The Readings Podcast

Readings bookseller David Little chats with Justin Heazlewood about his memoir, Get Up Mum.

Readings' events and programming manager Christine Gordon sits down with poet Andy Jackson and author Lee Kofman to discuss lyrical prose, poetry, writing and how we can be our most honest selves.

Readings events and programming manager Chris Gordon talks to author Felicity McLean about her quintessentially Australian coming-of-age story, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone.

Children's bookseller and author Leanne Hall sits down with Readings Kids shop manager Angela Crocombe, to give us an insight into the wonderful world of kids' publishing and bookselling. They touch on representation and diversity in children's publishing, the success of Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu, and give us some of their personal children's books recommendations.

Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia’s foremost social researchers. In the Quarterly Essay, Huntley looks at the state of the nation and asks: what does social-democratic Australia want, and why? In this episode of the Readings Podcast, Huntley discuss these essential and timely questions with Maxine McKew.

We were delighted to have bestselling author Stan Grant in Melbourne for one night only to talk about his two new books, Australia Day and On Identity. Grant is in conversation with Nam Le, author of The Boat.

Author Matthew Warren drops by to talk to Tom Hoskins about his new book, Blackout, which asks the question, how is energy-rich Australia running out of electricity?

Bestselling writer Ben Elton is the author of several novels, including his most recent book Identity Crisis. In this live recording of our event, Elton talks to Shaun Micallef about his new comic satire.

Author Jane Caro drops by to talk to Chris Gordon about her latest book, Accidental Feminists, a celebration of how one generation became feminists and how their grit, adaptability, energy and persistence changed the world.

In our second episode of Good Cop, Bad Cop, Readings crime specialists Fiona Hardy and Deborah Crabtree chat to author and On Writing podcast host JP Pomare about his debut literary suspense novel Call Me Evie.

In our first episode of Good Cop, Bad Cop, Readings crime specialists Fiona Hardy and Deborah Crabtree chat to Dervla McTiernan about her second crime novel, The Scholar.

In this bonus episode (recorded a couple of weeks ago), Readings book buyer and bookseller Marie Matteson talks to events manager Chris Gordon about the forthcoming and new fiction and nonfiction she can't wait to read this year.

Hear our events manager Chris Gordon in conversation with Kirsten Alexander about her captivating new historical novel Half Moon Lake, which was inspired by a real case in America's Deep South about a lost boy and the two mothers who both seek to claim him.

Helen Garner talks with Chloe Hooper about her early career and the impact of Monkey Grip and The Children’s Bach on her writing life. This is a live recording from our event.

Readings children's specialist bookseller Leanne Hall talks to Chris Gordon about the children's and YA books she's most excited for in 2019.

Award-winning chef Yotam Ottolenghi is the author of several bestselling cookbooks, including Plenty, Sweet (co-authored with Helen Goh), and most recently, Simple. In this live recording of our sold-out event at the Melbourne Town Hall, Ottolenghi talks to Maeve O'Meara about the joy of remaining simple in his approach to food, life and love.

Two of our booksellers discuss some of the best books of 2018, and share their recommendations for holiday reading.

Carlton bookseller Marie Matteson chats with author and musician Holly Throsby about her second novel, Cedar Valley.

David Marr chats with George Megalogenis about a lifetime of writing and his new book, My Country. This is a live recording from our event.

Hear our events manager Chris Gordon in conversation with Clare Press about her empowering new book, Rise & Resist: How to Change the World.

Our Managing Director Mark Rubbo talks with David Malouf about his new book of poetry, An Open Book. This is a live recording from our event.

Hear our events manager Chris Gordon in conversation with Elizabeth Kleinhenz about her new biography, Germaine: The Life of Germaine Greer.

Don Watson talks with Martin Flanagan about the updated edition of his classic essay, On Indignation. This is a live recording from our event. (Photo credit: Susan Gordon-Brown)

Jennifer Down is the winner of this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Here, she chats with Ellen Cregan, chair of the judging panel, about her winning work of fiction, Pulse Points.

Clementine Ford talks about her new book, Boys Will Be Boys, which addresses toxic masculinity and raising a son. This is a live recording from our event.