White Tiger in April

For our next meeting at Julia’s on Wednesday April 22, the book will be The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

January Kate Atkinson, Elizabeth Jolley in March

I'm a bit slow updating the Book blog. But we did read When Will There be Good News by Kate Atkinson in January and it was well rated by the group.

next month we are meeting on March 5 to discuss Brian Dibble's biography: Doing Life: a biography of Elizabeth Jolley.

We will also vote on the 2008 books which were:

The Broken Shore, Peter Temple
What is the What, Dave Eggers
Orpheus Lost, Janette Turner Hospital
Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
Beloved, Toni Morrison
My Invented Country, Isabel Allende
When Will There be Good News, Kate Atkinson

My Invented Country in October

My Invented Country: a Nostalgic Journey through Chile by Isabel Allende is our next book. The date set for the meeting is 30th October at Marjorie's.

Toni Morrison's Beloved is our next book

Beverly has chosen Toni Morrison's Beloved, as the Book Club's next book. We meet on September 18th. There is a lot on the Web, but you could start at the official Toni Morrison Society website.

Water for Elephants in July

Our next book, chosen by Maree for the July 24th meeting, is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.

The Allen & Unwin website has some reading group guides.

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2008 Shortlist

The Miles Franklin Literary Award 2008 shortlist was announced this week. The five novels are

Landscape of Farewell, Alex Miller, Allen & Unwin
Love Without Hope, Rodney Hall, Picador Australia
Sorry, Gail Jones, Vintage Australia
The Fern Tattoo, David Brooks, UQ Press
The Time We Have Taken, Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate

Return of the Native in June

Marguerite has chosen a classic for our next book group meeting on June 5th. The book is Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native.