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The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction longlist 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced.
Here is the full longlist of 16 titles:
Stay With Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Little Deaths by Emma Flint
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
Midwinter by Fiona Melrose
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
The Stella Prize shortlist 2017
Congratulations to the six authors shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize. This $50,000 prize is awarded for the best work of literature, fiction or non-fiction, published in 2016 by an Australian woman.
The six shortlisted titles are:
Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain (Read our review)
The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Read our review)
Poum and Alexandre by Catherine de Saint Phalle
An Isolated Incident by Emily Maguire (Read our review)
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Children's books about amazing women
One of the strongest trends we’ve noticed in the last year has been an interest in children’s books about accomplished women – we literally can’t keep them on our shelves!
We adore the Little People, Big Dreams series. These colourful, cute and simple picture books present the stories of well-known women from girlhood up, allowing young readers aged 4 years and up to find new idols and role models, and hopefully be inspired to dream of big achievements for themselves.
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Staff music picks of the month
We’re excited to have two terrific musicians dropping by our Carlton shop on Friday, 10 March.
At 12.30pm, Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright will chat with rock journalist Michael Dwyer. This special lunchtime event is free, but places are strictly limited. Find out more here.
At 6.30pm, singer and songwriter Rob Snarski will share tales from his new book, You’re Not Rob Snarski, and discuss his lifelong passion for music. This event is also free, and you can…
Three classical albums we're loving this month
Elena Kats-Chernin: Unsent Love Letters – Meditations On Erik Satie by Tamara-Anna Cislowska
‘Many years after Erik Satie’s death in 1925, friends gained access to his small and cluttered apartment where they found two grand pianos stacked on top of each other, a chair, a table, seven velvet suits, and hoards of unsent love letters. An apparently eccentric man, Satie lived a life of contradictions: he was an introvert but a compelling performer; he lived in squalor but dressed immaculately…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase by Peter Helliar and Lesley Vamos
Lion by Saroo Brierley (Young Readers’ Edition)
I’m Australian Too by Mem Fox and Ronojoy Ghosh
Grover Finds a Home (Grover McBane, Rescue Dog Book 1) by Claire Garth and Johannes Leak
The Readings Children’s Book Prize 2017 Shortlist Pack
Busting! by Aaron Blabey
Escape to the Moon Islands (Quest of the Sunfish Book 1) by Mardi McConnochie
Little People, Big Dreams: Marie Curie by Isabel…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
The Family by Chris Johnston and Rosie Jones
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Gut by Giulia Enders (translated by David Shaw)
The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet by Grant Brinkworth and Pennie Taylor
Jasper Jones (film tie-in edition) by Craig Silvey
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Crying Place by Lia Hills
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Last week’s list of bestselling books includes some of our…
Special offer on fiction books from Penguin Random House
This month we have two special offers available on a range of award-winning and popular fiction titles from Penguin Random House.
ONLINE OFFER
We’re offering online customers 25% off the full price of any of the selected fiction titles found here.
Titles include the critically acclaimed Swing Time by Zadie Smith; Margaret Atwood’s unique retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest; David Dyer’s astonishing debut novel, based on the true story of the ship that saw the Titanic’s distress…
What we're reading: Bill Hayes, Thi Bui and Hisham Matar
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.
Mark Rubbo is reading Insomniac City by Bill Hayes
I’ve just finished writer Bill Hayes’s elegy to New York, and to his lover and partner – the late Oliver Sacks.
Insomniac City is a gentle, delightful book, full of humanity yet tinged with sadness. Hayes moved to New York from San Francisco in 2008 after…
Our 10 best moments from the last year in photos
It’s our 48th birthday on Sunday 5 March.
The last year has been a particularly busy one for Readings. We opened two new shops, Readings Kids and Readings Doncaster, we were awarded both the Bookstore of the Year Award at the London Book Fair International Excellence Awards, and the Independent Book Retailer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards, we took part in over 360 events around Melbourne and we distributed $93,000 worth of grants to community organisations…
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