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Kenneth Roth in conversation
In conversation
Monday 11 August, 6.30pm
Readings Hawthorn

Join us to hear Kenneth Roth in conversation on Righting Wrongs

 
You & Me by Andy Griffiths
Kids & YA
Tuesday 19 August, 5.30pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Join us to celebrate the launch of You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths!

 
Hetty Lui McKinnon in conversation
In conversation
Thursday 28 August, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Join us to hear Hetty Lui McKinnon in conversation with Besha Rodell about her new cookbook, Linger.

 
A Day in Carlton: Trent Dalton in conversation
A Day in Carlton
Thursday 13 November, 6.15pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne

Readings, The Wheeler Centre and UMAC present Trent Dalton in conversation with Michael Williams.

Upcoming Events

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4 August – 10 August
In conversation
Monday 4 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Jess Kitching in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 5 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dean Manning in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital, & Critique

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Paul Daley in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 6 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Patrick Marlborough in conversation

Launch
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Hailstones Fell without Rain by Natalia Figueroa Barroso

Kids & YA
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Oceanforged by Amelia Mellor

Launch
Thursday 7 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Isn’t It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things by Jessica Seaborn

In conversation
Thursday 7 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Murray Middleton in conversation

In conversation
Friday 8 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Riley Knight

Launch
Friday 8 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

In Spite of You by Patrick Lenton

Kids & YA
Sunday 10 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Launch
Sunday 10 August, 2.00pm
Readings St Kilda

Wobbles by Ian Hunter and Mark Wilson

11 August – 17 August
In conversation
Monday 11 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Tanya Scott in conversation with Jane Harper

In conversation
Monday 11 August, 6.30pm
Readings Hawthorn

Kenneth Roth in conversation

In conversation
Tuesday 12 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Jayne Tuttle in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 13 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Crimson Light Polished Wood by Monica Raszewski

In conversation
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Madeleine Cleary in conversation with Anne Freeman

Poetry
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

What It Feels Like by Brendan Ryan

In conversation
Thursday 14 August, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Gavin McCormack in conversation

In conversation
Friday 15 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Esther Freud in conversation

Kids & YA
Sunday 17 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

18 August – 24 August
Kids & YA
Tuesday 19 August, 5.30pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

You & Me by Andy Griffiths

In conversation
Tuesday 19 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

January Gilchrist in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 20 August, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Stephen Whiteside in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 21 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Rod Halsted in conversation with Barrie Cassidy

Kids & YA
Thursday 21 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Once a Villain by Vanessa Len

Kids & YA
Saturday 23 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Music Camp by Penny Tangey

Kids & YA
Sunday 24 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 24 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

The Locked Room by Adam Cece

25 August – 31 August
Launch
Tuesday 26 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan

Launch
Tuesday 26 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Nerves of Steel by Ger Post

Launch
Wednesday 27 August, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Gus and the Burning Stones by Troy Hunter

Launch
Thursday 28 August, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell

In conversation
Thursday 28 August, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Alina Bellchambers in conversation with Amie Kaufman

In conversation
Thursday 28 August, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Hetty Lui McKinnon in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 28 August, 6.30pm
Readings Hawthorn

Holly Brunnbauer in conversation

Poetry
Friday 29 August, 8.00pm
Readings Carlton

Poetry Winter Warmers #4

Kids & YA
Saturday 30 August, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Into the Bewilderness by Gus Gordon

Kids & YA
Sunday 31 August, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

1 September – 7 September
Poetry
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

The Wallace Line by Jennifer MacKenzie

Kids & YA
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Double book launch: Jo Dabrowski

In conversation
Thursday 4 September, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Queenie Tan in conversation

In conversation
Friday 5 September, 6.00pm
Storey Hall, RMIT University, Building 16, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne

Karen Hao talks AI

Launch
Friday 5 September, 6.00pm
Fringe Common Rooms, Trades Hall, Corner Lygon and, Victoria St, Carlton VIC 3053

The Hollow Girl by Lyn Yeowart

Kids & YA
Saturday 6 September, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Song of a Thousand Seas by Zana Fraillon

In conversation
Saturday 6 September, 5.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Let’s talk romance

Kids & YA
Sunday 7 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

Kids & YA
Sunday 7 September, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder

8 September – 14 September
Launch
Wednesday 10 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Dust by Michael Brissenden

In conversation
Wednesday 10 September, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Marian Wilkinson in conversation

Kids & YA
Thursday 11 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Pip Smith in conversation

Launch
Thursday 11 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Fireweather by Miranda Darling

Launch
Friday 12 September, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Radical Reckonings by Renate Klein

Launch
Saturday 13 September, 2.00pm
Readings St Kilda

The Christmas Tree Catastrophe by Emma Bowd

Launch
Saturday 13 September, 4.30pm
Readings St Kilda

The Green Job by Rob Gerrand

Kids & YA
Sunday 14 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

15 September – 21 September
In conversation
Tuesday 16 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Professor Paula Gerber talks Sex, Gender & Identity

Kids & YA
Thursday 18 September, 6.00pm
Readings Kids

Bianca Breen in conversation

Kids & YA
Sunday 21 September, 10.30am
Readings Kids

Storytime at Kids

22 September – 28 September
Launch
Tuesday 23 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Saffron Incorporated by Stuart Coupe

Launch
Wednesday 24 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

After the Siren by Darcy Green

In conversation
Thursday 25 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Konrad Muller in conversation

Special
Thursday 25 September, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

The 2025 Ned Kelly Awards

29 September – 5 October
Launch
Tuesday 30 September, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Pictures of You by Tony Birch

Launch
Tuesday 30 September, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Under the Influence of Salmon by Steve Harris

Special
Tuesday 30 September, 6.45pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street, Carlton

Twilight 20th Anniversary celebration

Launch
Thursday 2 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chances by Steph Vizard

In conversation
Friday 3 October, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Helen Goh in conversation

In conversation
Friday 3 October, 6.15pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Drusilla Modjeska in conversation

6 October – 12 October
In conversation
Monday 6 October, 6.00pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Benjamin Stevenson in conversation with J.P. Pomare

In conversation
Tuesday 7 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Brigid Delaney in conversation

In conversation
Wednesday 8 October, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

S. Shakthidharan in conversation

In conversation
Thursday 9 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Marika Sosnowski and Andre Dao in conversation

In conversation
Friday 10 October, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Phil Craig in conversation

In conversation
Friday 10 October, 6.30pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Omar Musa in conversation

13 October – 19 October
In conversation
Tuesday 14 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Bri Lee in conversation

Kids & YA
Wednesday 15 October, 5.30pm
180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Runt by Craig Silvey

Kids & YA
Thursday 16 October, 6.00pm
Readings Emporium

Keshe Chow in conversation

Poetry
Thursday 16 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Nothing But a Fine Nerve Meter by Natalie Rose Dyer

In conversation
Thursday 16 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Heather Rose in conversation

Launch
Thursday 16 October, 6.30pm
Readings State Library

Witch Power by Emma Quilty

In conversation
Friday 17 October, 6.00pm
Church of All Nations, 180 Palmerston St, Carlton VIC 3053

Chris Hammer in conversation

Kids & YA
Saturday 18 October, 2.00pm
Readings Doncaster

Elif’s Itchy Palm by Lora Inak and Kruti Desai

20 October – 26 October
In conversation
Monday 20 October, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Susan Neuhaus in conversation

Launch
Thursday 23 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Austral 2025 from Meridian Australis

Kids & YA
Sunday 26 October, 2.00pm
Readings Kids

A YA Creep-tastic Halloween

27 October – 2 November
In conversation
Tuesday 28 October, 6.15pm
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053

Hugh Mackay in conversation

Launch
Wednesday 29 October, 6.00pm
Readings Carlton

Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray

Launch
Wednesday 29 October, 6.00pm
Readings Hawthorn

Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma

In conversation
Thursday 30 October, 6.00pm
Readings Chadstone

Hugh Mackay in conversation

10 November – 16 November
A Day in Carlton
Thursday 13 November, 6.15pm
Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne

A Day in Carlton: Trent Dalton in conversation

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