On March 17 2010 the new literary journal Kill Your Darlings took over the Readings Carlton shop to discuss review culture in Australia.

The session entitled 'Feeding the Hand that Bites: The Demise of Australian Literary Reviewing' featured (above, from left) Kill Your Darlings's editor Rebecca Starford, The Big Issue book editor Jo Case, Australian commentator Gideon Haigh and film reviewer for Empire magazine Anthony Morris.

The panel discussion centred on Gideon's essay in the the first issue of Kill Your Darlings, which criticised reviewing in broadsheet newspapers.

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Jeff Sparrow talked about his book Killing: Misadventures in Violence with Crikey editor Jonathan Green at Readings Carlton on July 22 2009. Listen back to the event now.

Annabel Crabb had a very interesting, insightful and funny chat with George Megalogenis and Barrie Cassidy about her Quarterly Essay Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull at Cinema Nova.

Annabel signing copies of her Quarterly Essay in the Cinema Nova foyer.

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Philipp Meyer, author of American Rust, was in the Carlton shop on May 26 in conversation with Melbourne muso David Bridie. Listen back to the event now.

Philipp Meyer and David Bridie at Readings Carlton

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Canadian author Andrew Davidson spoke to Professor John Armstrong on May 26 2009 at Readings Carlton about his debut book The Gargoyle.

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Christian Lander, of Stuff White People Like fame, was in conversation with Kenneth Nguyen from the Age in the Carlton shop on May 25 along with about 200 keen fans looking on. Relive the cosy event via the Readings Presents podcast.

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Philosophers Alain de Botton and Melbourne's Michael Leunig were in conversation at Storey Hall in Melbourne on April 23, about Alain's new book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work. Listen to and relive the event again now!

Michael and Alain

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