Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe is the Readings Prize and Readings Foundation coordinator and a senior buyer for Readings Kids. She is also the author of two books on sustainable living, A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising your Impact on the Planet and Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices That Won’t Cost the Earth.
Review — 22 Apr 2024
Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough
Amelia Westlake was a stand-out title when it was published in 2018, winning The Readings Young Adult Prize. It’s been a long wait for Erin Gough’s next novel, but the…
Review — 25 Mar 2024
Black Beauty (Oxford Children’s Classics) by Anna Sewell
As a child, I was utterly obsessed with this story of a beautiful horse and his journey from childhood to old age in 19th-century England, a time when horses were…
Review — 26 Mar 2024
Deep Is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson
Lili Wilkinson’s stories are always a delight and her foray into fantasy has been particularly successful, with her most recent novel, A Hunger of Thorns, winning the Victorian Premier’s…
Review — 26 Feb 2024
The Grimmelings by Rachael King
This novel places the Scottish mythological creature of the Kelpie within a contemporary, realistic setting in New Zealand. When 13-year-old Ella curses a boy who is bullying her on the…
Review — 26 Feb 2024
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Australian author Krystal Sutherland has once again written an evocative story of powerful women and dark magic in this thrilling young adult story.
Three very different women have their own…
Blog post — 22 Feb 2024
Announcing The Readings Foundation’s 2024 grant recipients
We are delighted to announce the 10 not-for-profit organisations and programs that will be receiving $131,439 in funding from The Readings Foundation this year. The Foundation is passionate about supporting…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Tyger by S.F. Said & Dave McKean (illus.)
Adam and his family live in London centuries from now in an empire where slavery and tyranny abound. They are Londoners of Middle Eastern origin, and in this violent, segregated…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The author of the brilliant dystopian novel The Power, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017, has given us another fable about the near future, this time…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
From a very early age I was obsessed with horses. I fantasised about them during the day and dreamt of them at night. They were the object of all my…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Raised by Moths by Charlie Archbold & Michelle Conn (illus.)
Last year’s winner of The Readings Children’s Prize has written a stunning picture book set in a fairground. When a little girl called Willow jumps on the Ferris wheel with…
