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20% off the Bloomsbury Revelations series
We’re offering 20% off the Bloomsbury Revelations series in March.
The Bloomsbury Revelations series features thinkers who have fundamentally shaped the way we see the modern world, and includes books by Jacques Derrida, Henri Lefebvre, René Girard, Leo Tolstoy, Winston Churchill, Homer, Susan Strange, Slavoj Zizek, Theodor W. Adorno, Constantin Stanislavski, Gilles Deleuze and more.
The full range is available at our Carlton shop; selected titles are available at our Hawthorn, Malvern and St Kilda shops, as well as online…
6 must-read YA books in March
This month in YA has shadowhunters, yearbook committees and trolley collectors – something for everyone!
The Way We Roll by Scot Gardner
Will pushes shopping trolleys in the rough part of town and lives beneath a bowling alley – all this despite the fact that he comes from a wealthy family and used to attend the prestigious St Alfie’s school. Julian, on the other hand, has been in and out of juvie and doesn’t quite know what to make of…
Four new inspiring true stories of Australian women
Taking Flight by Kristen Alexander
From her first taste of the air when she joined Bert Hinkler in the cockpit for a joy ride in 1928, Lores Bonney was hooked. With her aviation licence and the support of her husband, she took to the Australian and international skies and braved the challenge of long-distance flying – breaking numerous records along the way. Drawing on diary extracts, published recollections, interviews, documents and newspaper accounts, Taking Flight celebrates this audacious pilot’s aerial…
The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 longlist
The longlist for this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced.
Here is the full longlist:
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson (Read our review)
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett (Read our review)
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks (Read our review)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Read our review)
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding by Jackie Copleton
Readings shortlisted for LBF's Bookstore of the Year Award
We’re honoured to have been shortlisted for the London Book Fair’s Bookstore of the Year Award for 2016! Readings has been shortlisted alongside three other bookstores: Hoepli in Italy, Rahva Raamat in Estonia, and Sanlian Bookhouse in China.
Managing director Mark Rubbo says, ‘It’s such a thrill and a wonderful acknowledgement for a great team of booksellers, wonderful writers, innovative Australian publishers and beautiful customers. I am so pleased and proud to be amongst this group of booksellers from around…
The most interesting women we've met in books
Happy International Women’s Day. Here our staff share some of the most interesting women they’ve met in books.
There’s a lot of hate out there for the character of Sansa Stark, but I’m going to come out and say that I think she’s one of the most interesting, smartest, and strongest characters in George R.R. Martin’s Westeros. Over the course of five novels we’ve seen her evolve from a naive young girl who believes in the romantic ideals that she…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosley
Our Magic Hour by Jennifer Down
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith
Chance Developments by Alexander McCall Smith
Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Enemy by Ruth Clare
All These Perfect Strangers by Aoife Clifford
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Our bestselling novel for last week…
Mark's Say, March 2016
The 8th of March is International Women’s Day and it’s appropriate that the longlist for the UK Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction will be announced in the same month, on the 8th of March. The Bailey’s Prize was established in 1996 as The Orange Prize, and in 2001 Australian Kate Grenville’s The Idea of Perfection won the prize, beating works by Ali Smith and Margaret Atwood. The Bailey’s Prize was one of the inspirations for the Stella Prize, the shortlist…
Our children’s and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
Pig The Winner by Aaron Blabey
Eggs by EJ Carroll and Emmi Ojala
In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek and Christine Roussey
The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey
Iris and the Tiger by Leanne Hall
The Way We Roll by Scot Gardner
Grug and His First Easter by Ted Prior
The Bad Guys Episode 2: Mission Unpluckable by Aaron Blabey
Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester
Technicolour Treasure Hunt by Nan Na Hvas…
What we're reading: Megan Jacobson,Valeria Luiselli and Jane Harper
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.
Ann Le Lievre is reading Megan Jacobson and Kirsty Eager
The year for OzYA is exploding with some wonderful talent, and I have just finished what I’m sure is one of the best OzYA books ever! That’s a big call, but it’s a call I am very happy to make. Summer Skin by…
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