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Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist 2015
The shortlist for the Ned Kelly Awards 2015 was announced last Saturday at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, by bestselling Australian author Michael Robotham. It’s the 20th anniversary of the prestigious award, with the winners being announced at the Bella Union on Saturday August 22, as part of Melbourne Writers Festival.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors, listed here in full.
Best Crime
Sweet One by Peter Docker
Eden by Candice Fox
A Murder Unmentioned by Sulari Gentill
Gun…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
A Guide to Berlin by Gail Jones
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
James Halliday Wine Companion 2016 by James Halliday
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
The Girl With the Dogs by Anna Funder
Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom by Millie Marotta
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Millie Marotta’s Tropical Wonderland: A Colouring Book Adventure by Millie Marotta
Fictional bookshops in children's books that we'd love to visit in real life
To celebrate National Bookshop Day on Saturday 8 August, here are some fictional bookshops for children to visit in their imagination.
Flourish and Blott’s in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
They bought Harry’s school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts where the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and…
What we're reading: Eliza Henry-Jones, Eka Kurniawan and Sally Morgan
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.
Ann Le Lievre is reading In the Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones
In the Quiet by Eliza Henry-Jones is a radiant Australian debut – full to the brim of beautifully-drawn characters, against the backdrop of a semi-rural Aussie landscape. The plot centres around a family of three teenagers, their father and their close friends…
A collection of some of our favourite Readings moments
Here are just a few of our favourite memories from over the years at Readings.
The time when Mark Rubbo was just starting out.
new
(current) shop in Carlton.
The time when everyone wanted a copy of the new Harry Potter.
The time our staff dressed up as Where’s Wally.
And the time they all wore their most striking jumper.
And… the time they all wore stripes.
That time we hosted a movie night in a laneway (featuring Graphic Novels!…
A mid-festival update from MIFF 2015
Here’s our mid-festival update from this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival. Staff share what their thoughts on what they’ve seen so far, and tell us what they’re still looking forward to. (You can find the full program here).
Nina Kenwood’s favourite film (so far) has been The Wolfpack
To date, I’ve seen four films at MIFF, and I’ve adored them all.
I watched three documentaries: Do I Sound Gay?, The Cult of JT Leroy and The Wolfpack.
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Join us to celebrate National Bookshop Day this Saturday
This Saturday 8 August is National Bookshop Day – an annual celebration of bookshops across the country. And we’d love you to come by one of our five shops and join in the fun.
If you’re a coffee lover as well as book lover, you’re in luck…
On the day, we’ll be offering 10% off all full-priced books to any customer who presents a coffee cup from Market Lane Coffee that features a special Oslo Davis bike illustration (see image…
The best showcase of Australian children's book authors and illustrators
Introducing one of the most exciting Australian children’s books of the year – The Hush Treasure Book – which showcases our finest children’s book illustrators and authors.
Readings is thrilled to be hosting an event to celebrate the Hush Music Foundation’s latest creative endeavour – a treasury of funny and moving illustrated stories by some of Australia’s finest children’s book authors and artists, published by Allen and Unwin. This free event will be held at our Hawthorn store on Saturday…
Mark's Say, August 2015
The Australia Council was formed in 1967 by then Prime Minister Harold Holt and it was given statutory authority by the Whitlam government in 1975. Modelled on the successful Canada Council, it took on many of its features including arms-length funding to organisations and artists decided by groups of peers. Over its life it has periodically suffered attacks from many sectors in the community; unsuccessful applicants accuse it of being cliquey, commentators such as Andrew Bolt have accused it of…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
James Halliday Wine Companion 2016 by James Halliday
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
Island Home: A Landscape Memoir by Tim Winton (All these sales were pre-orders.)
Millie Marotta’s Tropical Wonderland: A Colouring Book Adventure by Millie Marotta
The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People by Emma Farrarons
The Girl With the Dogs by Anna Funder
A Guide to Berlin by Gail Jones
Gut: the Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Under-Rated Organ by Giulia Enders
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