Our latest blog posts
We test out recipes from Poh Bakes 100 Greats
Earlier this week we roadtested different recipes from Poh Ling Yeow’s new cookbook, Poh Bakes 100 Greats, and invited Poh to come in and select the best one!
Here are the results of our final Readings bake-off for 2017…
Michael Wallace made ‘Flourless Chocolate Cake with Guinness Ice Cream’ (pg. 140):
Poh’s recipe proved pretty, pretty tasty. I’d baked flourless chocolate cakes with almond meal before, but never a completely flour (or flour-substitute) free recipe. Despite accidental overcooking the…
Gerard Elson on the importance of The Damage Report
You have to admit, it’s a crazy idea.
Beginning February 25, 2016, Zo Damage, Melburnian gig photographer extraordinaire, would photograph at least one live band per calendar entry over the next year. For obvious reasons, the endeavour came to be known as the 365 Day Project. Four days later, when Damage and her Canon EOS-1 were primely positioned at a Golden Girls gig at the Northcote Social Club to capture a gallery-worthy shot of the band’s lead singer, Jocelyn Richardson…
Our 2017 Christmas Gift Guide: What to buy your children
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
In the first year of a baby’s life, you can’t go wrong with a cloth or board book. In A Tiny Little Story: Park and A Tiny Little Story: Zoo, Baby Boo goes on relatable excursions using in basic language and bold illustrations. You can find plenty more suggestions for newborns and…
Our 2017 Christmas Gift Guide: What to buy your parents
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping.
If they’re long overdue for a rest…
For the parent who loves nature – Dreamscapes is a stunning and inspiring collection of more than 50 of the world’s most beautiful gardens from across the globe.
For a smart beach read try Manhattan Beach – an immersive and transformative work of historical fiction from Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan.
Does your…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Can You Hear the Sea? by Brenda Niall
The Woman Who Fooled the World by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano
The Midnight Line by Lee Child
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
True Stories by Helen Garner
Stories by Helen Garner
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food by Jamie Oliver
A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey
The Art of Disappearing by Elisabeth Hanscombe
We launched Brenda Niall’s insightful, moving and uniquely…
Our children's and YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 12) by Jeff Kinney
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) by Philip Pullman
Bad Dad by David Walliams and Tony Ross
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Very Noisy Baby by Alison Lester
…
Mark Rubbo chats with Peter Carey
Our Managing Director Mark Rubbo chats with Man Booker prize winning author Peter Carey about his .
A large part of A Long Way from Home takes place during one of the famous round-Australia endurance races of the late 50s, commonly referred to as the Redex Trial. Your descriptions of this race have an authenticity to them that thrills. What kind of research did you undertake to make these scenes feel so vivid?
The answer, I’m afraid, is really boring…
What we're reading: Katherine Heiny, Carmen Maria Machado & Tony Tan
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bel Monypenny is reading Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny’s first book Single, Carefree, Mellow is the most hilarious read I’ve had in a long time. This collection of short stories examines the complexities of love, betrayal and loss through the mundane absurdities of modern life: the logistics of an affair, the death…
Australian literary blockbusters of 2017
This past year has seen new fiction from a number of multi-award-winning and bestselling authors including crime thrillers, sweeping sagas, strange and mysterious tales, gripping historical novels, stunning story collections and more.
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk returns in another addictive crime thriller from Jane Harper. Five women reluctantly head out on a hike together at a corporate retreat; only four return. The disappearance is of particular importance to Falk as the missing bushwalker…
The best picture books to gift at Christmas time
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping.
Here is a collection of our favourite picture books that celebrate Christmas.
Dreaming of a White Christmas…
Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht and Jarvis – This book is an ideal read-aloud with rhythmic, rolling text that describes the process of decorating a pine tree and a glorious double page spread of the final decorations…
Browse our blog by category
