To celebrate the reopening of our stores and to thank our customers for their wonderful support during lockdown, we are giving away free books! We repeat, free books!

Starting on Wednesday 28 October, every customer who spends $30 or more will be offered a free copy of either The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen or If This Is A Man / The Truce by Primo Levi.

Both these titles are part of the H…

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The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Landing with Wings by Trace Balla You Matter by Christian Robinson Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, Book 1) by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen Back to Sleep b…

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The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton The Survivors by Jane Harper To Asia, with Love by Hetty McKinnon Trust by Chris Hammer A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough Ottolenghi FLAVOUR by Yotam Ottolenghi & Ixta Belfrage Honeybee by Craig Silvey The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

Everyone is enjoying some of the…

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Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping. CONTEMPORARY STORIES

If you’re buying for a teen that loves relatable realism, then we have some excellent choices this festive season.

The F Team is a funny, thought-provoking and heartwarming debut.

Sydney author Rawah Arja’s debut The F Team is equal parts entertaining and tho…

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Bronte Coates is reading Samanta Schweblin

Earlier this year I listened to the audiobook of Samanta Schweblin’s 2017 Booker Prize shortlisted novel, Fever Dream, and I was completely blown away. The story is structured as a conversation betwe…

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Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping. GIFT IDEAS FOR AGES 0-2

Board books are wonderful picks for babies – we recommend stacking a few together and tying them with ribbon for a thoughtful present. Animal-obsessed babies will delight in the touch and feel features of That’s not my wombat…, and the captivating animal noises…

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Christmas is going to be different this year. With social distancing, Covid restrictions, supply chain issues, postage delays and more, we’re strongly recommending you start – and finish – your gift shopping as promptly as possible. Shop early and shop local with Readings!

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing a selection of curated gift guides, sharing our picks for the best book and musi…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The Adventures of Catvinkle by Elliot Perlman & Laura Stitzel The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, Book 1) by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen …

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The Survivors by Jane Harper The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton Trust by Chris Hammer Honeybee by Craig Silvey To Asia, with Love by Hetty McKinnon Preserving the Italian Way by Pietro Demaio The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante (translated by An…

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Leanne Hall is recommending two LoveOzYA novels

I have just finished a really satisfying reading week with two new Australian YA novels that kept me enthralled and entertained.

Kate O'Donnell’s This One Is Ours follows dreamy and effervescen…

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