Jackie Tang
Jackie Tang is a former editor of Readings Monthly
Blog post — 13 Oct 2019
What are the characters on Succession reading?
If you haven’t yet gleaned from that annoying workmate who keeps asking if you’ve watched it (guilty), the HBO drama Succession is one of the breakout TV shows of the…
Review — 19 Aug 2019
This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield
Nate is stuck in a loop: go to school; go to the youth centre with his loudmouth best mate, Merrick; go home to his aggressive dad Dec, Dec’s new wife…
Blog post — 16 May 2019
An IDAHOBIT suggested reading list
Today – Friday, 17 May – is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), a day to stand against the prejudice, fear, violence and marginalisation that members of…
Blog post — 30 Apr 2019
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
This month we were fortunate to be visited by Bec Kavanagh; writer, reviewer, young adult fiction specialist at Readings Kids and former schools manager with the Stella Prize.
As befitting…
Blog post — 20 Mar 2019
Sci-fi and fantasy reads for non-genre fans
The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Blade Runner … science-fiction and fantasy literature has spawned so many classic stories that catch the popular culture zeitgeist. And…
Blog post — 20 Feb 2019
Board books with female characters to tackle gender bias
I once had a customer walk into the shop with a very reasonable request: board books featuring human girls or women – no female animals, please, she had plenty of…
Blog post — 13 Feb 2019
Romance and rom-com readalikes
If you liked Lizzie and Darcy’s ‘opposites attract’ chemistry in Pride and Prejudice, you’ll like …
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Uzma Jalaluddin has taken Jane Austen’s prototypical…
Review — 26 Mar 2019
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews
Fifteen-year-old Sam and his older brother Avery are struggling to make a better life for themselves on the streets after being abused by every parental figure in their life. Avery…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Among the diverse archipelago of Earthsea, the island of Gont is famous for wizards and of the Gontish wizards, the greatest is the man called Sparrowhawk. Ursula K. Le Guin’s…
