Bronte Coates — Readings Books

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How to Make a Bird
by Meg McKinlay

Reviewed by
Bronte Coates, Nov 2020

How To Make a Bird is a stunner of a picture book. In heart-shivering, lyrical prose, Meg McKinlay details the process of creating a bird, and, in doing so, illuminates the transformative potential of the creative process – from conceptualising…

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Memorial

by Bryan Washington

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Bronte Coates, Nov 2020

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Having and Being Had

by Eula Biss

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Bronte Coates, Sep 2020

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What Zola Did on Monday

by Melina Marchetta,Deb Hudson

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Bronte Coates, Jun 2020

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Finding Francois

by Gus Gordon

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Bronte Coates, Jun 2020

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The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

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Bronte Coates, Jun 2020

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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

by Cho Nam-Joo, Jamie Chang (trans.)

Reviewed by
Bronte Coates, Feb 2020

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Olive, Again

by Elizabeth Strout

Reviewed by
Bronte Coates, Oct 2019

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Recent blog posts by Bronte Coates

International fiction
31 Mar 2023

Which Curtis Sittenfeld book should you read first?

Perhaps you are a person who is thinking: ‘I am interested to read this extremely good author, but also I am time-poor and do not know where to begin’. Then this guide* is for you Prep When shy fourteen-year-old Lee…

Kids
24 Feb 2021

Learning to love board books

Online bookseller Bronte shares the joy she discovered in reading board and baby books together with a small person. I’ve always thought of myself as an enlightened picture book reader. I’ve been buying them for my home shelves for the…

Kids
31 Aug 2020

Four terrific picture books exploring difficult feelings

Picture book lover Bronte Coates shares four of her favourite recent releases that explore difficult feelings for small people, and how they can learn to manage them We All Have Feelings by Thereza Rowe, Claudio Ripol & Yeonju Yang From…

Kids
7 May 2020

Lessons I’ve learned from mums & grans in picture books

Our digital content manager Bronte Coates shares some of the best parenting advice she’s absorbed from reading picture books over the years. Give your child space to figure out big emotions. I adore the way Anna Walker celebrates the resilience…

Kids
24 Sep 2019

Five books I loved reading to my new baby

Bronte Coates shares five of her favourite books that she read during the first six months of her new baby’s life I am the Wolf and Here I Come! by Bénédicte Guettier (translated by Penelope Todd) This French bestseller is…

Young adult
15 Nov 2018

The best young adult books of 2018

Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 young adult books of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular…

Kids
15 Oct 2018

Children’s books that teach resilience

Resilience has become a bit of a buzzword in 2018. With so many big, challenging events happening on a local and global stage, it’s becoming increasingly important to learn how to adapt to unexpected changes and bounce back from difficult…

Kids
25 Sep 2018

12 terrific picture books from July to September

Picture book lover Bronte Coates shares 12 of her the best new picture books from the past three months. You can find more of her favourites from 2018 here and here Cicada by Shaun Tan Cicada is another masterful work…

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