Emily Harms

Emily Harms is a former marketing manager for Readings

Review — 23 Jun 2015

The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop

Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World is a brilliant work of art. Bishop’s intensely visceral writing has a haunting beauty reminiscent of the writings of Emily Brontë and…

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Review — 12 Nov 2014

The Girl Who Lived by Susan Jane Berg

Sunday 27 October, 1985. Susan was 15 years old and set out on a fishing trip in a boat with her mum, dad and older brother, Bill, on Westernport Bay…

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Blog post — 1 Sep 2015

A visit to Tiwi Islands with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

Emily Harms, our head of Marketing and Communications, was recently invited on a field trip to the Tiwi Islands to see the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) in action. She reports…

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Review — 23 Feb 2015

Vestiges and Claws by José González

Indie folk singer–songwriter and guitarist José González’s dulcet tones first drifted over me in the back of Readings Carlton in 2007 as he was performing a few beautiful songs from…

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Review — 23 Feb 2015

Advanced Style

Ari Seth Cohen started his blog, Advanced Style, when he moved to New York four years ago. Inspired by his own grandmother’s unique personal style and the impossible-to-ignore ‘gorgeous…

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Review — 23 Feb 2015

Hello, Beautiful! by Hannie Rayson

Hannie Rayson is one of Australia’s most renowned and revered playwrights for stage and TV. Inheritance, Hotel Sorrento and Life after George all capture the quintessential contemporary Australian voice…

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Review — 27 Jan 2015

Useful by Debra Oswald

Fans of Offspring, Australia’s popular TV series, will love this book! It’s author is Offspring co-creator and head writer, Debra Oswald, who has also written three ‘Aussie Bite’ books…

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Review — 26 Oct 2014

Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas

There is no doubt Christos Tsiolkas is a master of the written word. He tickles and seduces us with the innocence and excitement of a new lover leading you to…

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Review — 26 May 2013

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed is Khaled Hosseini’s much-anticipated third novel, following bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, which combined sold more than 38 million copies worldwide.

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Review — 25 Jun 2014

Friendship by Emily Gould

Bev Tunney and Amy Schwerin have been best friends for years, ever since they worked together in a publishing house in New York City: ‘…we’re a couple, in a way…

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