Aurelia Orr
Aurelia Orr is from Readings Kids
Review — 30 Aug 2022
Utopia by Heidi Sopinka
Heidi Sopinka has created a piece of art and it is glorious. Utopia takes the Gothic genre and births something completely unique – forget abandoned castles, the harsh desert can…
Blog post — 29 Aug 2022
Interview with Selby Wynn Schwartz
We were thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with of one of this year’s Booker Prize longlisted authors, Selby Wynn Schwartz. Read on for a wonderful conversation between bookseller…
Review — 19 Sep 2022
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver reimagines and recaptures the soul and spirit of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield in her breathtaking new novel set in modern Southern Appalachia, USA. Damon (quickly nicknamed Demon) was…
Review — 28 Jul 2022
Faithless by Alice Nelson
You know that feeling you have when you read a line from a book and you instantly know that you will love this book forever? Like the author has somehow…
Review — 30 Aug 2022
All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Tracey Lien’s debut novel is a striking blend of unputdownable murder mystery and complex exploration of racial identity and the intricate bonds between friends and family.
When Ky Tran’s brother…
Review — 29 Aug 2022
Dancing Barefoot by Alice Boyle
If you’re ever in the need for a feel-good, heartfelt romance, or simply a book to cosy up to like a warm, fuzzy blanket by the fireside, I recommend Dancing…
Review — 28 Jun 2022
After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
With After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz takes an entrancing look at art, sapphism, feminism and the emancipation of women in 19th- and 20th-century Europe. Not just a feminist manifesto…
Review — 28 Jun 2022
This Is Gonna End in Tears by Liza Klaussmann
This Is Gonna End in Tears is a captivating story about the strength of friendship, trying to forget the past and what happens when the past comes rushing back to…
Review — 26 Jul 2022
The Hidden Girl by Louise Bassett
When Melati Nelson gets unfairly sent to counselling sessions for standing up to the school bully, she discovers a diary written in Indonesian in her teacher’s office and steals it…
Review — 28 Jul 2022
Salt and Skin by Eliza Henry-Jones
Salt and Skin is a siren’s song, a nightingale’s lullaby; haunting and beguiling, it sinks you into the depths of the dark Scottish islands mythologised by tales of witches and…
