Big Book Club a highlight of Ex Libris Book Fair

The lineup of speakers for the 11th Ex Libris Book Fair is taking shape and a highlight of this year's Fair will be the introduction of The Big Port Fairy Book Club.

Ex Libris chairperson Mary Delaney says the event  will have a similar format to Jennifer Byrne's First Tuesday Book Club on ABC-TV, but with more audience participation. The Book Club will be chaired by Robert Gott, one of the popular guests at last year's Ex Libris Fair. Robert, a journalist and novelist, is probably best known as the creator of the Naked Man cartoons published in The Age each Friday.

The books chosen for discussion are Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Ms Delaney says she hopes local residents, visitors and book clubs would re-read the Harper Lee classic and plunge into the recently-published Jasper Jones.

The Big Port Fairy Book Club convenes on Saturday 4th September at the Port Fairy Yacht Club and will be preceded by drinks and canapes.

More information:

• Ex Libris Book Fair website