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Events at Readings

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

In conversation
Monday 28 April, 6.30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton

Join us to hear Dervla McTiernan in conversation with Josh Pomare to discuss her new novel The Unquiet Grave

In conversation
Thursday 1 May, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Join us to hear Giorgio Linguanti in conversation about his book Burrata

Kids & YA
Tuesday 6 May, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Join us for an extraordinary night with Ange Crawford, Neal Shusterman, Shivaun Plozza and more.

In conversation
Tuesday 10 June, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Join us to hear Natasha Mitchell in conversation with Linda Jaivin and Sheila Fitzpatrick

Upcoming Events

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14 April – 20 April
In conversation
Tuesday 15 April, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Amie McNee in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 16 April, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Creating Schools by Michael Lawrence and Fabio D'Agostin

Launch
Wednesday 16 April, 6.00pm
The Thin Red Line Room, Jimmy Watson's, 333 Lygon St, Carlton

Under the Same Moon by Peter Mitchell

Kids & YA
Sunday 20 April, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

21 April – 27 April
Kids & YA
Thursday 24 April, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

The Marvellous Submarine by Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon

Kids & YA
Saturday 26 April, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Big Trouble with an Old Fart by Lachlann Carter and Douglas Holgate

Kids & YA
Sunday 27 April, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

28 April – 4 May
In conversation
Monday 28 April, 6.30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton

Dervla McTiernan in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 29 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Desire Paths by Megan Clement

Launch
Wednesday 30 April, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Alison Goodman in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 30 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Everyday Permaculture by Anna Matilda

In conversation
Thursday 1 May, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Kellie Finlayson in conversation

Launch
Thursday 1 May, 6.00pm
Readings St Kilda

Behind the Mask by Josh Piterman

In conversation
Thursday 1 May, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Cheese! with Giorgio Linguanti

Launch
Thursday 1 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena

In conversation
Friday 2 May, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Raeden Richardson in conversation

Kids & YA
Saturday 3 May, 11.00am
Readings Hawthorn

Storytime with Sharon Cameron

Kids & YA
Saturday 3 May, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

The World We Can Build by Eliza Hull and Sally Rippin

Kids & YA
Sunday 4 May, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 4 May, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Storytime and Drawing Workshop: Johanna Bell

Kids & YA
Sunday 4 May, 3.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

The Girl Who Cried Bird by Katherine Collette

5 May – 11 May
In conversation
Monday 5 May, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Jordan Ablett in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 6 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

I Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang

Kids & YA
Tuesday 6 May, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

A YA celebration with Walker Books

Launch
Wednesday 7 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Anti-fascists by Michael Samaras

Launch
Thursday 8 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You by Candice Chung

Kids & YA
Friday 9 May, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Lynette Noni in conversation

In conversation
Saturday 10 May, 12.30pm
Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne

MWF: Broken Brains

Kids & YA
Sunday 11 May, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

12 May – 18 May
In conversation
Tuesday 13 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Sarah Clutton in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 13 May, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

We’re Not Us Without You by Christine Keighery

Launch
Wednesday 14 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Nightingale by Laura Elvery

In conversation
Wednesday 14 May, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Jacqueline Maley in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 15 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Kumi Taguchi in conversation

Kids & YA
Sunday 18 May, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 18 May, 2.00pm
Readings St Kilda

I am NOT an Owl by Rhonda Ooi and Mel Corrigan

19 May – 25 May
Launch
Tuesday 20 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Beyond Green by Lesley Head

Launch
Tuesday 20 May, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Flight by Anne Vines

In conversation
Wednesday 21 May, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Connie Cao in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 22 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Toby Schmitz in conversation

Launch
Thursday 22 May, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

A Shipwreck in Fiji by Nilima Rao

Kids & YA
Friday 23 May, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Tegan Bennett Daylight in conversation

Kids & YA
Sunday 25 May, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

26 May – 1 June
Launch
Tuesday 27 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

TISM’s Machiavelli and the Four Seasons

In conversation
Tuesday 27 May, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Nicole Alexander in conversation

Poetry
Wednesday 28 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

these memories require by Jacinta LePlastrier

Kids & YA
Thursday 29 May, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

True South by Gisela Ervin-Ward

Poetry
Friday 30 May, 8.00pm
Readings Carlton

Poetry Winter Warmers

Kids & YA
Sunday 1 June, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

2 June – 8 June
Launch
Wednesday 4 June, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

Launch
Wednesday 4 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Rytual by Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

Launch
Thursday 5 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Our New Gods by Thomas Vowles

Launch
Thursday 5 June, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Omega Plan by Jonathon Karagiannis

Kids & YA
Friday 6 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Foal in the Wire by Robbie Coburn

Kids & YA
Sunday 8 June, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

9 June – 15 June
Poetry
Tuesday 10 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Damon Young

In conversation
Tuesday 10 June, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Linda Jaivin and Sheila Fitzpatrick in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 11 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Hugh White in conversation

Launch
Thursday 12 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Introvert’s Guide to Leaving the House by Jenny Valentish

16 June – 22 June
Launch
Wednesday 18 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

New Skin by Miranda Nation

Launch
Thursday 19 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Salvage by Jennifer Mills

Kids & YA
Saturday 21 June, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Music Camp by Penny Tangey

23 June – 29 June
In conversation
Thursday 26 June, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Steve Vizard in conversation

Poetry
Friday 27 June, 8.00pm
Readings Carlton

Poetry Winter Warmers #2

Kids & YA
Saturday 28 June, 4.30pm
Readings Hawthorn

Cartwheeling Sally and Jumping Jack Jim

30 June – 6 July
Kids & YA
Saturday 5 July, 2.00pm
Lido Cinemas. 675 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

The Silken Thread by Gabrielle Wang

7 July – 13 July
Launch
Tuesday 8 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dead Ends by Samantha Byres

In conversation
Tuesday 8 July, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Chris Hammer in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 10 July, 6.00pm
Readings State Library

NAIDOC Week: Leonie Norrington

Launch
Thursday 10 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

All We Need by Magdalena McGuire

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

Jennie Orchard in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 15 July, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Graeme Turner 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

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