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Old Games by Fiona Hardy
Launch
Wednesday 4 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Join Katherine Collette as she launches Old Games by Fiona Hardy

 
Louise Milligan in conversation
In conversation
Thursday 5 March, 6.00pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

Join us to hear Louise Milligan in conversation with Marieke Hardy

 
The Gambler by J.P. Pomare
Launch
Friday 13 March, 6.00pm
The Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton

Join us to celebrate the launch of The Gambler by J.P. Pomare

 
Dervla McTiernan in conversation
In conversation
Tuesday 28 April, 6.00pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

Join us to hear J.P. Pomare and Dervla McTiernan in conversation about her new book, Three Reasons for Revenge

Upcoming Events

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16 February – 22 February
Launch
Monday 16 February, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

PEN Melbourne: Keep Words Free

Launch
Tuesday 17 February, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

A Brain That Breathes by Jodi Wilson

Launch
Wednesday 18 February, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

How to Dress for Old Age by David Carlin and Peta Murray

Launch
Thursday 19 February, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Duty to Warn by Charlotte Grieve

Launch
Thursday 19 February, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

How Good Are Parklets? by Quentin Stevens

Launch
Friday 20 February, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Dark Desert Road by Tim Ayliffe

Kids & YA
Sunday 22 February, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

23 February – 1 March
Launch
Tuesday 24 February, 7.00pm
Crystal Palace and Courtyard, 743–745 Nicholson St, Carlton North

The Cursed Road by Laura McCluskey

Launch
Wednesday 25 February, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Back On My Feet by Olivia Ong

Launch
Thursday 26 February, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Light Touch by Christine Godden

Launch
Thursday 26 February, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

Launch
Thursday 26 February, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Booked out: How to Date like a Dangerous Woman by Alita Brydon

Kids & YA
Saturday 28 February, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Bun by Hana Kinoshita Thomson

Kids & YA
Sunday 1 March, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 1 March, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Batthew Aromascent by Ella Mulvey and John Roebuck

2 March – 8 March
In conversation
Monday 2 March, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Rebecca Armitage in conversation

In conversation
Monday 2 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Abbey Lay and Katherine Brabon in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 3 March, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Sisters in Crime: Vikki Petraitis

Launch
Wednesday 4 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Old Games by Fiona Hardy

Launch
Thursday 5 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Mother of All Calamities by Lisa Moule

Launch
Thursday 5 March, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

The Boyfriend Clause by Bridie Blake

In conversation
Thursday 5 March, 6.00pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

Louise Milligan in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 5 March, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

How to Die in the 21st Century by Hannah Gould

Kids & YA
Saturday 7 March, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

It’s a Twin Thing! by Kristin Darell

Kids & YA
Sunday 8 March, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime with Janeen Brian and Lucinda Gifford

9 March – 15 March
Launch
Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm
The Alderman, 134 Lygon St, Brunswick East

Department of the Vanishing by Johanna Bell

Launch
Wednesday 11 March, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Tame Impala’s Currents by Alister Newstead

Launch
Wednesday 11 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Two Islands by Ian Kemish

Launch
Thursday 12 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Melville’s Maritime Politics by David Mence

In conversation
Thursday 12 March, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Xavier Hennekinne in conversation

Launch
Thursday 12 March, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

The Architect’s House by Stephen Crafti

Launch
Friday 13 March, 6.00pm
The Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton

The Gambler by J.P. Pomare

Kids & YA
Saturday 14 March, 11.00am
Readings Kids

Tiny by Laura Stitzel

Kids & YA
Saturday 14 March, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

The Boy and the Dog Tree by Fiona Wood

Kids & YA
Sunday 15 March, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

16 March – 22 March
Launch
Monday 16 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Like, Follow, Die by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Launch
Wednesday 18 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Where’s All the Community? by Julie Andrews

Launch
Thursday 19 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Cross Thieves by Alan Fyfe

Special
Saturday 21 March, 10.00am
Readings Hawthorn

Autumn Writing Salon: Seminar One

Special
Saturday 21 March, 1.00pm
Readings Carlton

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

Kids & YA
Sunday 22 March, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Special
Sunday 22 March, 1.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

23 March – 29 March
In conversation
Monday 23 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Michael Wesley on Southeast Asia and Australia’s Future

Launch
Wednesday 25 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Kill Will by Gordon Thompson

Special
Saturday 28 March, 10.00am
Readings Hawthorn

Autumn Writing Salon: Seminar Two

Special
Saturday 28 March, 1.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Autumn Writing Salon: Workshop

Kids & YA
Sunday 29 March, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

30 March – 5 April
In conversation
Tuesday 31 March, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dr Sylvia Martin and Jeff Sparrow in conversation

Launch
Tuesday 31 March, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Click by Sarah Bailey

In conversation
Wednesday 1 April, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Natasha Lester and Katherine Collette in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 1 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Sororicidal by Edwina Preston

Kids & YA
Sunday 5 April, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

6 April – 12 April
Launch
Wednesday 8 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Writers Retreat by Victoria Bownlee

Launch
Thursday 9 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Water Takes by Sarah Walker

Special
Saturday 11 April, 10.00am
Readings Hawthorn

Autumn Writing Salon: Seminar Three

Special
Saturday 11 April, 1.00pm
Readings Carlton

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

Kids & YA
Saturday 11 April, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

My Nonna Loves by Adelle and Claudia Frittitta

Special
Sunday 12 April, 1.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

13 April – 19 April
In conversation
Wednesday 15 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Kathryn Heyman and Toni Jordan in conversation

Launch
Thursday 16 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Michelle Wright: Good Boy

Launch
Thursday 16 April, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

The Secret Landscape by Clara Brack

Special
Saturday 18 April, 10.00am
Readings Hawthorn

Autumn Writing Salon: Seminar Four

20 April – 26 April
Launch
Wednesday 22 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Ruin of Magic by Kate Holden

In conversation
Wednesday 22 April, 6.00pm
Lido Cinemas, 675 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Lisa Wilkinson and the Titanic

Launch
Thursday 23 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Framing by Fernanda Dahlstrom

27 April – 3 May
Launch
Tuesday 28 April, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

It’s Not Love, Actually by Dee Salmin

In conversation
Tuesday 28 April, 6.00pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

Dervla McTiernan in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 29 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Cast Away by Francesca de Tores

Kids & YA
Thursday 30 April, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Girls Like by Katrina Germein and Deb Hudson

Launch
Thursday 30 April, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Sirens by Martin McKenzie-Murray

Launch
Thursday 30 April, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Five Stages of Grace by Casey Nott

Special
Saturday 2 May, 1.00pm
Readings Carlton

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

Special
Sunday 3 May, 1.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

11 May – 17 May
In conversation
Wednesday 13 May, 6.00pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton

Jane Caro in conversation

Poetry
Friday 15 May, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Double launch: Steve Meyrick and Melanie Jansen

18 May – 24 May
Launch
Thursday 21 May, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

The Overachiever’s Reset by Fleur Marks

1 June – 7 June
Special
Saturday 6 June, 1.00pm
Readings Carlton

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

Special
Sunday 7 June, 1.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Walking Tour: Sean Reynolds

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

How to Love the World by Ilka Tampke

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