Ellen Cregan
Ellen Cregan is a former marketing coordinator for Readings
Blog post — 30 Sep 2019
Which Zadie Smith book should you read first?
Exciting news: Zadie Smith is coming to Melbourne as part of the Wheeler Centre’s Broadside festival. If you want to get stuck into this legendary author’s oeuvre, but aren’t…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper
Megan Phelps-Roper was born into the infamous fringe Christian sect, the Westboro Baptist Church, well-known for its intense homophobia and picketing protests at soldiers’ funerals. Mostly made up of Phelps…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
There are few things more exciting to me than new writing by the literary goddess-tier author Zadie Smith. Her latest offering, Grand Union, brings together nineteen short stories set…
Review — 22 Jul 2019
The Trespassers by Meg Mundell
The Trespassers shifts between the points of view of three migrants travelling from overcrowded, disease-ridden countries to a better future – Billie, a Scottish healthcare worker; Cleary, a young Irish…
Review — 19 Aug 2019
Lucky Ticket by Joey Bui
There is nothing quite like reading a wonderful collection of short stories – I believe that the power of fiction to mentally transport us is at its strongest in this…
Review — 5 Sep 2019
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Toby Fleishman is going through a divorce, and is feeling quite sorry for himself. Toby is a highly regarded hepatologist working in a prestigious New York hospital. He has two…
Review — 25 Jun 2019
Bowraville by Dan Box
Twenty-nine years ago in the tiny, rural NSW town of Bowraville, three Aboriginal children were killed within six months of each other: teenagers Colleen Walker-Craig and Clinton Speedy-Duroux, and four-year-old…
Review — 28 May 2019
This Taste for Silence by Amanda O'Callaghan
Short fiction is a versatile and, in my opinion, very useful form of writing. A good short story can immerse you in a totally new world over the course of…
Review — 25 Mar 2019
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie’s life is not going to plan. She and her long-term partner are on a break that has no end in sight. She’s been forced to move out of the…
Blog post — 9 Jan 2019
Chilling reads to keep you cool in summer
Summer is here and Melbourne is heating up. Here, our marketing and events coordinator Ellen Cregan shares seven bookish recommendations to help you cool down.