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50 great reads by Australian women in 2016
Each year we compile a list of 50 great reads by Australian women, originally inspired by the Australian Women Writers Challenge.
For this year’s list, we’ve only featured adult books – displayed below in no particular order. And because we also love children’s and YA books, we’ve also included a collection of ‘50 great reads for kids and teens from Australian women in 2016’. You can browse that collection below.
1. Our Magic Hour by Jennifer Down
A…
Delicious new cookbooks in November
The Cook’s Table by Stephanie Alexander
Beautifully presented, this collection of recipes give us, the reader and the home cook, a view into the life of Stephanie Alexander. This is her most personal collection. Each chapter begins with a story from Alexander’s life and features a menu for a shared meal. There are timetables for preparation from weeks out right up until the dish is served – and there are photos to make you want to weep with hope that…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11) by Jeff Kinney
The Midnight Gang by David Walliams and Tony Ross
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London by Kate Knapp
Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy
Girl Stuff for Girls Aged 8-12: Your Real Guide to the Pre-Teen Years by Kaz Cooke
Wormwood Mire (A Stella Montgomery Intrigue) by Judith Rossell
Lots by Marc Martin
Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard Roxburgh
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Art of Cycling by Cadel Evans
Night School by Lee Child
Hope: An Anthology by various
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
The Good People by Hannah Kent
Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan) by Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse
The Zen Kitchen by Adam Liaw
Bowie A to Z: The Life of an Icon: From Aladdin Sane to Ziggy Stardust by Steve Wide and Libby VanderPloeg
A note about changes to our shipping charges
We’re making some small changes to our delivery fees for online orders.
From Monday 14 November 2016, our delivery cost will be a flat $5 delivery charge (up from $3) on all orders under $100, and we’re also introducing free delivery on all orders $100 and over!
This only applies to orders being sent to addresses within Australia – please click here to see our international shipping rates. Our express post rates remain unchanged.
Our online team have also been…
What we're reading: Alison Young, Agatha Christie and Norman Ohler
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on or the music we’re loving.
Nina Kenwood is reading The Mothers by Brit Bennett
In late 2014, Brit Bennett’s essay I Don’t Know What To Do With Good White People went viral. It’s an important piece of writing about race that I’ve seen many people sharing again this week, in the wake of the US election. After her…
What to read post US election 2016
ELECTION READS
Dark Money by Jane Mayer
The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston
Enemy Within - American Politics in the Time of Trump (Quarterly Essay 63) by Don Watson
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
ESCAPE WITH A PAGE-TURNER
Illuminae and Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet and A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
The North Water by Ian McGuire
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Prime Minister's Literary Awards winners 2016
The winners of this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced.
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate outstanding literary talent in Australia and the valuable contribution Australian literature and history makes to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.
Congratulations to the winners in each category.
Fiction (Joint Winners)
The Life of Houses by Lisa Gorton
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Poetry
The Hazards by Sarah Holland-Batt
Non-fiction (Joint Winners)
Join us for the launch of the Hope Prize anthology
Earlier this year, we were thrilled to be involved with the Brotherhood of St Laurence’s inaugural Hope Prize.
The Hope Prize was established, thanks to the generosity of the late Prudence Myer and the support of her family, to encourage writing that transcends stereotypes of ‘the poor’ and reflects the resilience we know that people show in the face of poverty and testing times.
Judging this Prize really was a community effort. The Brotherhood received over 1,000 entries and…
The best new crime reads in November
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH
Night School by Lee Child
I often try to put local and small-press authors as my books of the month, mainly because they’re great, but also because Readings has an extensive history of author support that I’m very proud to be part of. This month’s book-of-the-month author isn’t in particularly dire need of our support – the new Reacher is gracing movie screens as I type – but, you know, I often overlook big-name authors…
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