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Readings wins Bookstore of the Year Award at London Book Fair

We are thrilled to have won the Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2016 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards!

Managing Director Mark Rubbo says, “We’re delighted and extremely honoured to receive this award. It’s a reflection of the quality of Australian independent bookshops.”

The awards, which are held in partnership with the UK Publishers Association (PA), celebrate success in 14 categories, representing the best publishing ambassadors, cutting-edge publishing, and groundbreaking initiatives in the industry. The new Bookstore of…

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Our top picks of the month for book clubs

For an Autumn picnic surrounded by our national flora…

Georgiana Molloy by Bernice Barry

Entirely self-taught, Georgiana Molloy was the first internationally successful female botanist to work and live in Western Australia. Today, her collections of indigenous flora of the southwest, including type specimens, are archived in the world’s leading herbaria. In this fascinating biography/cultural studies mash-up, Bernice Barry tells Molloy’s story and describes some stunning geographical scenery along the way.

For inspiring a spontaneous group trip to Sydney Writers…

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Books for people who find Mother's Day difficult

by Lian Hingee

The cookbooks are coming out en masse, there are dressing gowns in every department store catalogue, and cards with flowers on them being displayed at the front of stationery shops and newsagents. Mother’s Day is coming… And it’s almost impossible to avoid.

For many people, the lead-up to Mother’s Day is a time that fills them with complicated feelings including guilt or grief. Here are some books for those people who – for whatever reason – dread the arrival of…

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Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist 2016

This year’s shortlist for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Congratulations to the six shortlisted authors.

The full shortlist is:

Ruby by Cynthia Bond

The Green Road by Anne Enright (Read our review)

The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney

The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie (Read our review)

The Improbability of Love by Hannah Rothschild

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Chair of judges Margaret Mountford says: “Our choices reflect a really diverse…

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International Dublin Literary Award shortlist 2016

Congratulations to the ten authors shortlisted for this year’s International Dublin Literary Award.

This diverse shortlist features books from Brazil, Rwanda, Jamaica, Spain, Germany, Ireland and the USA. Authors includes former winners of the Man Booker Prize and Pulitzer Prize, as well as two debut novelists.

Outlaws by Javier Cercas (translated by Anne McLean)

Academy Street by Mary Costello

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? by Dave Eggers

The End of Days by Jenny…

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Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week

Within These Walls by Robyn Bavati

The Treehouse Fun Book by Andy Griffiths, Jill Griffiths and Terry Denton

The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey

Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey

Crazy Weird: WeirDo Book 6 by Anh Do and Jules Faber

Girl Detective: Friday Barnes Book 1 (Special edition) by R.A. Spratt

Rockhopping by Trace Balla

The Cat with the Coloured Tail by Gillian Mears and Dinalie Dabarera

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox…

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Why you should read The Passage trilogy

The City of Mirrors – the final part of Justin Cronin’s The Passage series – will be released on 24 May.

To celebrate the book’s imminent arrival, we’re offering a super special price on all online pre-orders ($24.99, ).

Here, some of our booksellers reflect on the series.

“There’s a feeling I get watching disaster films from my 1990s childhood that’s really distinct. The volcano’s about to destroy this wholesome American town and you’re feeling uneasy, on edge, keen to…

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What we're reading: Jhumpa Lahiri, Georgia Blain and Fiona Barton

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.

Holly Harper is reading The Widow by Fiona Barton

Last week I was complaining to a colleague about the fact that, while I’d read some really good books lately, there hadn’t been anything that had gripped me in that feverish can’t eat, can’t sleep, must keep reading until I’m done sort of way.

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Our monthly round-up of new YA reads, events and news

by Holly Harper

From Vine stars to the Vietnam War, here’s our selection of this month’s best YA reads, news and events.

OUR YA BOOK OF THE MONTH

The fighting might have ended, but for Johnny Shoebridge, the Vietnam War will never be over. He has returned from the jungles of Vietnam to find his life in pieces – the trauma of the war has followed him home and refuses to let him forget. Johnny is haunted by Khan, the spectre of a…

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