About this season
First Tuesday Book Club is an Australian television show that discusses books ostensibly in the style of a domestic book club. Hosted by journalist Jennifer Byrne, it uses the panel format made popular in The Glass House with two regular members–book reviewer Jason Steger and author/blogger Marieke Hardy – and two guest members. The show first aired on the ABC on 1 August 2006 and is scheduled as a monthly program.
Episodes (10)
1. Our Kind of Traitor & Madame Bovary
2. Super Sad True Love Story & The Man Who Loved Children
3. Blood Meridian & Me and Mr Booker
4. The Happy Life & Women in Love
5. The Last Werewolf & Cold Comfort Farm
6. Past The Shallows & The Master and Margarita
7. Cloud Atlas & Kinglake 350
Aired 6 September 2011 • 30 min
Cloud Atlas (10:40) Kinglake_350 (9:59)
8. Rebecca & The Hare with Amber Eyes
Aired 4 October 2011 • 30 min
Rebecca (11:55) The Hare with Amber Eyes (9:08) See http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/video/?tab=2011
9. A Visit From The Goon Squad & The Happy Prince
Aired 1 November 2011 • 30 min
A Visit From The Goon Squad () The Happy Prince (7:41)
10. Summer Special 2012 & How I Became A Famous Novelist
Aired 6 December 2011 • 30 min
Summer Special 2012 (57:36) How I Became A Famous Novelist (17:20)