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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist 2018
The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize has been announced.
Here is the full list of 13 titles:
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Milkman by Anna Burns
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
In Our Mad And Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
The Overstory by Richard Powers
The Long Take by Robin…
Erin Gough wins the 2018 Readings Young Adult Book Prize
The winner of this year’s Readings Young Adult Book Prize is Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough.
The Prize considers first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir from Australian authors. This year’s shortlist included Between Us by Clare Atkins, Beautiful Mess by Claire Christian, Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein, Untidy Towns by Kate O’Donnell, This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada as well as Gough’s Amelia Westlake.
Amelia Westlake follows the story of Harriet Price (rule-abiding prefect) and…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
The 104-Storey Treehouse (Book 8) by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Cicada by Shaun Tan
The Darkest Minds (Book 1) by Alexandra Bracken
Changing Gear by Scot Gardner
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter
The World’s Worst Children 3 by David Walliams & Tony Ross
Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Book 1) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
The Mystery of the Magic Stones (Polly and Buster Book 2) by Sally Rippin
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Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Mental by Dr Steve Ellen & Catherine Deveny
Open House Melbourne Weekend: 2018 program
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country by Marcia Langton
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
Teacher by Gabbie Stroud
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Dark Emu (New edition) by Bruce Pascoe
We See the Stars by Kate van Hooft
In Mental, psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen and comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to…
What we're reading: Peter S. Beagle, Sally Rooney & Rupert Thomson
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Ele Jenkins is reading In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle
I just finished In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle. You may recognise Beagle as the author of fantasy classic The Last Unicorn, and fifty years later (fifty!) he has returned to write about his favourite mythical creature with just as much wistful…
Our top picks for Melbourne Writers Festival 2018
Staff share their top picks from this year’s Melbourne Writers (MWF) Festival program.
We’ve compiled a list of 10 of the most exciting international guests here, and you can browse the full 2018 program here.
Lian Hingee recommends…
Because of the nature of my job, I spend a lot of my time in the digital world, and I’m endlessly fascinated by the way people and brands engage with this virtual space. You hear a lot about online harassment…
Hot reads to help you stay warm in winter
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Lucy, staying in a beautiful home overlooking Venice Beach, can find no peace from her misery – not in therapy, not in Tinder hook-ups, not in her sister’s dog’s unquestioning devotion, not in ruminating on the ancient Greeks. Yet everything changes when Lucy becomes entranced by an eerily attractive swimmer one night while sitting alone on the beach rocks… Pairing neurotic hilarity with pulse-racing carnality and fierce feminism, The Pisces is hot, bothered and unforgettable.
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Attend a book club at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival is hosting a series of super special book clubs that will see festival guests host a discussion about one of their own favourite books. Here is the list of all the book club picks throughout the festival.
You can find the full program for the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival here.
Irvine Welsh on PostCapitalism: A Guide To Our Future by Paul Mason
Acclaimed author and cult figure Irvine Welsh discusses one of his favourite…
10 international guests to see at Melbourne Writers Festival 2018
Here are 10 international guests appearing at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF).
You can find the full program for the 2018 Melbourne Writers Festival here.
Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh. He is the author of 12 novels including the international bestseller Trainspotting and its sequel Porno, both adapted into iconic films by Danny Boyle. His latest novel Dead Men’s Trousers reunites the characters from Trainspotting for the final time. He serves as the Official…
Meet the bookseller with Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe has worked at Readings for more than seven years, and is now the manager of our Kids shop. We chat with her about the bookselling trends she’s noticed in recent years, and her favourite part of a working day.
Why did you decide to work in books?
Books have always been my passion. Despite this, I never really believed it was possible to work with them every day. But after doing degrees in economics and politics (which were…
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