Lian Hingee
Lian Hingee is digital marketing manager at Readings. She’s been working in books for twenty years.
Blog post — 26 Sep 2016
Picture books that explore themes of grief and loss
Digital Marketing Manager Lian Hingee shares some of her best picks for picture books that explore themes of grief and loss.
Grief and sadness are complicated feelings for anyone, and…
Blog post — 17 Aug 2016
A beginner's guide to Tana French
I’m a bit late to the party on Irish crime writer, Tana French, whose first novel In the Woods was released nearly a decade ago. It came out just before…
Review — 25 Sep 2016
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
There’s already quite a bit of buzz about Krystal Sutherland’s debut novel, with comparisons being drawn to John Green and Rainbow Rowell and a movie already in the works. It’s…
Blog post — 19 Jul 2016
Memoirs and essays about depression and anxiety
So Sad Today by Melissa Broder
Inspired by her own experience with panic attacks and dread, acclaimed poet Melissa Broder wrote So Sad Today , exploring the existential themes of…
Blog post — 16 May 2016
Wardrobe Crisis: ethics, sustainability & the fashion revolution
Our digital marketing manager (and fashion enthusiast) Lian Hingee recommends Wardrobe Crisis, in which Clare Press explores the history and ethics behind what we wear.
In 2013 the world…
Blog post — 12 Apr 2016
Books for people who find Mother's Day difficult
The cookbooks are coming out en masse, there are dressing gowns in every department store catalogue, and cards with flowers on them being displayed at the front of stationery shops…
Blog post — 4 Apr 2016
A beginner's guide to Neil Gaiman
I’m a long-time fan of Neil Gaiman’s novels, and am always trying to put them into the hands of people who haven’t yet discovered his particular brand of intelligent, unexpected…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
Fellside by M.R. Carey
When Jess Moulson is found guilty of the murder of a young boy named Alex, she’s sentenced to spend the rest of her life within the walls of Fellside, a…
Blog post — 23 Feb 2016
Six of the best books to read aloud
‘You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child’ – Dr Seuss
Recent studies have shown the importance of reading aloud…
Blog post — 15 Feb 2016
Contemporary antidotes to terrible classics
We all have them – books that were forced on us in school; essential classics that we choked down despite hating every word; the worthy, the venerable, the WORST. Here…