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Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
What we’re reading: Miller, Timberlake & Gyasi
When I read Yaa Gyasi’s brilliant debut novel in 2016 I was impressed by her skilful prose, and in particular, her talent for conjuring unusual images. Transcendent Kingdom is her sec…
Louise Glück wins the Nobel prize in literature for 2020
This year’s Nobel prize for literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück.
Born in New York City in 1943, Glück is one of America’s most widely celebrated and recognised poets. She has been the recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards, as well as numerous others accolades. In 2003, she was named the United States' poet laureate.
The Swedish Academy awarded G…
Finalists announced for the National Book Awards 2020
The finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced.
2020 Finalists for Fiction Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu 2020 Finalists for Nonfiction The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne & Tamara Payne Un…
The best new food & gardening books of the month
This is what we love about Hetty McKinnon’s recipes: uncomplicated, kind and generous dishes served with a little twist here and there. Her latest cookbook is a riot of flavour and colour with family mealtime considered. If you love a little spice in your life…
Recommended YA books for October
Eighteen-year-old Susan Arkshaw arrives in London in search of her father. But befor…
Recommended kids books for October
This uplifting picture book is written from Patrick’s own experience of having to leave the family home during the Coronavirus pandemic, d…
Mark’s Say, October 2020
You might be surprised to know that year-to-date books sales in Australia are up 7.7% on last year, despite Victorian bookshops being pretty much closed for the last two and a half months. It’s good news for the Australian book industry, and heartening to see books being embraced as a means of inspiration and escape in the Netflix age. At Readings, our shop sales are down around 80%, but it’s not…
Dear Reader, October 2020
This month’s avalanche of brilliant new releases provokes mixed feelings for the bookseller in lockdown. There are so many fabulous books entering the world, but we do so miss introducing them to you through conversations in real life, in the lively bustle of our shops. We can’t wait to welcome you back to our shops – and when we can, you’ll see the huge piles of The Living Sea of Waking Dreams b…
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