Lian Hingee
Lian Hingee is digital marketing manager at Readings. She’s been working in books for twenty years.
Blog post — 5 Nov 2017
Sweet DIY gift ideas for Christmas
It’s always wonderful to receive a handmade gift for Christmas, and if you’re planning to wrap up some home-made pressies for under the tree this year it’s definitely not too…
Blog post — 16 Oct 2017
Books to inspire you during NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) kicks off on November 1. If you’re planning to get involved here are some suggestions for novels to inspire you.
Blog post — 18 Sep 2017
Strong female characters who embrace their femininity
The ‘strong female character’ trope is a familiar one. Ass-kicking, gun-toting, take-no-prisoners women like Ripley from Alien or Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games trilogy tend to be where our…
Review — 24 Sep 2017
The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Aaronovitch’s series of PC Grant novels are urban fantasies that somehow manage to combine the jaunty ‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello of a traditional British police procedural with the rich mythology…
Review — 25 Sep 2016
The Trespasser by Tana French
The wonderful thing about Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series is that they’re all excellent, but all very different at the same time. Each book has enough familiarity to allow…
Blog post — 22 Aug 2017
A passive aggressive gift guide for Father's Day
Socks and ties are all very nice, but if you want to give a gift with layers upon layers of hidden meaning here’s a guide to some of our best…
Blog post — 14 Aug 2017
Feminist memoirs from young women
No Way! Okay, Fine by Brodie Lancaster
No Way! Okay, Fine, by young Melbourne writer Brodie Lancaster, was shortlisted for the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. This witty and…
Blog post — 20 Jul 2017
14 of our favourite #BookFaceFridays
One of the most popular things we do over at our Instagram account is our weekly #BookFaceFriday photo. Started by the New York Public Library way back in 2014 (this…
Blog post — 28 Jun 2017
Recommended books about the refugee crisis
The latest statistics from the United Nations Refugee Agency state that, globally, one in every 113 people is either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee. It can be difficult…
Blog post — 24 May 2017
Mouthwatering food in fiction
Our digital marketing manager Lian Hingee shares some of her favourite novels that feature mouthwatering moments of food.
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
The protagonist at the centre of Nora Ephron’s…