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 — 25 Sep 2023
Borderland by Graham Akhurst
The debut thriller by First Nations author Graham Akhurst is an engaging coming-of-age tale about a young Indigenous Australian man discovering who he is and what he stands for. When…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra
The third novel by Melbourne-based author Katya de Becerra is a spine-tingling haunted house story. Sophia Galich and her family once lived in a mansion called Cashore House, which was…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm, Anna-Clara Tidholm (illus.) & Julia Marshall (trans.)
This gorgeous little hardback is a unique adventure story in a snow – and ice-encrusted world, one so different from our own. Translated from Swedish, the story is about three…
Blog post — 1 Sep 2023
The Readings Prize 2023 shortlists
The Readings Prize, now in its 10th year, has been an important barometer of up-and-coming literary talent since 2014. We began with The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and shortly…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
One Song by A.J. Betts
Eva Sidebottom, a 17-year-old musician, wants more than anything to win the Triple J Unearthed High competition before she finishes high school. She’s entered plenty of times before, but this…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
Leaf-light by Trace Balla
This graphic novel is brimming with fascinating details, beginning with the front endpapers. Narrated by 12-year-old Miri, we learn about her community, which includes her next-door neighbour Wingo, his extended…
Review — 3 Jul 2023
Very Bad People by Kit Frick
There are a number of bad people in this pacey, dark thriller set in the world of academia. The fun is undoubtedly figuring out who the bad people are in…
Blog post — 5 Jul 2023
Favourites from our Magabala collection
During the month of July we are delighted to have a special offer on some of the best children's books from Australia’s leading First Nations publishing house, Magabala Books.
Aboriginal…
Review — 30 May 2023
What’s For Dinner? by Jill Griffiths
This nonfiction account by journalist and self-confessed food-obsessive Jill Griffiths is a deep dive into some of the biggest issues around agriculture, food production and food consumption in our increasingly…
Review — 25 May 2023
The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes
I loved this new book by the author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School that champions a neurodiverse protagonist. Ariana Ruiz is autistic and mostly non-verbal at school. She…
