Readings announces 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2019 New Australian Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: A Constant Hum (Alice Bishop, Text) Inappropriation (Lexi Freiman, A&U) The Flight of Birds...
Nugent wins Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019
Carly Nugent has won the 2019 Readings Children’s Book Prize for The Peacock Detectives (Text). Nugent’s title was chosen from a shortlist of six, announced in February. She receives $3000....
Readings celebrates 50th anniversary
Melbourne bookshop Readings is celebrating 50 years since establishing its first store. The original Readings bookshop was founded in Carlton in 1969 by Ross Reading, his wife Dot Reading, and...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2019 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Readings Children’s Book Prize for 2019 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Ice Wolves: Elementals Book One (Amie Kaufman, HarperCollins) The Orchard Underground (Mat Larkin, Hardie...
Readings Foundation announces 2019 grant recipients
The Readings Foundation has chosen nine Victorian organisations to share in $146,700 worth of grants in 2019. The grant recipients are: Aboriginal Literacy Foundation: $20,000 to start an after-school program...
‘Pulse Points’ wins 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction
Jennifer Down's short story collection Pulse Points (Text) has won the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Pulse Points was chosen from a shortlist of six by a judging panel comprising...
Readings SLV moves to larger site amid library redevelopment
The Readings bookshop at State Library Victoria (SLV) has moved to a larger shop space, due to the $88.1 million redevelopment of SLV. The new SLV shop site is 60%...
Rubbo awarded ‘Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award’
Managing director of Readings Mark Rubbo has been jointly awarded the Emerging Philanthropy Leadership Award at the 2018 Creative Partnerships Awards. Rubbo shared the award with philanthropist, volunteer and advocate...
‘Amelia Westlake’ wins 2018 Readings YA book prize
Erin Gough has won the 2018 Readings Young Adult Book Prize for her novel Amelia Westlake (Hardie Grant Egmont). Gough’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the...
Readings renovates flagship Carlton shop
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will refurbish its flagship Carlton shop, after 20 years in its current location. The Lygon Street shop will be closed for approximately seven weeks from Tuesday,...
Readings to return as MWF festival bookseller
Melbourne independent bookseller Readings will return as the Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) official bookseller in 2016, replacing Dymocks, which has run the festival bookstore for the past few years. Managing...
Readings to open two new stores
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings will open two new bookstores: a children’s and YA bookstore next door to its Lygon Street store in Carlton, and a store in the Westfield Doncaster...
Readings Foundation awards $93,000 in grants for 2016
The Readings Foundation has chosen seven Victorian organisations to share $93,000 worth of grants in 2016. The grant recipients are: 3081 Angels: $10,000 to support a volunteer team to work...
Huber appointed head book buyer at Readings Carlton
Readings has appointed Alison Huber as the new head buyer of the books division at Readings Carlton.Huber, the current academic buyer at Readings Carlton, replaces Martin Shaw, who is moving...
Readings Children’s Book Prize 2015 shortlist announced
Independent Melbourne bookseller Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Readings Children’s Book Prize.The shortlisted titles are: Rivertime (Trace Balla, A&U) The Mapmakers Chronicles: Race to the End of...
Readings Foundation awards $123,880 in grants for 2015
The Readings Foundation has announced nine Victorian organisations that will share $123,880 worth of grants. The grant recipients are: Somebody’s Daughter Theatre: $10,000 to ‘add a storytelling/writing program for the...
‘Only the Animals’ wins inaugural Readings New Australian Writing Award
Ceridwen Dovey’s Only the Animals (Hamish Hamilton) has won the inaugural Readings New Australian Writing Award. Dovey’s novel was chosen from a shortlist of six for the $4000 prize, which was established earlier this...
Readings New Australian Writing Award 2014 shortlist announced
Readings has announced the titles shortlisted for its $4000 New Australian Writing Award. The shortlisted titles are: After Darkness (Christine Piper, A&U) An Elegant Young Man (Luke Carman, Giramondo) Foreign...
‘Song for a Scarlet Runner’ wins inaugural Readings Children’s Book Prize
Song for a Scarlet Runner by Julie Hunt (A&U) has won the inaugural Readings Children’s Book Prize.The book was chosen from a shortlist of eight. Also on the shortlist were: ...
Readings expands SLV store
The Readings store at the State Library of Victoria has been extended by almost a third. The store, which closed for two weeks for renovations, reopened on Thursday 19 June...