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.
