Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw is a former head book buyer
Blog post — 28 Jan 2014
Our most anticipated books of 2014
Well, what a bountiful year 2014 is shaping up to be! There will be legions of fans awaiting new novels from the likes of Haruki Murakami, Marilynne Robinson…
Blog post — 1 Dec 2013
December Highlights
In mid-November the winner of the 2013 ‘Most Underrated Book Award’ was announced at a wonderful prize-giving evening organised by the Small Press Network. It is the only award on…
Blog post — 3 Nov 2013
November Highlights
Goodness, the year is all of a sudden drawing to a close! This means, of course, a plethora of great new books destined for your summer break and Yuletide gift-giving…
Blog post — 30 Sep 2013
October Highlights
Our books manager Martin Shaw shares his top picks for new releases this month.
Perhaps not, but if anyone was wondering whether the Australian male fiction writer had ‘gone missing’…
Blog post — 28 Aug 2013
September Highlights
Our books manager Martin Shaw shares his top picks for new releases this month.
Discovering that special book out of a mountain of submissions is both the great challenge, and…
Blog post — 1 Aug 2013
August Highlights
It’s August, which of course means Melbourne Writers Festival time, and the maiden festival of new director Lisa Dempster. After some puzzling years seemingly chasing the extra-literary, I’m hoping…
Review — 28 Aug 2013
A History of Silence by Lloyd Jones
When I was about 19, I sought refuge one afternoon from what I felt to be the misery of my family home by going to my sister’s house, located on…
Blog post — 2 Jun 2013
June Highlights from the Commonwealth to New YA
Late last year, I was very honoured to be invited to join the judging panel for the Commonwealth Book Prize, an annual award for a best first novel from…
Blog post — 16 May 2013
Michael Sala
Michael, I loved your book – congratulations on a fine debut. But love’s a loaded word isn’t it in the context of this novel? We hang on to it in…
Blog post — 5 May 2013
Round-Up of May New Releases
It’s shaping up to be a blockbuster May at Readings, with several of the year’s most anticipated books hitting our shelves. First up there’s Anna Krien, who might just be…