The Readings blog

Featuring Ghost Cities by Siang Lu, Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine, Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions by Clare Wright, and more!

Celebrate Mother's Day at Readings with pop-ups, freebies, prizes, storytimes and more!

If there was a vaccine against heart attacks, would you take it?

Featuring Nightingale by Laura Elvery, The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz, Silverborn by Jessica Townsend and more.

Featuring Nightingale by Laura Elvery, The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz, Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You by Candice Chung, and more!

The start of a new month means that there's a new issue of Readings Monthly – here's the foreword from the latest issue.

Featuring Fly, Mama, Fly by Anna McGregor, My Mum is the Best by Nic McPickle & Tommy Doyle, Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby by Melissa Greenwood and more.

Featuring The Bearcat by Georgia Rose Phillips, Rytual by Chloe Elisabeth Wilson, Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner and more.

Featuring The Paperbark Tree Committee by Karys McEwen, Thunderhead by Sophie Beer, Brightest Wild by Tania Crampton-Larking and more.

Featuring The Moustache by Emmanuel Carrère, The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey and Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse.

Featuring Can I Steal You for a Second? by Jodi McAlister, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and Butter by Asako Yuzuki, and more.

Featuring Red Dust Running by Anita Heiss, Love on the Air by Ash London, Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry and more.