Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe is the Readings Prize and Readings Foundation coordinator and a senior buyer for Readings Kids. She is also the author of two books on sustainable living, A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising your Impact on the Planet and Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices That Won’t Cost the Earth.
Blog post — 11 Apr 2022
Clunes Booktown Festival is back!
We are excited to be returning to Clunes this year for the Booktown Festival on the weekend of 30 April – 1 May.
The festival celebrates books and authors, taking…
Review — 28 Mar 2022
Sugar by Carly Nugent
I was very excited to read this debut YA novel by Carly Nugent, who won the Readings Children’s Book Prize in 2019 for her middle-grade novel The Peacock Detectives…
Blog post — 21 Mar 2022
Books by comedians for kids
In Melbourne, it’s time for the annual Comedy Festival. We all need a laugh more than ever, and who doesn’t love to hear the sound of kids laughing? Our Aussie…
Blog post — 17 Mar 2022
Vale Shirley Hughes
It was with great sadness that we learned beloved English children’s author and illustrator, Shirley Hughes, died recently at the age of 94. Her contribution to the world of children’s…
Blog post — 10 Mar 2022
I'm with the band – music themed YA
Who doesn’t love a juicy story with behind the scenes gossip about the music world, filled with tempestuous singers, badly behaved drummers, stifled songwriters and giggling fans? Well, it turns…
Review — 1 Mar 2022
The Revelry by Katherine Webber
This intriguing horror story is based around a sleepy rural town and a legendary party in the woods. Known as the Revelry, the festivities are shrouded in secrecy and only…
Review — 1 Mar 2022
Piano Fingers by Caroline Magerl
This beautiful picture book is the story of a musical family and two sisters: Isla, the elder, bossy and sure of herself and her talent; and Bea, the younger, trying…
Review — 26 Apr 2022
Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
We Were Liars, one of the most popular young adult books of recent years, is a thrilling read, and this prequel is just as enthralling. Set on the same…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
This book by a young Irish teenager is an extraordinarily beautiful seasonal diary of observing and appreciating nature, teeming with stunning descriptions of the natural world. As he observes the…
Review — 1 Mar 2022
Growing Up in Flames by Zach Jones
Kenna’s mother Ava died in a bushfire and she now lives with her uncle and aunt in her mum’s hometown, Kimba. She is trying to understand why her mum left…
