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Australian fiction
29 Jan 2025

The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025 shortlists

Featuring Woo Woo by Ella Baxter, A Very Secret Trade by Cassandra Pybus, Black Witness by Amy McQuire and more.

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Kids
22 Jan 2025

The 100 bestselling kids & YA books of 2024

Featuring The Wild Robot by Peter Brown, Runt by Craig Silvey, Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester and more.

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Kids
17 Jan 2025

Children’s books to celebrate Lunar New Year

Featuring Lunar New Year by Natasha Kim, Good Night, Zodiac Animals by Jiemei Lin, I Love Chinese New Year by Eva Wong Nava and more.

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Kids
15 Jan 2025

Picture books about starting school

Featuring Spot Goes to School by Eric Hill, Hooray! It's Our First Day by Martha Mumford, Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French, and more.

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Kids
13 Jan 2025

Win a place at Faber Writing Academy 2025

We're thrilled to be partnering with Faber Writing Academy to offer one lucky Readings Kids shopper the exclusive chance to win a place in their semester-long after-hours course, Writing For Kids: Picture Books and Children’s Fiction. Taking place online from…
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Kids
20 Dec 2024

2024 children’s highlights

Featuring Landovel by Emily Rodda, Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness, We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix, and more.

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Kids
11 Dec 2024

Our November 2024 children’s and young adult bestsellers

At the top of the list for November is the latest diary from everyone's favourite Wimpy Kid! Following closely behind is an instant favourite from the duo behind The Green Sheep, Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. And coming in…
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Kids
11 Dec 2024

2024 picture book highlights

Is there anything more special than sharing a beautiful picture book with the children in your life? We don't think so. This year has delivered many beautiful new books, it was hard to stick to just fifteen titles for this…
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Kids
9 Dec 2024

Gifting advice from our Children’s Specialists

If you feel like you're banging your head against the wall trying to think of what to get the youngins in your life, then we have good news! You can relax and take a breath, because our Children's Specialists are…
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Kids
3 Dec 2024

Best junior and middle grade books of 2024

Every year our staff vote for their favourite books of the past year. Here are the best junior and middle grade books of 2024, as voted by Readings' staff! The titles are displayed alphabetically by author Thunderhead by Sophie Beer…
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Kids
2 Dec 2024

Best picture books of 2024

Every year our staff vote for their favourite books of the past year. Here are the best picture books of 2024, as voted by Readings' staff! The titles are displayed alphabetically by author Sky Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron, illustrated…
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Kids
27 Nov 2024

Gifts that will make you the favourite aunt or uncle this Christmas

It's that dreaded time of year . . . buying gifts for all the loved ones in your life! And the hardest people to buy for are always the kids. Yes, you were a kid once, but I'm sorry to…
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