Check out the great promotions, giveaways and events we have for October!
📢 Promotions and giveaways
Love Your Bookshop Day 2025
Saturday 11 October is Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD), an annual celebration of everything that makes local bookshops special. This year’s theme is: Discover the magic. Discover you.
Visit your local Readings and help us celebrate LYBD with cupcakes and giveaways!
Iron Maiden giveaway
To celebrate 50 years of Iron Maiden, purchase a copy of Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams in shops or online, and you could win one of two epic prize packs including: a signed card by the members of Iron Maiden; a Sony LX-310 turntable with Bluetooth; and a copy of Nights of the Dead (Black 3LP).
To enter the draw, simply email your receipt to [email protected] by 31 October 2025. Winners must collect the prize from their closest Readings shop. Head here for the T&Cs.
20% off Lonely Planet for kids
Throughout October we are offering 20% off a great range of Lonely Planet titles for kids, including lift-the-flaps, language learning, activity books, atlases and more.
This offer is available online and at all Readings shops (except Readings Carlton) until 31 October 2025. Offer valid on stickered, in-stock items only, while stocks last. Not valid with any other offer.
A celebration of the Booker Prize
To celebrate the Booker Prize, we are offering a great promotion on a range of past Booker Prize winners! Take 20% off when you buy two or more titles from a range of Booker Prize winners in select shops.
This offer is available at Readings Carlton, Hawthorn, Malvern and Emporium shops until 31 October 2025. Not available online. Offer valid on stickered, in-stock items only, while stocks last. Not valid with any other offer.
Defiance by Bob Brown
For every copy sold of Bob Brown’s Defiance, Readings and Black Inc. will each donate $2.50 to the Bob Brown Foundation. All purchases sold online or in our shops are eligible. This means every copy bought through Readings before 31 October 2025 will provide a $5 donation to the Bob Brown Foundation!
We're also thrilled to have signed copies of Defiance available online and in shops!
📅 Event highlights
A Day in Carlton 2025
After its huge success in 2024, A Day in Carlton is back this year and is even bigger and better. Taking place on 14 and 15 November, it’s a 24-hour celebration of books, culture and community. To discover the lineup and find out more, head here.
Craig Silvey in conversation
Wednesday 15 October, 5.30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton
Join us to celebrate the next instalment of Runt, Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, by Craig Silvey, who will be in conversation with award-winning author Nicole Hayes.
Tickets are $30 and include two seats and one signed copy of Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping.
Event details can be found here.
Heather Rose in conversation
Thursday 16 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton
We are thrilled to have Toni Jordan in conversation with Heather Rose to discuss A Great Act of Love.
Tickets are $10 per person.
Event details can be found here.
Chris Hammer in conversation
Friday 17 October, 6.00pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton
Join us to hear Chris Hammer in conversation about his new Martin Scarsden book, Legacy.
Tickets are $35 per person, includes one signed copy of Legacy, or $10 per person, no book included.
Event details can be found here.
Fashion Critical
Thursday 23 October, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone, The Market Pavilion, Chadstone Shopping Centre, 1341 Dandenong Rd, Malvern East
Gather your friends, dress to impress and come and meet the Queen behind Fashion Critical (FC).
Tickets are $35 per person and includes a copy of Fashion Critical. Please note: tickets are extremely limited.
Event details can be found here.
