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What we’re reading: Bennett, Honey & Que Mai
This week I have been transported to jungles, to muddy fields, to bomb shelters, and to straw bedding. I’ve been led by grandmother Hương’s hand through the recent history of V…
Recommended YA books, news & events for August
A girl wakes up on a self-driving bus. She has no memory of how she got there or …
Recommended kids books, news & resources for August
Neoma and Jag and their small community are ‘living gentle lives’…
Here’s what Stage 4 Restrictions mean for Readings
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Dear Reader, August 2020
The award given to an Unpublished Manuscript at the annual Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards has developed an excellent track record over the years for uncovering talent (alumni include Jane Harper, Christian White, and Melanie Cheng), and so it was with some expectation that I read Kokomo by Victoria Hannan, 2019’s award recipient. I was not disappointed: this impressive debut is a finely craf…
Mark’s Say, August 2020
If you’ve been a customer at Readings you’ve come across Alison Huber, either directly or indirectly. She’s been with us since 2003. For many of those years, she moonlighted from her day job as an academic at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that, she worked at the Melbourne University Book Room and the Dymocks at Melbourne Central (now gone). Bookselling just didn’t seem to let her go. In 2…
Non-fiction to help us rethink the world
The Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, Jess Scully is an advocate for the creative econ…
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Natalie Paull once again tops…
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
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