CLASSICS BOOK CLUB

Welcome to our Classics Book Club, where we eschew the latest bestsellers to celebrate books that have stood the test of time! Join your fellow bibliophiles as we read or reread classic works of literature together and discuss great books from throughout the ages.

We will be embracing a broad definition of the term classic, revisiting old favourites as well as discovering overlooked gems, translated masterpieces, mid-century moderns and those canonical texts you didn’t get around to at school.

THIS MONTH

For April, we’ll be reading Jeanette Winterson’s 1985 novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. A semi-autobiographical novel that mixes memoir, fiction, fairy tale and fantasy as a means of exploring the transition from childhood to adulthood, family relationships, same-sex relationships, organised religion and faith.

WHEN: 3.30pm Saturday 25th April

WHERE: Mary Martin Bookshop, Queen Victoria Market

REGISTRATION: $5 or FREE with the purchase of a copy of the book

HOW TO JOIN: Book a spot in person at any of our stores. Book online via the link below. The online booking fee of $5 can be redeemed against the price of the book next time you’re in store.

THE 2026 CLASSIC READS BOOKLIST

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo (February)

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (March)

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (April)

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (May)

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (June)

Dubliners by James Joyce (July)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (August)

A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (September)

At The Mountain of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (October)

Goldmund and Narcissus by Herman Hesse (November)