Gabrielle Williams
Gabrielle Williams was a bookseller at Readings Malvern, grants officer for the Readings Foundation, and manager of the Readings Prize. She was also the author of many books for young adults, including My Life as a Hashtag and It's Not You, It's Me.
Blog post — 10 Nov 2021
Applications are open for our Readings Foundation grants
As we all know, it’s been a difficult couple of years, and it’s probably fair to say that no-one has experienced lockdowns quite like Melbourne. For those organisations who support…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
Fox and I by Catherine Raven
Catherine Raven lives on her own in a tiny hand-built house, on acres of land off a dirt track that has never been named, far from towns and civilisation. She…
Review — 28 Jun 2021
The Rabbits by Sophie Overett
Right from page one of this distinctive new novel by debut author Sophie Overett, I had the strangest feeling that I was in an Alice in Wonderland-type story. There’s a…
Review — 26 Apr 2021
Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn’t Ours by Sarah Sentilles
If you don’t know Sarah Sentilles, you should seek her out. Go read her earlier books. She’s a writer of uncommonly beautiful creative nonfiction, her pages filled with grace and…
Review — 1 Mar 2021
The Believer by Sarah Krasnostein
How do you get up each morning and face the day when you’re serving a 35-year life sentence for murder? How does your belief system stand up to this kind…
Blog post — 27 Nov 2019
The Readings Foundation grant recipients for 2020
The Readings Foundation has announced $135,142 worth of grants to support a range of projects and organisations within Victoria in 2020.
The Readings Foundation assists Victorian organisations that support the…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
Shell by Kristina Olsson
When most people see the Sydney Opera House, they think of sails on the harbour. But Kristina Olsson (and her character Axel Lindquist) is reminded of shells you might find…
Blog post — 14 Oct 2019
A recap of our Booker Prize shortlist dinner
Readings Foundation Grants Officer Gabrielle Williams shares a brief recap of a special event we hosted last night to celebrate the Booker Prize and to raise money for the Readings…
Blog post — 23 Sep 2019
Moving beyond the postcode with Banksia Gardens
In 2019, the Readings Foundation supported the Banksia Gardens Aiming High VCE Support Program. Here, our Grants Officer Gabrielle Williams shares some insight into this highly successful project.
They’re…
Blog post — 7 Aug 2019
Kids Under Cover
In 2019, the Readings Foundation is supporting Kids Under Cover (KUC), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preventing youth homelessness. Here, our Grants Officer Gabrielle Williams shares some insight into…