The theme of Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) 2024 is Giving the Gift of Imagination, celebrating the crucial role bookshops play in inspiring our imagination.

Join us across our 8 Readings shops to help us celebrate LYBD with events, freebies and more! Check out the guide below to help you plan your day.

All shops

• Write us a love letter and go into the draw to win a $50 Readings voucher (T&Cs apply. See in shops for details)
• Purchase two Penguin titles to receive a Penguin figurine (T&Cs apply.)
• Keep your kids occupied with colouring-in sheets while you browse

Emporium:

Tarot Reading with Jessica Friedmann @ 11am

Join us at Readings Emporium for a book signing and mini tarot readings with Jessica Friedmann!

Twenty-Two Impressions: Notes from the Major Arcana uses the Tarot de Marseille as a touchstone, blending historical research, art history, and critical insights with personal reflections. In these essays, Friedmann demonstrates how the cards of the Major Arcana can be used as a lens through which to examine the unexpectedness – and subtle beauty – of 21st-century life.

Free, no need to book.

Storytime with Celeste @ 12pm

Join our Readings expert storyteller Celeste Perry for a special bookshop themed storytime!

Plus make your own bookmark!

Suitable for ages 0-8 years old.

Free, no need to book.

Carlton Kids:

Rainbow Reading with Hugo Grrrl @ 3pm

Join drag superstar Hugo Grrrl (Aotearoa/New Zealand) for a free rainbow reading event, featuring stories, songs and snippets of his dazzling new children's show – 'Hugo's Rainbow Show'.

Suitable for angels aged 4 to 10 years and their parents.

Free, book here.

Hawthorn

Emily Gale @ 11am

Come meet the delightful Emily Gale at our Hawthorn shop!

Emily Gale is the author of many books for junior and young adults including: Outlaw Girls, Elswhere Girls and The Goodbye Year.

Take part in a scavenger hunt for your chance to win a signed copy of Outlaw Girls, Elsewhere Girls or The Goodbye Year!

Suitable for children ages 10+.

Free, no need to book.