Lucie Dess
Lucie Dess is the marketing and events coordinator at Readings
Review — 26 Apr 2022
The Cult of Romance by Sarah Ayoub
To Natalie, marriage is a scam and love is a lie. At least that’s what her parents’ failed marriage has led her to believe. When her best friend, Janet returns…
Blog post — 10 May 2022
Seven graphic novels that would make great screen adaptions
The television adaptation of the Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman hit Netflix and I have already binged the entire season! Here are seven graphic novels I think would make great…
Review — 2 Nov 2021
Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton & Aśka (illus.)
Maisie and her mother are travelling across the country to attend the fan convention, FanCon, where Maisie will finally meet her hero Kara Bufano, the actor who plays her favourite…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
Half My Luck by Samera Kamaleddine
Layla considers herself sort of Lebanese, sort of Australian, and is struggling to find where she belongs. When she was a baby, she was cursed by the evil eye. At…
Blog post — 21 Jun 2021
Queer YA books I'm adding to my TBR pile
It’s June which means it’s Pride Month! And there are some seriously awesome LGBTQIA+ books hitting the YA shelves this year. Here are the books I’m adding to my to-…
Blog post — 16 Jun 2021
Find your next graphic novel for tweens
If you loved Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans…
…then you need to read Nightlights, a beautifully illustrated story of finding yourself.
Every night, tiny stars appear out of the…
Review — 28 Jun 2021
Trivial Grievances: On the Contradictions, Myths and Misery of Your 30s by Bridie Jabour
In late 2019, Guardian Australia opinion editor Bridie Jabour wrote a viral article titled ‘The millennials at 31: Welcome to the age of misery’. Jabour wrote it believing the uniquesocial…
Review — 1 Jun 2021
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
It’s 1983 and the night of the Riva family’s annual end-of-summer party. Anyone who is anyone will be stepping through the doors of supermodel Nina Riva’s beachside Malibu mansion. Every…
Blog post — 10 May 2021
Beginner's Guide to Alice Oseman
Alice Oseman is one of the most authentic and talked-about voices in contemporary YA. Her books are filled with strong friendships, self-discovery, and coming-of-age experiences, while the characters that populate…
Review — 30 Mar 2021
The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy
‘The hearing world rarely welcomes deaf bodies,’ writes Fiona Murphy in her heartbreakingly honest memoir The Shape of Sound. Murphy kept secret that she is deaf in her left…
