Books posts
What we’re reading: Stanley, Yee & Black
First of all, reading A Great Hope by Jessica Stanley made me feel old. This novel centres around the Kevin Rudd years of 2007 through to the turbulent years of Gillard and I found mysel…
What the Degrassi Junior High students are reading now
Oh Degrassi, how I loved you growing up. I’d race back from school as a latchkey kid (actually it was just under a blob of cement in an oversized pot plant) grab my microwave pizza and turn the dial on the old tellie to see what the gang were up to on the other side of the world. It was so grown up and I was completely sucked in. Now, I know there have been new series and my old friends ha…
Highlights of the MWF Schools Program
The Melbourne Writers Festival is on from 1-9 September this year and their schools program encompasses incredible day-long outings for students to attend! The program includes four sessions across the day that each feature a different author and focus.
Below, we spotlight just four of the wonderful author sessions being featured this year, but you can find out more about the full program here.…
Australian fiction titles to pick up this month
‘Sunbathing is the stunning debut novel from Melbourne writer Isobel Beech. It follows the story of a young woman who is invited to stay with her friends Giulia and Fab at Fab’s family home in Abruzzo, in the month prior to their wedding. The village is an oasis, untouched by tourism. The narrator spends lazy days with Giulia and Fab, cooking, gardening, and carin…
An extract from the anthology This All Come Back Now
‘Wake up! Wake up, everyone! Ocean Bikies are coming!’ The summons ripples throughout the sleeping camp, waking us all up in waves. I shake my two youn…
Congratulations to Desiree Boardman and Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe, nominated for Children’s Bookseller of the Year
Since starting at Readings, Angela has been an advocate for the children’s section and was the…
Recommended Kid’s books and news for May
Recommended YA books and news for May
Our children’s and YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Heartstopper: Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending by Jodi McAllister
Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth by Melissa Greenwood
The Way of Dog by Zana Fraillon
World’s Worst Pets by David Walliams
Real Pigeons Duck Trouble by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood
How to Tackle Your Dreams by Fiona Hardy
All the Little Tricky Things by Karys McEwen
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
Sunbathing by Isobel Beech
Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Indelible City by Louisa Lim
Yiayia Next Door by Daniel Mancuso and Luke Mancuso
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
The Seamstress of Sardinia by Bianca Pitzorno (translated by Brigid Maher)
Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby
Our best-seller from the…