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A spotlight on Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
A zombie spills out, musta bin leanin on the door. She screams, jumps forward, an the zombie’s reachin for us, fingernails cracked an bloody. It opens its mouth but no noise comes out. It used to be an old person, it’s wearin a dressin-gown; green, lacy pattern on the sleeves an collar.
– Aliso…
Four home and style books to inspire you in June
Before you turn up your nose at this title, consider this: the authors are French and all of the truly scrumptious recipes come from their incredible Paris-based bakery, Noglu. Consequently, here are 80 easy, delicious, gluten-free recipes for sweet treats and celebration cakes. Get this book because you want t…
A beginner’s guide to Jay Kristoff
I can thank almost all of my involvement in the book community to Australian author Jay Kristoff. The first novel of his I read was Nevernight, and I had never encountered a reading experience quite like it. It immediately became my favourite book, and still is to this day. Since then, I have aimed to read all of his works, having worked my way through everything except his original Lotus War tri…
Readings stores win Puffin grants!
We are over the moon to be among the bookstores that received grants to nurture the young readers in our community!
Thank you to Penguin for such a generous initiative and thank you to all of you readers who continue to come to us a…
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
In our second last meeting with this group of teens we discussed the shortlist for the Readings YA Prize. The teens talked about their favourite books from the shortlist and which title they think will win. We can’t reveal this information yet, but their opinions were very interesting.
We also had a visit from Tina Gumnior, a publicist for nearly twenty years at Penguin Books. Tina works specif…
Mark’s Say: June 2019
Not that I take much notice of them, but company mergers have always seemed fraught; the merger of two of the greatest English language publishers, Random House and Penguin, in 2013 was one I did take a keen interest in. The process took many years and the Australian divisions of the two companies didn’t seem to be immune from some strife. When they merged they ended up with two publishing depart…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Bruce Pascoe’s Dar…
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Get your beginning readers off to a flying start with decodable books
Reading aloud to children is a great way to help them develop their vocabularies and other language skills, learn about the real and imaginary worlds, and share and discuss ideas and emotions.
L…
What We’re Reading: Birch, Eugenides
I’ve been reading The White Girl by Tony Birch. I love Tony’s work, and this is his best yet. Set in the sixties, an elderly Aboriginal woman fears that her pale-skinned granddaughter will be taken away from h…
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