What we're reading
What we're reading: Tremblay, Wilkinson & O'Donnell
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Leanne Hall is recommending two LoveOzYA novels
I have just finished a really satisfying reading week with two new Australian YA novels that kept me enthralled and entertained.
Kate O'Donnell’s This One Is Ours follows dreamy and effervescent Australian exchange student Sofie all the way to Paris, where she goes to a very…
What we're reading: Miller, Timberlake & Gyasi
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Bronte Coates is reading Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
When I read Yaa Gyasi’s brilliant debut novel in 2016 I was impressed by her skilful prose, and in particular, her talent for conjuring unusual images. Transcendent Kingdom is her second work of fiction and it’s as striking and memorable as her first. The…
What we're reading: Carey, Pham & Herron
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Julia Jackson is reading Mick Herron’s Slough House series
Lockdown for me has included making time to read books I’ve been meaning to, and Mick Herron’s Slough House series is in that TBR list. These books centre on a team of intelligence officers whose careers have gone awry and have found themselves ‘pastured’…
What we're reading: Nunez, Patchett & Washington
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Chris Somerville is reading Lot by Bryan Washington
Sometimes things converge perfectly. I have no attention span at the moment, our apartment is small and I’ve looked at every part of it. I watched every Fast & Furious movie in a row. The only thing I’ve been able to focus on is short…
What we're reading: Conte, Deer & Biss
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Elke Power is reading The Doctor Who Fooled the World by Brian Deer
I’ve been reading our September Nonfiction Book of the Month, The Doctor Who Fooled the World by British investigative journalist Brian Deer. Amanda’s review was so convincing that it made me determined to fit in this book somewhere among the…
What we're reading: Cline, Gifford & Stayman-London
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Lian Hingee is reading One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London
I’ve just finished reading One To Watch by Kate Stayman-London about a plus-size fashion blogger who becomes the new love interest in a Bachelor-esque TV show called The Main Squeeze. Bea Schumacher is unlucky in love, still hung up on an…
What we're reading: Knox, Downes & Lindqvist
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Bronte Coates is reading The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
I’ve been struggling to read the past few weeks, instead opting for mindless television over books, but then my partner brought home this hefty fantasy epic from New Zealand writer Elizabeth Knox. I cracked it open to take a look and was forced…
What we're reading: Persaud, Lehmann & Conte
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Mark Rubbo is reading The Tolstoy Estate by Steven Conte (available 2 September)
It’s been hard to find time to read during this second lockdown but then I picked up Conte’s second novel. Set in Russia during the second World War, Germany requisitions the estate of Count Leo Tolstoy as a field hospital…
What we're reading: Smith, Coley & Rosoff
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Leanne Hall is reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
I Capture the Castle has been on my radar for many years - ever since I fell in love with Michelle Cooper’s The Montmaray Journals series, and realised how often readers of those books used Smith’s classic novel as a reference…
What we're reading: Hardy, Kiesling & Haynes
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving.
Chris Somerville is reading The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling
I’ve been in a real reading slump lately, for a variety of reasons I’m sure, but I mostly blame being stuck in our small apartment in lockdown with our 18-month-old child. I can recall a few times when I’ve had a novel catch…
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