Check out the great promotions and giveaways we have for November!

Win a double pass to Tony Tan’s Cooking School

Purchase a copy of Tony Tan’s Asian Cooking Class by Tony Tan online from Readings or from one of our shops to enter the draw to win a double pass, valued at $600, to Tony Tan’s fabulous cooking school in Trentham. Online purchases will automatically be entered. If you purchase the book in one of our shops, please email a…

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Congratulations to Samantha Harvey who has been named the winner of this year's Booker Prize for Orbital. The Booker Prize is a £50,000 literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK.

Orbital takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. Compact yet beautifully expansive, Orbital invites us to observe Earth’s splendour, whilst reflecting on the individual…

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If Hozier's touchdown on Australian soil has left you not just listening to Unreal Unearth on repeat, but wanting to make forests, whisky and pining your whole personality, then this is the reading list for you. Whether you're just looking for vibes, or you want to dive a bit deeper into the themes and influences behind his music, this list will have something for you to pick up and get lost in – until concert time roles around.

For those…

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Coming in at number one this month is the lastest adventure with everyone's favourite Demigod, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess.

Also making the list is the winner of The 2024 Readings Children's Prize, a beautiful picture book about baking with grandma and the finale of the Bad Guys.

Finally, all three of the Wild Robot books have made the list after the success of the movie adaptation.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of…

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True to form, Sally Rooney's Intermezzo has maintained its number one status this month, correctly proving the book is worth all the hype!

Two great Australian crime authors have released books this month: Christian White's The Ledge, a mind-bending novel where past and present run breathlessly, tensely parallel, leading to a cliff-hanger nobody will see coming; and Chris Hammer's The Valley, which sees the return of Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic in a page-turning plot with an evocative…

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Discover the new books for young adult readers that our booksellers are excited about this month! From a gothic fairytale to a complex YA dystopia, a classic fantasy favourite, and more.

Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

Reviewed by Bella Mackey, digital content lead

C.G. Drews’ return to young adult fiction is a gloriously gothic exploration of fairytales, isolation and obsessive friendship, set in an elite boarding school and a dark, untouched forest.

Andrew feels too fragile…

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Discover the new crime books our booksellers are excited about this month!

Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz

Reviewed by Aurelia Orr from Readings Kids

The author of the award-winning debut Before You Knew My Name, Jacqueline Bublitz’s newest novel challenges the glamourisation, by the media and in pop culture, of male serial killers and redirects our attention to the lives of the girls and women taken by travesty.

Ruth is haunted by the disappearance and murder of…

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It's swooping season and if you're like me, you're probably thinking 'I hate those blasted feathered beasts!'. If so, then it's time to hit pause and remember just how beautiful our feathered friends in the sky really are. So, instead of swearing at the birds in the park, have a read through this collection of books that are guaranteed to remind you that you do actually love birds . . .

For the bird watchers . . .

Enchantment by…

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Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser

It's 1986, and 'beautiful, radical ideas' are in the air. A young woman arrives in Melbourne to research the novels of Virginia Woolf. In bohemian St Kilda she meets artists, activists, students – and Kit. He claims to be in a 'deconstructed' relationship, and they become lovers. Meanwhile, her work on the Woolfmother falls into disarray.

Theory & Practice is a mesmerising account of desire and jealousy, truth and shame. It makes and…

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The Goldsmiths prize has announced Rachel Cusk as the 2024 winner for her novel Parade. The prize was created by Goldsmiths College at the University of London 12 years ago, to celebrate creative daring and novels that are experimental and innovative in form and themes. It is awarded annually, with a prize of £10,000 for the winner.

🏆 Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2024

Parade by Rachel Cusk

A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author…

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