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Read an extract from Music and Freedom by Zoë Morrison
by Zoë MorrisonWe’re delighted that Music and Freedom by Zoë Morrison is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
Oxford, England, October 3rd, 2005
I knew what the sound was when I heard it, but I didn’t believe it. It could have been anything, I told myself, a bell tolling in the…
Read an extract from Wood Green by Sean Rabin
by Sean RabinWe’re delighted that Wood Green by Sean Rabin is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
Michael gripped his shins and bent his head towards his knees. The panic in his chest refused to be rationalised or contained, and infiltrated the extremities of his body with every shudder and lurch…
Meet the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist 2016
We’ve announced the shortlist for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2016. Here, we introduce the six shortlisted authors.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
Julie Koh
Julie Koh was born in Sydney to Chinese-Malaysian parents. She studied politics and law at the University of Sydney, then quit a career in corporate law to pursue writing. Portable Curiosities is her debut story collection.
Read an extract from The High Places by Fiona McFarlane
by Fiona McFarlaneWe’re delighted that The High Places by Fiona McFarlane is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from ‘Exotic Animal Medicine’, one of the stories in the collection.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
The wife was driving on the night they hit Mr Ronald.
‘My first drive since getting married,’ she said.
‘First this, first that,’ said her…
Read an extract from Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa
by Rajith SavanadasaWe’re delighted that Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
It was dark by the time we got to Battaramulla. The lane was full of vehicles. We parked among the brand-new Benzs, BMWs and Pajeros all lined up with drivers waiting. Mano started fussing over…
Read an extract from Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh
by Julie KohWe’re delighted that Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is one of the stories from the collection: ‘The Three-Dimensional Yellow Man’.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
It was only when a one-dimensional yellow man stepped out of a cinema screen and into a plush red theatre on George Street that audience members noticed him from…
Read an extract from Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
by Lucy TreloarWe’re delighted that Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here is a short extract from the novel.
Find more information about this year’s shortlisted books (including the judges’ report) here.
The journey to that place was like moving knowingly, dutifully, towards death. I have seen beasts as resigned. People say it is not so, that they are ignorant to the end, but this is…
Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
Welcome to Country by Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
The Treehouse Fun Book by Andy Griffiths, Jill Griffiths and Terry Denton
Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey
Pax by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen
Run, Pip, Run by J.C. Jones
The Boundless Sublime by Lili Wilkinson
The World’s Worst Children by David Walliams and Tony…
Blockbuster events in September
September is a blockbuster month for events! Here are some of the exciting guests we’re hosting over the coming month.
Hetty McKinnon’s Community was our bestselling cookbook of last year, and we’re delighted to be hosting an event celebrating her newest cookbook: Neighbourhood. McKinnon will be chatting with food activist Rohan Anderson about the inspiration she finds in her own neighbourhood.
When: Tuesday 6 September, 6.30pm.
Where: Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston Street, Carlton.
Bookings: Free…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
The Island Will Sink by Briohny Doyle
The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Girls by Emma Cline
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
Planet Jackson by Brad Norington
Our bestselling books of last week include some…