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Special offers at Readings in February
Throughout February, we’re offering two terrific 3-for-2 offers in our shops.
3-for-2 special offer on non-fiction favourites
We’ve curated a range of award-winning and popular non-fiction titles for this special offer. If you purchase two books from the range, you can choose a third book in the range (of equal or lesser value) for free.
The range includes Mythos by Stephen Fry; Where Song Began by Tim Low; Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner; Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi…
Win dinner with Tim Winton
We’re delighted to announce that we’re offering our customers a very special opportunity to win a dinner with Tim Winton!
10 lucky Readings customers will be invited to attend an exclusive dinner with Tim Winton on Friday 27 April at 6.30pm at Jimmy Watson’s restaurant on Lygon Street, Carlton. To go into the draw, simply purchase Tim Winton’s highly anticipated new novel The Shepherd’s Hut from any Readings shop or the Readings website by Sunday 1 April. Copies will also…
Eight road trip novels that aren't On the Road
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
In this post-apocalyptic take on the road trip novel, a troupe of travelling actors and musicians bring Shakespeare to America’s isolated survivors in the aftermath of a global pandemic that wipes out most of civilisation. Marketing Manager Nina Kenwood describes this Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel as ‘smart, haunting and inventive’. Read her full review here.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
13-year-old Jojo and his younger sister Kayla live with their…
Q&A with Sandra Pankhurst
St Kilda bookseller Kim Gruschow chats with trauma cleaner Sandra Pankhurst about her life and work – and what it felt like to see it all transformed into the critically acclaimed biography, The Trauma Cleaner.
Many people haven’t heard of or considered trauma cleaning; what does the work encompass?
Our job is to clean up in the aftermath of trauma or tragedy. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not realise such a service exists until they find themselves in…
Picture books about making & keeping friends
Making friends and then being happy with your friends is hard work, and not just for kids! We’ve picked out some of our favourite picture books that explore friendship and all its attendant wonders, challenges, disruptions and pleasures.
Bird, Balloon, Bear by Il Sung Na
Bird would love to make a friend in his new forest home, but unfortunately he’s very shy. He’s mustering the bravery to approach Bear, when it becomes obvious that Bear has just filled his friend…
Our children's and YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: Volume 2 by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo
Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) by Philip Pullman
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Dog Man and Cat Kid (The Adventures of Dog Man Book 4) by Dav Pilkey
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Auggie & Me by R.J. Palacio
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (translated by Philip Gabriel)
A Year of Madness by Ron Tandberg
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Our top 10 bestselling books…
What we're reading: Shigeru Mizuki, Marie Lu & Carmen Maria Machado
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.
Lian Hingee is reading Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Like several of my workmates I recently dived headfirst into Carmen Maria Machado’s debut book, which is due to hit our shelves in February. This collection of short stories sits in the sweet spot of the ‘Lian’s Favourite Things to Read’ Venn…
Six crime novels I love
Online bookseller Bronte Coates shares the six crime novels she finds herself recommending to other people the most.
For a twisty psychological thriller…
The Secret Place by Tana French
I adored this twisty mystery. One year after the murder of a teenage boy at a prestigious girl’s boarding school, a note is found pinned to a board that reads: ‘I know who killed him.’ Two detectives come in to investigate – each with their own agenda – and both know…
Download a pattern from Really Cross Stitch
We’re thrilled to be hosting a craftivism workshop with artist Rayna Fahey on International Women’s Day (Thursday, 8 March).
Fahey is the author of Really Cross Stitch – a book for when you just want to stab something a lot. During the workshop, she will demonstrate how to create your very own cross-stitch statement to celebrate International Women’s Day.
The workshop is suitable for beginners and long-time crafters alike. All the materials will be provided on the day, along with…
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