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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…
A newspaper for Australian kids
We talk to Saffron Howden, editor of Crinkling News, about wonder, whale vomit and the importance of media literacy.
Tell us a little bit about Crinkling News.
Crinkling News is the only national newspaper for young Australians. We tell all the news – without the boring or scary bits! And it’s a real newspaper printed on real paper to be read at the breakfast table, in bed, lying in a hammock, in a car, in the classroom, or…
Mark's Say, March 2017
The first Taipei International Book Fair (TIBE) was held in 1987 which made this year’s fair the 25th. Spread over six days, it is one of the largest trade book fairs in the world with over 621 exhibitors from 59 countries. For many years, Australia has enjoyed a reasonably strong presence at TIBE but after recent cuts to Australia Council and Austrade funding, this year’s stand was only the size of a large cupboard. Adjacent to our country’s cupboard was…
Best new food and gardening books this month
French Country Cooking by Mimi Thorisson
Just stop it. This book is too much: there are images of the French countryside, tales of successful parenting from a woman with 6 children and 14 dogs (!) who also has an ability to create feasts out of garden scraps and a little cheese. This book makes you realise that there are people out there living each day as if they were playing a part in the French Film Festival. You may already…
The CBCA notable books of 2017
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) have announced their Notable Books for 2017. Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers!
Here are the notable books for each category.
Older Readers
Books in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and are appropriate in style and content for readers in their secondary years of schooling.
Find the full list of notables for this category here.
Younger Readers
Books in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and…
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