What we're reading
What we're reading: Hammad, Melchor & Tawada
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Kim is reading Recognising the Stranger by Isabella Hammad
Reading Recognising the Stranger, Isabella Hammad’s Edward Said lecture, and knowing that it was delivered on September 23rd 2023, gives this small 80 page transcript an indescribably horrific weight.
A brilliant and clear essay, this is essential reading for all of us interested in the function of literature.
Baz is reading Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translated by…
What we're reading: Tremblay, Thrall
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Jason is reading Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
I've been a big fan of Paul Tremblay since I read his chilling novel, The Cabin at the End of the World. He has become a novelist whose work I anticipate and I have not been disappointed in Horror Movie so far. It is disturbing, creepy and anxiety-inducing.
In 1993, three teenagers decided to make a low budget, art/horror…
What we're reading: Blaine, Carr
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Rosalind is reading Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine
Australian Gospel is outstanding. Blaine paints such a vivid picture of place, situation and character that it is difficult to believe that he wasn't present for each scene of this book. With an assured and charmingly ocker voice, Blaine takes us through his noteworthy family history. The genetic child of Tom and Lenore Blaine, he has four permanent foster siblings…
What we're reading: Riordan, Roach
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Alicia is reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan has done it again with his brand new instalment of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Our golden trio are back as Percy, Annabeth and Grover work together for a college letter of recommendation. Their quest? Pet-sitting . . . for the goddess Hecate, during the week of Halloween…
What we're reading: Baker, Rushdie & Genberg
This week for our 'What we're reading' column, Readings' Community Engagement and Programming Manager Chris Gordon shares what she's been reading.
My readings habits have changed over the last few weeks, and I have tried to understand why I have picked certain titles to read. And I think it’s something to do with the state of the world right now. Something to do with the hurt everywhere and the feeling of helplessness that can often be overwhelming when I read…
What we're reading: Elkin, Rovelli
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Lian is reading Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin
After hearing my co-worker Joanna rave about Laura Elkin's debut novel Scaffolding, I took the opportunity to pick up a copy of my own. This evocative novel follows parallel stories about two couples inhabiting the same Paris apartment, 50 years apart. In both time periods, the women of the apartment are undergoing a change, pushing against the boundaries imposed upon…
What we're reading: Sager, Savaş
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Aurelia is reading The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Every year, I always keep an eye out for the spookiest reads as we creep closer to Halloween. I've just finished my first of the season, Riley Sager's The Only One Left – and I could not have begun on a more chilling book. An unsolved mystery of a family brutally murdered; the only surviving daughter, Lenora, long-accused…
What we're reading: Stoneman, Hermes Gower, Burr
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Aurelia is reading Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend by Richard Stoneman
The only thing second to the amazing feats accomplished by and longlasting influence of Alexander the Great are the fantastical legends that emerged after his death. Richard Stoneman has written an entertaining, eye-opening novel about how different cultures throughout Europe and Asia have adopted Alexander the Great into their own mythology and religion, painting him…
What we're reading: Newman, de Kerangal & Street
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Chris is reading Sandwich by Catherine Newman
I have been seen.
Reading about a 54 year old woman dealing with parents, adult children, her partner and menopause while on an annual holiday was utterly, wonderfully cathartic. I laughed out loud. I cried. Sandwich needs to be read by everyone. It explains the physical and emotional turmoil of getting older; it shows the inner dialogue of resentment and love…
What we're reading: Symes-Smith, Christie
Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.
Bella is reading Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith
As someone who grew up with a fierce love for Tamora Pierce’s The Song of the Lioness series, a cover with a young red-head with a sword instantly drew me to Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston. But the appeal of this book isn’t pure nostalgia – this is an incredible adventure story…
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