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New food and gardening books for healthy habits
Our food and gardening expert shares four new food and gardening books to help you kick off the year with some healthy habits.
Challenge: Eat breakfast every day.
Breakfast Bowls by Caroline Griffiths
The good news is that this is not a book filled with 52 different varieties of muesli, but rather it’s a shake-it-all-up type of cookbook. It allows you to dream big in the wee hours of the morning – and that has to be a great way…
Winners of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2017 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards!
The winner of the Fiction Award is Georgia Blain for her final novel Between a Wolf and a Dog. Blain died in December of last year and her award was accepted by her partner, Andrew Taylor.
The winner of the Non-fiction Award is Madeline Gleeson for Offshore, an uncompromising overview of what actually happens in Australia’s offshore detention centres.
The winner of the Poetry Award is…
Story time at Readings in 2017
Readings is pleased to offer a free weekly half-hour children’s story time at our Kids, Doncaster, Malvern and St Kilda stores.
Here are the details of the story time sessions at each store:
Readings Kids
315 Lygon Street, Carlton
10am - 10.30am, Fridays
Readings Doncaster
Ground level, Westfield Doncaster, 619 Doncaster Road, Doncaster
10am - 10.30am, Fridays
Readings Malvern
185 Glenferrie Road, Malvern
10.30am - 11am, Thursdays
Readings St Kilda
112 Acland Street, St Kilda
10.30am - 11am, Saturdays
Children’s…
The Wellcome book prize longlist 2017
The longlist for this year’s Wellcome book prize has been announced.
This prize is awarded annually to the best new work of fiction or non-fiction that ‘celebrates the topics of health and medicine in literature’. This year’s list includes seven non-fiction and five fiction titles, and we’re especially delighted to see Australian author Joan London’s remarkable 2014 novel included.
Here is the full longlist:
How to Survive a Plague by David France
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Psychological thrillers for intellectuals
Looking for a novel that will quicken your heartbeat and jump-start your brain in equal measures? One of these eight novels may just fit the bill. They’re all smart, thought-provoking reads – with a thrilling hook.
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
Jake Whyte is the sole resident of an old farmhouse on an unnamed island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. It’s just her, her untamed companion, Dog, and a flock of sheep. But then something…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
Lion by Saroo Brierley (Young Readers’ Edition)
Unleashed (The Adventures of Dog Man Book 2) by Dav Pilkey
Girl Stuff for Girls Aged 8-12 by Kaz Cooke
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
The Bad Guys: Episode 1 (Book 1) by Aaron Blabey
Danger Ahead (Friday Barnes Book 6) by R.A. Spratt
Hotdog (Book 1) by Anh Do and Dan McGuiness
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
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Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Lion by Saroo Brierley
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
The Good People by Hannah Kent
The Dry by Jane Harper
Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Scott Pape tops our bestsellers list for the fourth week in a row – The Barefoot Investor is the only money guide you’ll…
Australian books to get excited about in the first half of 2017
Here’s a preview of some of the most exciting local releases for the first half of 2017!
FICTION
An Uncertain Grace by Krissy Kneen (March) – A thought-provoking erotic sci-fi told in five parts.
From the Wreck by Jane Rawson (March) – Inspired by the life of George Hills, who survived the sinking of the steamship Admella off the South Australian coast in 1859.
Do You Love Me or What? by Sue Woolfe (March) – A collection of eight sparkling…
What we're reading: Neil Gaiman, Claire-Louise Bennett and Jacinta Halloran
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.
Lian Hingee is reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
I’m a bit of a Neil Gaiman fangirl, so I was beyond delighted to get my hands on an advanced copy of Norse Mythology. Perhaps sick of being badgered by fans, Gaiman’s started going the Netflix route – announcing new titles scant months before they’re…
Winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and Printz awards
The American Library Association (ALA) have announced their top books for children and young adults, including the influential Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards.
The winners include…
John Newbery Medal winner:
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Randolph Caldecott Medal:
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award:
March by Andrew Aydin and John Lewis (illustrated by Nate Powell)
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:…