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Our top ten bestsellers of the week

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke

The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Halliday Wine Companion 2017 by James Halliday

Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler

Alimentari by Linda Malcolm and Paul Jones

All the Buildings in Melbourne by James Gulliver Hancock

The North Water by Ian McGuire

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)

We’re…

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What we're reading: Terry Pratchett, Jared Thomas and Suzanne Rindell

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.

Lian Hingee is reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

It’s been so many years since I’ve read Terry Pratchett’s earlier Discworld novels that there’s a few that I’m not even sure whether I actually have read, or if I only think I have. This one was published when I was nine, so there’s…

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Books where Readings makes an appearance

National Bookshop Day is this Saturday, 13 August! To celebrate, we’re offering 15% off our special Readings branded merchandise – find out more here.

Over the past 47 years, we’ve been honoured and delighted to see Readings make guest appearances inside of actual books…

Amnesia by Peter Carey

Two time Booker Prize winner Peter Carey brings together the world of cyber hackers and radicals with this history of the United States, the CIA, and its relationship with its friend…

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Best new crime reads in August

by Fiona Hardy

CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH

Wilde Lake by Laura Lippman

As usual, there was a fair internal fight about what should be this month’s Book of the Month (as I’m not allowed to take up eight pages with my extended thoughts on each title), but something about the fallible intimacy of Wilde Lake had me drawn irresistibly to it, to this slice of life, so familiar and all-American – like baseball and freshman parties – yet so foreign.

In Columbia…

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Five great sport novels

Here are five recommended reads for book lovers who want to get in the Olympic spirit.

Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas

When Danny Kelly’s parents manage to send him to the most prestigious private school with the finest swimming program, Danny finds himself bullied and shunned as an outsider. But Danny’s win-at-all-cost ferocity gradually wins favour with the coolest boys – at a cost. Christos Tsiolkas is known for crafting compelling stories that examine the structures of class and society in…

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News from our five shops

This coming Saturday is National Bookshop Day, and we’d love you to come visit one of our five shops to help us celebrate.

Here’s a little bit of recent news from each of our shops – including which books our staff are loving, and what forthcoming events you should get excited about.

Carlton

Our Carlton shop recently hosted a celebration for the new Harry Potter story and it was such a fun morning. You can find some photos from the…

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The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín will give you nightmares

We suspect this might be the Next Big Thing in young adult fiction…

‘I read The Call in one sitting. Well, ‘read’… I should actually say ‘inhaled’, or ‘devoured’, because I don’t think I took a single breath between opening the first page of this novel and the end.

Every child in Ireland knows that the time will come for them to answer the Call – that terrifying moment that they are transported to a brutal underworld to run for…

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Our top picks of the month for book clubs

For a Harry Potter reading party…

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

The eighth Harry Potter story has been released. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is the official rehearsal script of the West End play by writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. If you’ve got a few Potterheads in your book club, a staged reading could be a fun idea for a…

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Changes to Acland Street and our St Kilda shop

There are some changes happening at Acland Street as part of a new project to upgrade the street. Here is some information about what these changes are, and how they will affect Readings St Kilda.

What are the upcoming changes to Acland Street?

As part of the Acland Street Upgrade project, a section of Acland Street, between Belford Street and Barkly Street, will be permanently closed to cars and transformed into a pedestrian friendly streetscape. A new upgraded tram terminus…

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Our top ten bestsellers of the week

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

Halliday Wine Companion 2017 by James Halliday

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler

Alimentari by Linda Malcolm and Paul Jones

Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall

All the Buildings in Melbourne by James Gulliver Hancock

The Chaser’s Australia by The Chaser

The North Water by Ian McGuire

Brett Whiteley by Ashleigh Wilson

We’re not surprised to see the new Harry Potter story as…

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