
* "People of the Book " byGeraldine Brooks — April 2008
* "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo " byStieg Larsson — May 2008
* "A Farewell to Arms " byErnest Hemingway — May 2008
* "Breath" byTim Winton — June 2008
* "Demons at Dusk " by Peter Stewart — June 2008
* "Peter Pan " byJ. M. Barrie — July 2008
* "Miracles of Life " byJ. G. Ballard — July 2008
* "Devil May Care" bySebastian Faulks — August 2008
* "The Adventures of Augie March " bySaul Bellow — August 2008 [ [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/ First Tuesday — ABC TV ] ]
* "Disquiet" by Julia Leigh — September 2008
* "A Confederacy of Dunces " byJohn Kennedy Toole — September 2008
* "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne " byBrian Moore — October 2008
* "Pandora in the Congo" by Albert Sanchez Pinol — October 2008Guests
Guests have included Jesuit priest
Frank Brennan , actressPenny Cook , gardenerPeter Cundall , Sex Discrimination CommissionerPru Goward , feministGermaine Greer , authorDi Morrissey , enfant-terribleJohn Safran , musician and broadcaster Lindsay 'The Doctor' Mc Dougall, politicianMalcolm Turnbull , retired NSW PremierBob Carr , comedianJudith Lucy , retired Australian General (and author)Peter Cosgrove , and actor/writer/directorRichard E Grant .See also
*
List of Australian television series
*The Book Group - British comedyReferences
External links
* [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/ official website]
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