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What ABC TV's The Book Club read in 2016
ABC TV’s The Book Club has wrapped up its tenth season. Here’s what they read in 2016.
The Book Club (previously First Tuesday Book Club) is ABC TV’s nationally televised book club that gathers together Australian booklovers. Each episode is hosted by Jennifer Byrne, with regular panellists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger, as well as a revolving panel of special guests.
There were plenty of reading highlights throughout the season. Kent Haruf’s Our Souls at Night made Marieke Hardy cry…
2016 Inky Award Shortlist
The Centre for Youth Literature has announced the shortlists for the Inky Awards!
The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by teens. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian book, and the Silver Inky Award for an international book.
Gold Inky Award Shortlist
The Flywheel by Erin Gough (Hardie Grant Egmont)
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen and Unwin)
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
The Treehouse Fun Book by Andy Griffiths, Jill Griffiths and Terry Denton
All My Treasures: A Book of Joy by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook
Run, Pip, Run by J.C. Jones
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
Don’t Call Me Bear by Aaron Blabey
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…
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…
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…
Best new crime reads in August
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…
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…
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.
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…
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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