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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…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
My Life as a Hashtag by Gabrielle Williams
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
Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys Book 5) by Aaron Blabey
Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant Book 10) by Derek Landy
Boone Shepard by Gabriel Bergmoser
The…
Which book should I read from the Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist?
Are you having trouble deciding which of the six fabulous books on the Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist to read first? Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered…
Take our quiz to find out which book you should read. Grab a sheet of paper, write down the letters of your chosen answers and then tally them up before scrolling down to find out what your next book should be.
QUESTION 1. WHEN READING A BOOK, DO YOU LIKE TO…?
A.…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley
Anaesthesia by Kate Cole-Adams
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Gravity Well by Melanie Joosten
Camino Island by John Grisham
Miller And Max by Luke Buckmaster
Losing it by Moira Burke
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Arundhati Roy’s second novel is our bestselling book of last week. Our reviewer describes The Ministry of Utmost Happiness as…
What we're reading: Gwendoline Riley, Wayne Macauley & Ocean Vuong
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.
Annie Condon is reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
I’ve been putting off reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout, so that I could really savour it during some ‘downtime’, but I’ve recently come to the realisation that the aforementioned ‘downtime’ is just not going to happen. So I began the book and entered…
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