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Celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day with these great reads

With Love Your Bookshop Day around the corner on Saturday 12 October, we want to spread the love for all things bookish. So here's a stack of recommended titles for your perusal that are full of the wonder, joy and exploration offered by a good bookshop! From titles for kids, to imaginative genre stories and grounding nonfiction – no matter…

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A spotlight on new translated fiction

This month we're reading fiction translated from: Spanish, Italian, Swedish, French, Norwegian, Japanese, Polish and Korean.

The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar (translated from Spanish by Frank Wynne)

The Last Dream brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Almodovar's personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Both a tantalising glimpse into Almodovar's creative…

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Perfect candle pairings for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist

Treat yourself, or gift your friends a deluxe reading experience, with these book and candle pairings! We've carefully chosen a scented candle that will elevate the reading experience for each of the novels on the 2024 shortlist for the Readings New Australian Fiction Prize.

Trust our recommendations and order online, or if you'd rather make up your own mind you…

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