What we're reading
What we're reading: J.P. Delaney, Steven Carroll & Maile Meloy
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 Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
You come across a lot of books being promoted as ‘the next Gone Girl’ – pretty much any new thriller featuring a female protagonist receives this treatment. As someone who falls for it Every Single Time, I’m getting pretty sick of this promise not…
What we're reading: Chris Kraus, Tobias Wolff & Penny Woodward
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 Old School by Tobias Wolff
This novel was recommended to me by a trusted source after I’d been complaining about being on a rare reading streak of mediocre books. Old School is not something I’d typically read, but I’m glad I did.
Wolff’s humour is fantastic – his portrayal of certain…
What we're reading: Georgia Blain, Margaret Mahy & Ghassan Hage
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.
Britt Munro is reading Is Racism an Environmental Threat? by Ghassan Hage
This is a wry and expansive analysis of the mode of being that Hage terms ‘domestication’ (which he explores as synonymous with practises of modern nation-building) as the root of both structural racism and environmental degradation. I love reading Hage because he always…
What we're reading: Jennifer Scoullar, Jaclyn Moriarty & Jessica Townsend
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 this month’s edition of The Monthly
There is a truly excellent article in the latest edition of The Monthly from editor Nick Feik, in which he tackles the immense global power of Facebook. This is a thought-provoking essay that clearly illustrates the changing landscape of information dissemination across the world. Reading…
What we're reading: Anna Krien, Jock Serong & Matt Zoller-Seitz
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.
Mark Rubbo is reading On the Java Ridge by Jock Serong
I’m reading an advance copy of Jock Serong’s third novel. Set in the near future, an asylum seeker boat capsizes and sinks near a remote island, coincidentally where an Australian tourist boat is safely anchored. It’s three days from a tight Federal election and…
What we're reading: Roxane Gay, Paula Fox & G.X. Todd
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 Defender by G.X. Todd
A couple of weeks ago I shared my winter reading stack online, and one my friends messaged me saying: “Move Defender onto your currently reading pile NOW’. Those capital letters are verbatim which is how I knew she was serious. So I took her advice and finally…
What we're reading: Yanis Varoufakis, Heather Rose & Naomi Alderman
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.
Angela Crocombe is reading The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Earlier this week my book club met to discuss The Museum of Modern Love. I had no expectations going in – I only knew that it had won the Stella Prize, and that I had to read it very quickly. And it…
What we're reading: Gwendoline Riley, Wayne Macauley & Ocean Vuong
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.
Annie Condon is reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
I’ve been putting off reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout, so that I could really savour it during some ‘downtime’, but I’ve recently come to the realisation that the aforementioned ‘downtime’ is just not going to happen. So I began the book and entered…
What we're reading: Emma Chastain, Sarah Bailey & Simon Rowe
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.
Nina Kenwood is reading The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
The Dark Lake is a terrific Australian crime fiction debut. Set in rural NSW, it opens with a dead body in a lake and a police detective juggling lots of complicated secrets. It has the small town mystery of The Dry, the police procedural…
What we're reading: Amy Engel, Sally Thorne & Philip Pullman
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 Hating Game by Sally Thorne
I’ve been in a serious reading rut lately, unable to commit the time and attention to finishing any of the many books sitting in an increasingly unstable pile on my bedside table. I was moaning to a friend about my predicament. I asked her what…
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