The winner of this year’s Readings Young Adult Book Prize is The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon!

This is the first year we have awarded the prize, which considers first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir, and Fraillon’s timely, gutsy and gorgeously written book is a fitting winner for our inaugural year.

The Bone Sparrow was chosen as the winner by our panel of judges, including …

Read more ›

Love Your Bookshop Day is happening across Australia on Saturday 12 August. This day is all about celebrating and loving your local bookshops and we’re can’t wait to be part of the celebrations. Find out what’s happening below…

AN EXCITING COMPETITION FOR BOOK-LOVERS

Buy a book from any Readings shop on National Bookshop Day and you could win free books for a year!

When purchasing any it…

Read more ›

The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster Book 1) by Sally Rippin Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee The World’s Worst Children 2 by David Walliams and Tony Ross Worlds Collide (The Land of Stories Book 6) by Chris Colfer The Road To Winter by Mark Smith The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon Inter…

Read more ›

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (including sales of other editions) Open House Melbourne Weekend: 2017 Program by Open House Melbourne Wimmera by Mark Brandi The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy The Late Show by …

Read more ›

One of the most popular things we do over at our Instagram account is our weekly #BookFaceFriday photo. Started by the New York Public Library way back in 2014 (this is way back when you’re talking social media years), this trend sees libraries, bookshops and readers trying to recreate cover images by lining up a willing model to match the book.

Here are some of our favourite #BookFaceFridays si…

Read more ›

Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to. Ellen Cregan is reading Old School by Tobias Wolff

This novel was recommended to me by a trusted source after I’d been complaining about being on a rare reading streak of mediocre books. Old School is not something I’d typically read, but I’m glad I did.

Wolf…

Read more ›

Bookseller Bronte Coates on why Anne with an E, Netflix’s adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s classic 1908 novel about a popular red-haired orphan, has received so much backlash.

When you hear that the New Yorker calls Anne with an E ‘a betrayal’ you might wonder if this is an exaggeration. It’s not. Anne with an E is a terrible disappointment and I will not rest until the people responsible for t…

Read more ›

Over the next few weeks we’re participating in a work experience program with students from high schools across Melbourne. Today, Daniil McIntyre from Williamstown High School tells us why world-building is so important for fantasy and sci-fi, and why it’s so hard to pick a favourite book. (We can relate!) How would you describe your taste in books? Do you like romance or adventure, science fi…

Read more ›

The 2017 program for Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has been revealed and we’re already counting down the days. Here, our staff share what books they’re planning to read to get read for the festival For more MWF inspiration, we’ve compiled a list of terrific international guests appearing in this year’s program, and our staff have shared the events they’re most excited to attend. We’re also de…

Read more ›

Here are 20 international guests appearing at this year’s Melbourne Writers Fesitval (MWF). You can find even more guests in the full Festival program here. We’re also so pleased to be hosting a full day of fantastic free events showcasing a range of new Australian fiction, and you can find out what our staff are most excited to see right here. Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas is the author of Th…

Read more ›