What we're reading
What we're reading: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Camilla Läckberg & Katherine Kovacic
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Bronte Coates is reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s beloved 2013 novel is one of those books that people recommend to me all the time, but that I never seem to get around to reading – until now!
Americanah is ostensibly a love story: two childhood sweethearts in Nigeria are compelled to…
What we're reading: Robert Lukins, Peter Wadhams & Tim Winton
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Ellen Cregan is reading The Everlasting Sunday by Robert Lukins
Beyond my work at Readings, I am also the First Book Club coordinator at Kill Your Darlings, and this month’s pick is Robert Lukins’s debut novel, The Everlasting Sunday.
Set in a boarding school for wayward boys in 1960s Britain, this novel hones…
What we're reading: Erin Gough, Jasmine Guillory & Lloyd Jones
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Lian Hingee is reading The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
I could wax lyrical for hours about how romance undeservedly gets a bad rap in literary circles (hit me up if you ever want to chat about how it’s one of the most proudly feminist genres on the market, often brilliantly written, impeccably researched, and…
What we're reading: Michael Wolff, Jenny Ackland & Intan Paramaditha
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Chris Gordon is reading Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff
I’ve been reading Michael Wolff’s explosive new book. It’s been slow going for me, despite the pace of the writing, because I keep having to look up the various people I come across. This book perfectly illustrates how completely bonkers Trump, and his nearest and…
What we're reading: Zadie Smith, Jasmine Guillory & Johann Hari
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Dave Little is reading Lost Connections by Johann Hari
Johann Hari garnered fame for his previous book, Chasing the Scream, which chronicled the US’s exportation of the war on drugs throughout the twentieth century. In his new book, Hari examines the ways depression and anxiety have been diagnosed and treated over the last 50…
What we're reading: Louise Erdrich, Garth Nix & Jennifer Mathieu
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Ellen Cregan is reading Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
I’ve just finished reading Jennifer Mathieu’s young adult novel. This is the story of Vivian, a teenager living in small-town Texas. As far back as anyone can remember, Vivian’s school has worshipped their football team. The boys on the team are untouchable – they can say what…
What we're reading: Heather Morris, Dervla McTiernan & Yumi Stynes
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Ellen Cregan is reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Over the weekend I read Heather Morris’s debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
This book tells the story of Lale Sokolov, the real-life tattooist who worked in the infamous concentration camp. Sokolov, a Slovakian Jewish man, volunteered to leave his family to work…
What we're reading: Shigeru Mizuki, Marie Lu & Carmen Maria Machado
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Lian Hingee is reading Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Like several of my workmates I recently dived headfirst into Carmen Maria Machado’s debut book, which is due to hit our shelves in February. This collection of short stories sits in the sweet spot of the ‘Lian’s Favourite Things to Read’ Venn…
What we're reading: Mick McCoy, Anita Brookner & Carlo Rovelli
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
George Delaney is reading Look At Me by Anita Brookner
I was intrigued by the premise of Anita Brookner’s Look At Me. It reminded me of Sally Rooney’s brilliant Conversations with Friends – the two books centre on a young woman named Frances who is dazzled and taken in by a married couple for…
What we're reading: Celeste Ng, Stephen Fry & Ann Patchett
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Lian Hingee is reading Mythos by Stephen Fry
I dove headfirst into Stephen Fry’s Mythos over my Christmas holidays. This engrossing book offers an in-depth but entertaining look at Greek mythology, from the creation myth of Gaia and Ouranos, to the legends of Olympus, Pandora, Hades and Persephone, and more. It’s a dense read, but…
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