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The Stella Prize longlist 2021
Chair of the 2021 Stella Prize judging panel, Zoya Patel, says: “The 2021 Stella Prize longlist demonstrates the breadth of expression present in Australian literature, and the importance of raising the pr…
What we’re reading: a deep-dive into Scottish literature and a round-up from our head book buyer
I’m just back to work after three weeks of annual leave. I set myself a pretty challenging read…
25% off fiction favourites
This month we have an exclusive online offer on a select range of popular fiction titles! Buy any title from the fiction favourites collection, use the code 25OFF at checkout and receive a 25% discount on participating titles. From Hugo award-winning science fiction to gut-wrenchingly powerful contemporary debuts, there’s nothing but treasure in this collection of literary gems.
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The best new crime reads in March
In a picture-perfect house in 1959, model housewife Joyce Haney goes to the mall for some shopping, returns home, and then vanishes, leaving behind nothing except a bloodstain on the kitchen floor, a screaming baby, and a terrified young daughter.
Det…
On Events, with Chris Gordon
I don’t know about you, but I am not leaving Victoria this year. Travel seems like some sort of far-flung concept of another era. Luckily, however, we still have the ability to hear from authors, artists and thought leaders from all over the world. Coming up in March, I am thrilled to let you know that the Readings event program is reaching across the seas to bring you stories from all over, as w…
Dear Reader, with Jackie Tang
It’s a shorter column this month and the books are too good for me to waffle on with an introduction, so I will get straight to it, starting with Fiction Book of the Month, the highly anticipated new Kazuo Ishiguro novel, Klara and the Sun. Ishiguro once again quietly picks apart themes of sacrifice and authenticity in this finely wrought work that ‘illustrates [his] mastery and his ability to co…
Mark’s Say: March, 2021
For some Australian publishers, growth has come by expanding into other markets. Publisher Hardie Grant has been very successful setting up companies in the US and UK, and so has Scribe Publications. Black Inc. had a go too, but publisher Morry Schwartz is now trying a different tack by taking over the London-based Jewish Quarterly. Founded in 1953, it was rooted in the Eastern European Jewish tr…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Performance by Claire Thomas
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Growing Up Disabled in Australia edited by Carly Findlay
Reset by Ross Garnaut
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Land by Simon Winchester
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
The Imitator by Rebecca Starford
Our bestseller from the past…
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Bindi by Kirli Saunders, illustrated by Dub Leffler
Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim
The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey
Dangerous Gift (Wings of Fire #14) by Tui T. Sutherland
Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #9) based on the novels by Ann M. Martin
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford
Sing Me the Summer by Jane Godw…
What we’re reading: Saunders, Forsyth, and Maas
Some of George Saunders happiest memories arise from teaching Russian short stories to a small group of students - 6, to be exact, chosen from a pool of 600 - at Syracuse Un…
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