Fiona Hardy
Fiona Hardy is a bookseller at Readings Doncaster and Readings Carlton. She is also the author of books for children including How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days and How to Tackle Your Dreams. She is the former crime fiction columnist for Readings Monthly.
Review — 27 Jan 2015
Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck
Swedish Lapland, June 1717 (note, this reader virtually never reads things set in the past): Finns Maija and Paavo take their children Frederika and Dorotea to Sweden, away from the…
Blog post — 19 Nov 2015
The best pop CDs of 2015
Here are our top ten pop CDs of the year, voted for by Readings’ staff. Displayed in no particular order.
I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty
J. Tillman’s…
Blog post — 19 Nov 2015
The best crime books of 2015
Here are our top ten crime books of the year, voted for by Readings staff. Displayed in no particular order.
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Word of…
Blog post — 3 Nov 2015
Best new crime in November
CRIME FICTION OF THE MONTH:
Good Money by J.M. Green
This time is an unfair part of the year for picking my Book of the Month. When confronted with Gentill…
Review — 26 Oct 2015
Good Money by J.M. Green
This time is an unfair part of the year for picking my Book of the Month. When confronted with Gentill, Disher, Rankin, Galbraith and more, somehow I’m supposed to make…
Blog post — 13 Oct 2015
Best new crime in October
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH:
The Dark Inside by Rod Reynolds
As someone who’s never been to America’s south, I only know what I read in books: lots of diners…
Review — 28 Sep 2015
The Dark Inside by Rod Reynolds
As someone who’s never been to America’s south, I only know what I read in books: lots of diners, folks who don’t like the look of you, and dirt tracks…
Blog post — 21 Sep 2015
Fiona Hardy interviews Alecia Simmonds
Our crime fiction specialist, Fiona Hardy, chats to author Alecia Simmonds about Wild Man.
On a strange dark night in April 2012, a peaceful gathering at a remote property…
Blog post — 13 Sep 2015
Best new crime in September
CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH:
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
While I love a solely plot-driven book as much as I love a blustery action movie (i.e. a LOT), a…
Blog post — 23 Aug 2015
The winners of the Ned Kelly Awards 2015
On Saturday night, the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards were celebrated at the Bella Union as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. This is the twentieth year of the awards, and…