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Events at Readings

See what’s on at Readings and join us for literary events across Melbourne.

Launch
Thursday 17 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Join us to celebrate the launch of Pissants by Brandon Jack, former Sydney Swans player

Launch
Tuesday 29 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Join us to celebrate the launch of the ultimate family-friendly cookbook, Family Food by Sarah Poud

In conversation
Thursday 31 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Join us to hear Rhett Davis in conversation with Kate Mildenhall about Arborescence

Kids & YA
Tuesday 19 August, 5.30pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Join us to celebrate the launch of You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths!

Upcoming Events

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14 July – 20 July
In conversation
Tuesday 15 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Graeme Turner in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 15 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Jennie Orchard in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 15 July, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

The Peak by Sam Guthrie

In conversation
Wednesday 16 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Lucy Nelson in conversation

Kids & YA
Wednesday 16 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge

Launch
Thursday 17 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Pissants by Brandon Jack

Poetry
Thursday 17 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Joss: A History by Grace Yee

Launch
Friday 18 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

An Ill Wind by Margaret Hickey

Kids & YA
Sunday 20 July, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

21 July – 27 July
Launch
Wednesday 23 July, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

And Silently Falls the Snow by Klaus M Schwarzenholz

Launch
Thursday 24 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

The Other Brother by Tierney Page

Poetry
Thursday 24 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Act Cute by Andrew Sutherland

Poetry
Friday 25 July, 8.00pm
Readings Carlton

Poetry Winter Warmers #3

Kids & YA
Sunday 27 July, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 27 July, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Edie Tells a Lie by Ingrid Laguna

28 July – 3 August
In conversation
Tuesday 29 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Amy Lovat in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 29 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Family Food by Sarah Pound

Launch
Wednesday 30 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Visitor by Rebecca Starford

Launch
Thursday 31 July, 10.30am
Readings State Library

News Cowboys by Mike Amor

Launch
Thursday 31 July, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Double launch: Gabriel Bergmoser

In conversation
Thursday 31 July, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Alli Sinclair in conversation

Kids & YA
Thursday 31 July, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

We Saw What You Started by Carla Salmon

In conversation
Thursday 31 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Rhett Davis in conversation

Kids & YA
Saturday 2 August, 11.00am
Readings Kids

The Style Secrets of Gareth McGreen

Kids & YA
Saturday 2 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

My Nonno Loves by Adelle and Claudia Frittitta

Kids & YA
Sunday 3 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

In conversation
Sunday 3 August, 2.00pm
Readings St Kilda

Neuroadvantage by Andrew Fuller

4 August – 10 August
In conversation
Monday 4 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Jess Kitching in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 5 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dean Manning in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Paul Daley in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital, & Critique

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Patrick Marlborough in conversation

Launch
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Isn’t It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things by Jessica Seaborn

Launch
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Hailstones Fell without Rain by Natalia Figueroa Barroso

Kids & YA
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Oceanforged by Amelia Mellor

In conversation
Thursday 7 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Murray Middleton in conversation

Launch
Friday 8 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

In Spite of You by Patrick Lenton

In conversation
Friday 8 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Riley Knight

Kids & YA
Sunday 10 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Launch
Sunday 10 August, 2.00pm
Readings St Kilda

Wobbles by Ian Hunter and Mark Wilson

11 August – 17 August
In conversation
Monday 11 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Tanya Scott in conversation with Jane Harper

In conversation
Tuesday 12 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Jayne Tuttle in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 13 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Crimson Light Polished Wood by Monica Raszewski

In conversation
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Gavin McCormack in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Madeleine Cleary in conversation with Anne Freeman

Poetry
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

What It Feels Like by Brendan Ryan

In conversation
Friday 15 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Esther Freud in conversation

Kids & YA
Sunday 17 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

18 August – 24 August
Kids & YA
Tuesday 19 August, 5.30pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

You & Me by Andy Griffiths

In conversation
Tuesday 19 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

January Gilchrist in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 20 August, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Stephen Whiteside in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 21 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Rod Halsted in conversation with Barrie Cassidy

Kids & YA
Thursday 21 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Once a Villain by Vanessa Len

Kids & YA
Saturday 23 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Music Camp by Penny Tangey

Kids & YA
Sunday 24 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 24 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

The Locked Room by Adam Cece

25 August – 31 August
Launch
Tuesday 26 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan

In conversation
Thursday 28 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Alina Bellchambers in conversation with Amie Kaufman

Poetry
Friday 29 August, 8.00pm
Readings Carlton

Poetry Winter Warmers #4

Kids & YA
Saturday 30 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Into the Bewilderness by Gus Gordon

Kids & YA
Sunday 31 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

1 September – 7 September
Kids & YA
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Double book launch: Jo Dabrowski

In conversation
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Queenie Tan in conversation

Poetry
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Wallace Line by Jennifer MacKenzie

Kids & YA
Saturday 6 September, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Song of a Thousand Seas by Zana Fraillon

Kids & YA
Sunday 7 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 7 September, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder

8 September – 14 September
Launch
Wednesday 10 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dust by Michael Brissenden

Kids & YA
Thursday 11 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Pip Smith in conversation

Launch
Thursday 11 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Fireweather by Miranda Darling

Launch
Friday 12 September, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Radical Reckonings by Renate Klein

Kids & YA
Sunday 14 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

15 September – 21 September
Kids & YA
Thursday 18 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Bianca Breen in conversation

Launch
Thursday 18 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Saffron Incorporated by Stuart Coupe

Kids & YA
Sunday 21 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

22 September – 28 September
In conversation
Thursday 25 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Konrad Muller in conversation

29 September – 5 October
Launch
Tuesday 30 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Pictures of You by Tony Birch

Launch
Tuesday 30 September, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Under the Influence of Salmon by Steve Harris

Special
Tuesday 30 September, 6.45pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton

Twilight 20th Anniversary celebration

Launch
Thursday 2 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chances by Steph Vizard

In conversation
Friday 3 October, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Helen Goh in conversation

6 October – 12 October
In conversation
Monday 6 October, 6.00pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Benjamin Stevenson in conversation with J.P. Pomare

In conversation
Tuesday 7 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Brigid Delaney in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 9 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Marika Sosnowski and Andre Dao in conversation

In conversation
Friday 10 October, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Phil Craig in conversation

In conversation
Friday 10 October, 6.30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Omar Musa in conversation

13 October – 19 October
Kids & YA
Wednesday 15 October, 5.30pm
180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Runt by Craig Silvey

Kids & YA
Thursday 16 October, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Keshe Chow in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 16 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Heather Rose in conversation

Launch
Thursday 16 October, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Witch Power by Emma Quilty

In conversation
Friday 17 October, 6.00pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Chris Hammer in conversation

27 October – 2 November
In conversation
Tuesday 28 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Hugh Mackay in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 30 October, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Hugh Mackay in conversation

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