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Four new cookbooks for the home cook
Our food and gardening columnist Chris Gordon recommends four new cookbooks this month that will transport you from India to Tokyo.
The Indian Vegetarian Cookbook by Pushpesh Pant
Professor Pushpesh Pant’s first book, India: The Cookbook was a comprehensive guide to Indian cooking, with over 1,000 recipes covering every aspect of India’s rich and colourful culinary heritage. In this gorgeous book you can expect the same expertise and diligence, but here the choices are not so overwhelming. Pant has simplified…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different by Ben Brooks & Quinton Winter
The Orchard Underground by Mat Larkin
Tarin of the Mammoths: The Exile by Jo Sandhu
Munmun by Jesse Andrews
The Tarin of the Mammoths complete trilogy pack
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo
The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo Book 3) by Rick Riordan
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country by Marcia Langton
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
The Motherhood edited by Jamila Rizvi
Exactly by Simon Winchester
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Tracker by Alexis Wright
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
There are three wonderful books…
What we're reading: Hilary Reyl, Elizabeth Acevedo & Ally Carter
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.
Ellen Cregan has just returned from Sydney Writers’ Festival
I attended Sydney Writer’s Festival on the weekend, and I spent a large part of Saturday listening to excellent authors discussing their books and the ideas they each delve into.
The first session of the day was Jamila Rizvi and Angela Saini discussing Saini’s book, Inferior…
Compelling fiction about the power of books
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
It’s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer’s block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey – a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book – she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and…
The best new crime reads of the month
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
Live and Let Fry by Sue Williams
Honestly, how I’m expected to go past a title with a pun like this is beyond me. In the third book starring small-town fish-and-chip-shop-owner-and-also-detective-but-not-officially Cass Tuplin (the first one: Murder with the Lot), Cass is accosted one day by fellow resident and ex-let’s-not-mention-it Vern, who’s got a new girlfriend, Joanne.
Vern’s worried, because someone’s left some dead rats with their tails hacked off on her doorstep, but…
YA books, events & news for May
The young adult category proves its versatility this month. We have robot-driven sci-fi, contemporary realism, historical fiction, and fairytale adaptations on our bedside tables. Read on for our top recommendations.
You can find some of our best kids reads of the month here.
SIX YA BOOKS TO READ THIS MONTH
Lifel1k3 (Lifelike) by Jay Kristoff
The much-anticipated new book by bestselling Australian author Jay Kristoff is here. Seventeen-year-old Evie Carpenter is fighting to survive in post-apocalyptic America (and keep…
The YABBA shortlists 2018
The Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA) were established in 1985 by a group of Victorians keen to see children engage in reading Australian books. Their goal is to have children recommend, read, rate and reward their favourite Australian books.
During Term 1 each year children across Victoria are asked to recommend their favourite Australian books to other children by nominating four Australian titles. All nominations are collated and the 10 books with the most nominations in each of the…
Kids books, events & news for May
This month we’re reading picture books for laughs and remembering Australian history. We’re also enjoying two unique and fantastical Australian middle grade adventures, and getting messy at the kitchen table with science experiments.
You can find some of our best teen reads of the month here.
SIX KIDS BOOKS TO READ THIS MONTH
Square by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen
Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen fans rejoice. The Triangle dream team is back with Square. Circle is convinced…
Win a night at Lake House in Daylesford
One lucky Readings customer has the chance to win one night’s accommodation in a Waterfront Suite at Lake House in Daylesford, including full breakfast and 3-course a la carte lunch or dinner for two in Alla Wolf-Tasker’s award-winning dining room.
To enter, purchase Three Decades On: Lake House and Daylesford from any Readings shop or the Readings website. This is a stunning new book from Alla Wolf-Tasker AM, the Culinary Director and co-proprietor of Lake House, filled with wonderful recipes…
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