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 (8)
1. March 2012
Aired 6 March 2012 • 30 min
The Submission (08:55) Great Expectations (09:45) http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/video/?tab=2012
2. Nineteen Eighty-Four & Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Aired 3 April 2012 • 30 min
Nineteen Eighty-Four (8:27) Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (12:49) http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/video/?tab=2012
3. The Light Between Oceans & The Silence of the Lambs
Aired 1 May 2012 • 30 min
The Light Between Oceans (9:20) The Silence of the Lambs (11:16)
4. The Ghost Writer & The Riddle of the Sands
Aired 5 June 2012 • 30 min
The Ghost Writer (9:10) The Riddle of the Sands (10:32)
5. The Cook & Crossing to Safety
Aired 3 July 2012 • 30 min
The Cook (09:03) Crossing to Safety (11:16)
6. The Sea, The Sea & The Age of Miracles
Aired 7 August 2012 • 30 min
The Sea, The Sea (11:08) The Age of Miracles (9:43)
7. HHh & Middlemarch
Aired 4 September 2012 • 30 min
HHhH (10:11) Middlemarch (9:57)
8. Where'd You Go, Bernadette & A Sport And A Pastime
Aired 2 October 2012 • 30 min
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (08:44) A Sport And A Pastime (10:24)