The Readings blog

Our resident foodie Chris Gordon chats with chef Adam Liaw about being a workaholic, and his recommended cooking plans for a variety of evening plans. First, congratulations of your new book! Second… are you a workaholic? Haha I think I…

To celebrate our inaugural New Australian Writing (NAW) Award shortlist, we’re running a NAW Reading Challenge. This week our participants have read The Tribe by Michael Mohammed Ahmad. Here are their responses to the novel (Ed. note: may contain…

We interview Julia Gillard about her autobiography, My Story. You can watch the interview in the below video. We have limited signed copies of My Story available from all five of our shops but hurry! Our stock is limited.

Anaïs Lellouche is the curator of the world-first exhibition, Victor Hugo: Les Misérables – From Page to Stage, now showing at the State Library of Victoria until Thursday 9 November. Here she talks on what it was like to prepare…

Our crime specialist Fiona Hardy talks with Nadia Dalbuono about her writing process, Italy and her debut crime novel. You’ve spent the past fifteen years travelling the world as a documentarian for various companies in the UK. Were you scribbling…

Events Manager Chris Gordon shares some highlights from our October program of events. Roll up roll up… Our October events program is full to the brim with goodness. We are covering all the bases this month… Do you have a…

This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (Quarterly Essay 55) by Noel Pearson The Children Act by Ian McEwan Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi…

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. Chris is reading the Tom Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith I’ve never been…

A note before I begin… This month a sudden influx of brilliant, varied picture books meant that I felt compelled to write a separate blog post about them. If you’re a picture book lover, whatever age, you can find my…

Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. - Anthony Browne We couldn’t agree more. And although Readings’ already has a list of collective favourites (see our 30 Essential Picture…

Bronte Coates talks with journalist and television presenter Geraldine Doogue about her new book featuring conversations with Australian women in power. In The Climb, you explore how women are represented at the top levels of power in Australia. What…

To celebrate our our inaugural New Australian Writing (NAW) Award shortlist, we’re running a NAW Reading Challenge! This is week one of the challenge and participants have read The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane. Here are their responses to the…