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June 2025

In the June Readings Monthly, we have an extract from Hunger Like a Thirst, the fabulous debut memoir by Besha Rodell, The Age’s chief food critic. It’s essential reading for foodies. Another book bound to be enthusiastically embraced is our Fiction Book of the Month, The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones. Of course, all our Books of the Month are delights waiting to be discovered, and many more wonderful new releases are arriving with winter.

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