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A summer day. A young lad wandering free. Drifts of blazing poppies. Lying on rock in the sun. Wondering and dreaming at the aliveness of the world. The magical and the real all melting together.

This tale unfolds in a single day as…

Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Patricia Lockwood

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21 Jun 2018

Australian books to get excited about in the second half of 2018

Here’s a preview of some of the most exciting local releases for the second half of 2018.

FICTION

The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell (July)

The Coves by David Whish-Wilson (July)

A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski (July)

The Far-Back Country by Kate Lyons (July)

We See the Stars by Kate Van Hooft (July)

When Elephants Fight by Majok Tulba (July)

Under Your Wings by Tiffany Tsao (July)

Captain Cook’s Apprentice by Anthony Hill (July)

Return to Roseglen by…

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Man Out of Time

Stephanie Bishop

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20 Jun 2018

Meet the bookseller with Bernard Vella

by Bernard Vella

Bernard Vella has worked at Readings for close to 15 years, and managed our Malvern shop for six of those years. We chat with him about the singular pleasures of physical books, and what he likes to read – everything from the classics to books about dinosaurs.

What is your favourite part of your job?

That’s easy – looking after our customers. I’d like to think that each of the Readings shops serves a community. It’s an immensely satisfying thing…

Too Big to Walk: The New Science of Dinosaurs

Brian J. Ford

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20 Jun 2018

Seven YA books I loved recently

by Leanne Hall

Here are some of my favourite overseas YA reads from this year. I’ve followed my tastes freely and it’s lead me all over the place: dark fairytale, contemporary realism, historical fiction, humour, magic realism and fantasy.

(If you’re in the mood for Australian YA, you should definitely work your way through the Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist. It contains six very different and equally satisfying #LoveOzYA novels.)

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

I received delightfully dark fairytale…

We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

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19 Jun 2018

A spotlight on Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough

Amelia Westlake is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Young Adult Book Prize.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about hoaxes. My life, for instance. Lately it feels less like a life and more like a joke. Somebody’s practical joke. Don’t get me wrong. It’s nothing I can’t handle. Terrible stuff has been happening to me since I was born. Mum and Dad named me Wilhelmina for a start.

– Erin Gough, Amelia Westlake

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Amelia Westlake

Erin Gough

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18 Jun 2018

The Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals winners 2018

The winners of the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced!

The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people. The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people.

As of last year, all shortlisted titles are also considered for an extra commendation – the Amnesty CILIP Honour, which celebrates books that best…

18 Jun 2018

Q&A with chef and author Nancy Singleton Hachisu

by Chris Gordon

Our food and gardening columnist Chris Gordon chats with acclaimed chef and author Nancy Singleton Hachisu about her stunning new cookbook, Japan: The Cookbook.

First, congratulations on the success of your beautiful new cookbook. What a treat it is. Did it really take you three years to write and research? Was that because you wanted to include every possible part of Japanese cuisine?

Yes, it did take about three years from planning to editing: planning from Nov 2014 to…