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Ellen Cregan

Ellen Cregan is a former marketing coordinator for Readings.

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Exciting Times
by Naoise Dolan

Reviewed by
Ellen Cregan, Mar 2020

Ava is an Irish expat living in Hong Kong, teaching English to privileged Hongkonger children. She is in her twenties, and is a rudderless kind of high-achiever: intelligent, but unable (or unwilling) to focus her ability. Miserable in her shared…

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Recent blog posts by Ellen Cregan

Books
7 Dec 2020

My five favourite reads of 2020

Online bookseller Ellen Cregan shares her five favourite reads of the year – from vivid, fragmented memoir and elegant Gothic fiction, to a funny, smart queer anti-romance perfect for summer reading The Adversary by Ronnie Scott Each year I try…
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Music
14 Nov 2019

The best pop albums of 2019

Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 pop albums of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order…
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Books
30 Sep 2019

Which Zadie Smith book should you read first?

Exciting news: Zadie Smith is coming to Melbourne as part of the Wheeler Centre’s Broadside festival. If you want to get stuck into this legendary author’s oeuvre, but aren’t sure where to begin, read on! Interweaving 10 completely new and…
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Books
9 Jan 2019

Chilling reads to keep you cool in summer

Summer is here and Melbourne is heating up. Here, our marketing and events coordinator Ellen Cregan shares seven bookish recommendations to help you cool down The Library of Ice by Nancy Campbell This book takes on the mammoth task of…
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Music
15 Nov 2018

The best pop CDs of 2018

Every year our staff vote for their favourite books, albums, films and TV shows of the past 12 months. Here are our top 10 pop CDs of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff, and displayed in no particular order…
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News
18 Oct 2018

Jennifer Down wins the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction

The winner of the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction in 2018 is Pulse Points by Jennifer Down. The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, now in its fifth year, is awarded to a work of fiction by an Australian…
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News
20 Aug 2018

The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction shortlist 2018

Congratulations to the six authors shortlisted for The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2018. Now in its fifth year, the prize recognises exceptional new contributions to local literature. Over the past twelve months, the judging panel considered more than…
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Food and gardening
1 May 2018

Go vegan with one of these terrific cookbooks

Readings bookseller Ellen Cregan shares some of her favourite cookbooks for going vegan. For a good cause Edgar’s Mission is an animal sanctuary that cater to creatures of all sizes, from guinea pigs to regular pigs. At the end of…
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