Ingrid Josephine
Ingrid Josephine is a former Readings bookseller
Review — 25 Jun 2014
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
The Miniaturist sparked a bidding war at last year’s London Book Fair and resulted in a six-figure deal for Jessie Burton – not bad for a book rescued from a…
Review — 27 Aug 2013
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Mostly set in present-day Singapore, Crazy Rich Asians follows three incredibly wealthy, inter-married Chinese families, and let me assure you, crazy rich is an understatement. The story focuses on Rachel…
Blog post — 4 Nov 2013
Home with Beci Orpin
Recently, Readings Visual Merchandising talent Miranda La Fleur and I had the pleasure to actually, literally, be at home with Beci Orpin for a wonderful crafternoon to celebrate her new…
Review — 1 Apr 2013
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald is a fictionalised portrait of the woman who was married to the famous (or infamous) F. Scott Fitzgerald. It paints a far more realistic…
Review — 20 Feb 2013
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale For the Time Being is an engrossing story that alternates between the diary of Nao, a suicidal 16-year-old teenage girl from Tokyo, and the musings of Ruth, a…
Blog post — 29 Oct 2012
Five CDs To Play This Halloween
Music lover Ingrid Josephine makes suggestions for some CDs to play this Halloween – a couple of which are perhaps not so much ‘scary’ as appropriately named.
What…
Blog post — 6 Dec 2010
The Readings Foundation grant recipients for 2011
Trustees of The Readings Foundation, including writer Helen Garner, Readings staff and donor Peter Donoghue (ex-managing director of Publishers John Wiley Australia) met in late November to award a record…