What we're reading
What we're reading: Cain, O'Farrell & Downes
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 Gordon is reading The Safe Place by Anna Downes
Do you need a novel to take you away from your couch and isolation? Perhaps a book that transports you somewhere warm, lush, tranquil even, while also introducing you to characters that are hanging onto their sanity by a thin thread? Look no…
What we're reading: Bregman, Downing & McNamara
Our shops have reopened (with safety measures in place) and we’re pleased to be able to once again resume our regular what we’re reading column.
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 Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
Rutger Bregman’s Utopia for Realists was a breath of fresh air when it came out four years…
What we're reading: Mantel, Christle & Keyes
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.
Tye Cattanach is reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
I’ve been lured into what might seem a daunting commitment (so many pages) by my wildly enthusiastic colleagues and my own curiosity. After all, it’s not every day I hear such glowing praise for historical fiction… What really got me across the line, was…
What we're reading: Collins, Onda & Hardcastle
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.
Ellen Cregan is reading The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
The Confessions of Frannie Langton was one of the winning books in this year’s Costa Book Awards. This is a big, intelligent bildungsroman-esque novel set in 1826 London. Frannie Langton is a mixed-race former slave who grew up in a…
What we're reading: Hing Wen, Alderton & Jones
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 Gordon is reading Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
I have fallen in love with Dolly Alderton – completely head-over-heels. I want to gift Everything I Know About Love to everyone that I love – already, I have made sure that my daughter and my best friend are reading it.
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What we're reading: Anappara, Savage & Rowling
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 Blueberries by Ellena Savage (available March)
Back in 2017, I wrote about how much I loved Ellena Savage’s writing in a blog post rounding up some of the best non-fiction writing Readings staff had read by Australian women. At the time, I’d written: “Everything (Savage) writes makes me reconsider…
What we're reading: Andrews, Reid & Dolan
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 Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan (available April)
I recently got my hands on an early copy of this exciting fiction debut from Irish writer Naoise Dolan. Newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, Ava meets Julian. They form – if not a relationship – an attachment of sorts. Then…
What we're reading: Hing Wen, Leonnig & Rucker
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 Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
The first thing you must know is that there are no actual boats in Loveboat, Taipei. ‘Loveboat’ (nicknamed after the TV show that we’d all rather forget … if we weren’t secretly watching clips of it on YouTube…) is a summer study…
What we're reading: Aoife Clifford, Phillip Roope & Kevin Meagher
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.
Fiona Hardy is reading Shark Arm by Phillip Roope & Kevin Meagher
In 1935, a recently-caught tiger shark at the Coogee Aquarium vomited up a human arm in front of witnesses. The arm had on it a tattoo of two boxers facing off, and while the identity of its unfortunate owner was soon…
What we're reading: Cho Nam-Joo, Steph Cha & Carmen Maria Machado
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 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo (translated by Jamie Chang) (available late February)
I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on an early copy of this novel from South Korean writer Cho Nam-Joo. The story of an ‘ordinary woman’ and the casually persistent sexism that she faces…
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