Emily Harms
Emily Harms is a former marketing manager for Readings
Review — 23 Jun 2015
The Other Side of the World by Stephanie Bishop
Stephanie Bishop’s The Other Side of the World is a brilliant work of art. Bishop’s intensely visceral writing has a haunting beauty reminiscent of the writings of Emily Brontë and…
Review — 12 Nov 2014
The Girl Who Lived by Susan Jane Berg
Sunday 27 October, 1985. Susan was 15 years old and set out on a fishing trip in a boat with her mum, dad and older brother, Bill, on Westernport Bay…
Blog post — 1 Sep 2015
A visit to Tiwi Islands with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Emily Harms, our head of Marketing and Communications, was recently invited on a field trip to the Tiwi Islands to see the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) in action. She reports…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Vestiges and Claws by José González
Indie folk singer–songwriter and guitarist José González’s dulcet tones first drifted over me in the back of Readings Carlton in 2007 as he was performing a few beautiful songs from…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Advanced Style
Ari Seth Cohen started his blog, Advanced Style, when he moved to New York four years ago. Inspired by his own grandmother’s unique personal style and the impossible-to-ignore ‘gorgeous…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Hello, Beautiful! by Hannie Rayson
Hannie Rayson is one of Australia’s most renowned and revered playwrights for stage and TV. Inheritance, Hotel Sorrento and Life after George all capture the quintessential contemporary Australian voice…
Review — 27 Jan 2015
Useful by Debra Oswald
Fans of Offspring, Australia’s popular TV series, will love this book! It’s author is Offspring co-creator and head writer, Debra Oswald, who has also written three ‘Aussie Bite’ books…
Review — 26 Oct 2014
Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas
There is no doubt Christos Tsiolkas is a master of the written word. He tickles and seduces us with the innocence and excitement of a new lover leading you to…
Review — 26 May 2013
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed is Khaled Hosseini’s much-anticipated third novel, following bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, which combined sold more than 38 million copies worldwide.
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Review — 25 Jun 2014
Friendship by Emily Gould
Bev Tunney and Amy Schwerin have been best friends for years, ever since they worked together in a publishing house in New York City: ‘…we’re a couple, in a way…