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Athina Clarke wins the 2017 ABA Elizabeth Riley Fellowship
We’re so proud of Athina Clarke, our Malvern children’s and young adult book buyer, who has been named the recipient of the 2017 ABA Elizabeth Riley Fellowship for Children’s Bookselling. Congratulations Athina!
Athina has worked at our Malvern shop for five years. She was also the children’s and young adult book buyer at our Port Melbourne shop from 2002 to 2008, and then worked at Penguin Books for some years. During her time at Readings, she has been involved in…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley
Hunger by Roxane Gay
The Long Goodbye (Quarterly Essay 66) by Anna Krien
No is Not Enough by Naomi Klein
Open House Melbourne Weekend: 2017 Program by Open House Melbourne (available 23 June)
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
Broken by Emma White
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen)
We’ve…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
The World’s Worst Children 2 by David Walliams and Tony Ross
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster Book 1) by Sally Rippin
A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
Family, Friends and Furry Creatures (Tom Gates Book 12) by Liz Pichon
Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant Book 10) by Derek Landy
My Life as a Hashtag by Gabrielle…
Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist 2017
Congratulations to the authors shortlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award!
Here are the five shortlisted books:
An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire
The Last Days of Ava Langdon by Mark O’Flynn
Their Brilliant Careers by Ryan O’Neill
Waiting by Philip Salom
Extinctions by Josephine Wilson
Speaking on behalf of the judging panel, State Library of NSW Mitchell Librarian, Richard Neville, said: “None of these novels draws on familiar tropes of Australian literature yet each brings a distinctive pitch…
What we're reading: Yanis Varoufakis, Heather Rose & Naomi Alderman
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.
Angela Crocombe is reading The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Earlier this week my book club met to discuss The Museum of Modern Love. I had no expectations going in – I only knew that it had won the Stella Prize, and that I had to read it very quickly. And it…
Australian books to get excited about in the second half of 2017
Here’s a preview of some of the most exciting local releases for the second half of 2017!
FICTION
Deeper Than the Sea by Nelika McDonald (July)
Pulse Points by Jennifer Down (August)
Taboo by Kim Scott (August)
A New England Affair by Steven Carroll (August)
Colombiano by Rusty Young (August)
Whipbird by Robert Drewe (August)
On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong (August)
The Lone Child by Anna George (August)
City of Crows by Chris Womersley (September)
The Choke by…
A Horse Walks Into a Bar wins the 2017 Man Booker International Prize
A Horse Walks Into a Bar has been selected the winner of this year’s Man Booker International Prize. Israeli author David Grossman and English-language translator Jessica Cohen will share equally in the £50,000 prize.
Grossman’s winning novel is set around a standup comic’s rambling and confessional routine in an Israeli comedy club. Dovaleh Greenstein opens his performance with crude and painful jokes intended to offend his audience, and then slowly disintegrates as he reveals an event from his past that…
Here's what I learned at Readings Matters
A couple of weeks ago I attended Reading Matters. This is a bi-annual celebration of youth literature featuring a wonderful array of international and Australian guests, including authors, publishers, bloggers and more. I had a totally brilliant time and left with a notepad full of ineligible writing and a whole lot of feelings.
Here is what I took away from the conference.
Never underestimate the power of being exposed to stories.
Unsurprisingly, the power of storytelling was a central theme…
The Hate U Give is one of the best YA books of 2017
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas has been one of the most talked about novels of the year. Our staff share why this is.
‘I can’t recommend The Hate You Give highly enough. It is the story of 16-year-old Starr who is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. As the reverberations of the crime spread throughout their community, Starr must contend with her own grief and trauma, as…
Best new crime reads out this month
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
Security by Gina Wohlsdorf
On the Californian coastline, a glorious new hotel awaits its opening. Manderley Resort will be the most sophisticated of places to stay, thanks to highly detailed planning: from the opulent surrounds and the luxurious seasonal food prepared by the most melodramatically French of chefs, all the way to the experienced staff and state-of-the-art technology taking care of every little problem that could arise. For example, a stray branch in the hedge…
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