1. The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man, Book 12) by Dav Pilkey

2. Taylor Swift (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

3. Gus and the Missing Boy by Troy Hunter

4. A Way Home by Emily Brewin

5. The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

6. Wrong Answers Only by Tobias Madden

7. I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang

8. Tweet by Morris Gleitzman

9. Wurrtoo by Tylissa Elisara & Dylan Finney (illus.)

10.…

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The Work by Bri Lee

Butter by Asako Yuzuki & Polly Barton (trans.)

Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan

Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra by Bruce Pascoe & Lyn Harwood

Wholesome by Sarah by Sarah Pound

Sanctuary by Garry Disher

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi & Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)

Death of a Foreign Gentleman by Steven Carroll

Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan

What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

The Anxious…

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Each week our wonderful staff share the books and music that they've been enjoying.

Joanna Di Mattia is enjoying various books by Tessa Hadley

I’ve decided to binge-read Tessa Hadley. It wasn’t a conscious decision, it’s just that I read one of her novels – The Master Bedroom – and loved it so much I had to keep going and before I knew it, I had inhaled both Late in the Day and her debut Accidents in the Home…

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The winners of the annual Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced last night! Our congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators and publishers.

The 2024 ABIA Book Award winners are:

ABIA Book of the Year, General Nonfiction Book of the Year & Social Impact Book of the Year

The Voice to Parliament Handbook by Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien

Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and acclaimed journalist Kerry O’Brien have written this The Voice to Parliament Handbook easy-to-follow guide for the…

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We are barely five months into 2024 and we have been gifted with so many incredible #LoveOzYA titles! Here is a list of just some of the titles from seasoned YA authors to debuts.

Deep Is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson

Merriwether Morgan doesn't need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is: simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble. But Merry's best friend, Teddy, is…

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The 2024 Age Book of the Year winners have been announced! The awards celebrate outstanding Australian literature and include prizes for both fiction and nonfiction.

Tony Birch has won the Fiction prize for his novel, Women & Children, while Ross McMullin has won the Nonfiction prize for Life So Full of Promise.

The judges for this year’s awards included Readings own Mark Rubbo and writer and former publisher Louise Swinn (fiction); as well as writer Simon Caterson and…

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Writers Jayne Anne Phillips, Jonathan Eig, Ilyon Woo and Nathan Thrall were announced last night amongst the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners.

Jayne Anne Phillips won the Fiction prize for her novel, Night Watch; Jonathan Eig and Ilyon Woo jointly won the biography prize for their respective works, King: The Life of Martin Luther King and Master Slave Husband Wife; and Nathan Thrall won in the Nonfiction category for A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.

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Explore our books of the month for May; each of the below titles has been read and recommended by our booksellers before being selected as our book of the month for its category.

FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH

Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey

Reviewed by Joe Murray, Readings Kids

What do…

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Mark your diaries because Readings is hosting one of our rare and fabulous warehouse sales! There will be something for everyone with books, gifts, music and more! Prices start from as low as $2. Please note, it is EFTPOS payments only.

What: Tons of books at fabulous, super-cheap prices!

When: Saturday 25 May 10am - 6pm

Where: The Readings Warehouse at 3/119-123 Adderley Street, West Melbourne (beside Festival Hall)

Public transport near by:

Train: North Melbourne for closest station.

Tram…

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Each week our wonderful staff share the books and music that they've been enjoying.

Tracy Hwang is reading It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over by Anne de Marcken

I’m reading Anne de Marcken’s It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over, one of the joint winners of the second Novel Prize. Given that the inaugural Novel Prize gave us Jessica Au’s unforgettable Cold Enough for Snow, I was really looking forward to what the second round would give…

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