What we're reading
What we're reading: Atkinson, Skinner & Batrouney
Each week our amazing staff bring you a sample of the books or music they're immersed in.
Lian Hingee is reading Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson
I've been listening to Kate Atkinson's marvellous new book Normal Rules Don't Apply on Libro.fm this week. This excellent collection of short stories is a little bit funny, a little bit sad, a little bit spooky, and all brilliant. From a Stephen King-esque dystopia about the end of the world, to an…
What we're reading: Aoyama, Nolan & McKinty
Each week our amazing staff bring you a sample of the books or music they're immersed in.
Megan Wood is reading What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
This delightful book features five people who are feeling stuck and questioning their place in the world. Each finds themselves at the local library, getting recommendations (and a bonus gift) from the mysterious librarian who has a particular talent for knowing what people need to read to…
What we're reading: Cohen, Batrouney & Yu
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Lian Hingee is reading Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen
Having read Aurelia's rave review in our most recent Readings Monthly, Julie Mae Cohen's crime novel Bad Men rocketed to the top of my TBR list. Saffy Huntley-Oliver is a former supermodel, a socialite on the board of several charities (including one for donkeys that she doesn't want to talk about), a devoted…
What we're reading: Huang, Islington & Flanagan
Each week our amazing staff bring you a sample of the books or music they're immersed in.
Aurelia Orr is reading Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
When our unnamed protagonist's parents become debilitated from a horrible accident, she is eager to take any job that pays well, including a position in the glamorous beauty company Holistik. The luxury and allure of working at Holistik is at first the most pampered and beautiful she has ever felt before. But when…
What we're reading: Stevenson & Reyes
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 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone has been on my TBR list for a while so when I saw it on Libro.fm (the new audiobook platform that supports independent booksellers rather than Jeff Bezos) I downloaded…
What we're reading: Novik & Saint
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.
Angela Crocombe is reading The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
I am reading The Golden Enclaves, Lesson Three of the Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik. I hardly ever read the second or third book in a series, but these books are just so addictive and set in such a fascinating world that…
What we're reading: Eng & Adegoke
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 House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng and Judas Boys by Joel Deane
Struck down by Covid on my very first day of retirement, I was lucky to have a copy of Tan Twan Eng’s Booker longlisted novel, The House of Doors beside my bed. Sadly, it was…
What we're reading: Bechdel, Kuang & James
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 Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
If you meet Bernard Caleo at Readings Carlton and receive a graphic novel recommendation from him, take it. His knowledge of this genre is tremendous. Last week he put Alison Bechdel’s latest novel, The Secret to Superhuman Strength in my hands…
What we're reading: Laing & Skinner
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.
Tracy Hwang is reading The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
I’m currently making a rare foray into nonfiction with The Lonely City by Olivia Laing. It’s an extremely well researched, introspective and empathetic look at loneliness and its intersection with art and the artists who we might not see, or think to see…
What we're reading: Lewis & Brennan
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 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis
Last weekend, on a road trip to Phillip Island, my partner read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe aloud in the car while I drove. He and my daughter had read the previous book — the Magician’s Nephew…
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