Lian Hingee
Lian Hingee is digital marketing manager at Readings. She’s been working in books for twenty years.
Review — 1 Oct 2020
It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake by Claire Christian
Claire Christian was one of the finalists for our 2018 Readings Young Adult Book Prize for her impressive debut, Beautiful Mess. Now, this talented young writer is back with…
Review — 21 Oct 2019
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern’s award-winning debut novel The Night Circus is one of those wonderful books that swallows you whole, rendering the world of a magical carnival in such vivid prose that…
Review — 24 Jun 2018
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder is the author of So Sad Today, a powerful collection of essays about feminism, sex, love, depression, and addiction. Broder’s first novel, The Pisces, takes these…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Boys Will Be... by Susann Hofmann
Boasting bold and brightly coloured illustrations, big flaps on every page, and a large easy-to-handle format Girls Are Pretty… and Boys Will Be… by Susann Hoffman are clever, empowering board…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Girls Are Pretty… by Susann Hoffmann
Boasting bold and brightly coloured illustrations, big flaps on every page, and a large easy-to-handle format* Girls Are Pretty…* and Boys Will Be… by Susann Hoffman are clever, empowering board…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
What I Like About Me is the highly anticipated debut from Buzzfeed columnist, journalist, editor, and pop-culture connoisseur Jenna Guillaume. Written in diary form, this witty YA novel takes place…
Blog post — 12 Dec 2018
Terrific sci-fi & fantasy to indulge in this summer
Our digital marketing manager Lian Hingee shares 12 sci-fi and fantasy books to get stuck into over the summer break. Plus, you find even more recommendations from this past year…
Blog post — 10 Oct 2018
Six new novels that blur the line between fantasy & reality
Digital Marketing Manager Lian Hingee shares some recent fiction releases that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Melmoth by Sarah Perry
Inspired by the nineteenth century gothic novel, Melmoth…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham
No one does Australian Gothic quite like Rosalie Ham. Her sun-soaked revenge fantasy, The Dressmaker, captured a particular side of rural Australia – one steeped in malice, jealousy, bitter…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
Early Riser by Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde – master of absurdity, champion of satire, ridiculer of bureaucracy, and proud Welshman – is back. If that sentence doesn’t fill you with a thrill of excitement then…
