Love Your Bookshop Day is taking place tomorrow, Saturday 11 October!

To celebrate we have free cupcakes to share (while stock lasts!), the  chance to win a year’s worth of Libro.fm audiobooks at each of our shops, and customers who buy two or more Penguin books can take home an adorable Personal Penguin figurine.

Plus, during the month of October we’re offering 20% off a range of past Booker Prize winners when you buy two or more titles (available at Carlton, Hawthorn, Malvern and Emporium shops), and young intrepid explorers can save 20% off Lonely Planet for Kids, including lift-the-flaps, language learning, activity books and more.

15 October at 6pm
Readings Carlton

Esther Anatolitis in conversation to discuss her essay, When Australia Became a Republic.

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28 October at 6.15pm
Cinema Nova (Lygon St, Carlton)

Australia's leading social psychologist, Hugh Mackay joins us to chat about his latest book.

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30 October at 6.30pm
Readings State Library Victoria

Michael Williams, Professor Julianne Schultz, Jacob Hickey and Mark Atkin on what it means to be Australian.

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Featuring over 30 vibrant events including walking tours, political discussions, intimate literary salons and a cheesemaking class, our A Day in Carlton literary celebration is just a month away.

Browse some of our highlights below and check out the full program online and in the October edition of the Readings Monthly.

Learn to make mozzarella in this fun, hands-on workshop with expert cheesemaker, Giorgio Linguanti. Ticket price includes a copy of Burrata, an apron and, of course, cheese! 

Bestselling crime author R.W.R. McDonald chats with Michael Burge about rural noir, queer reckonings, and Burge's new book, Dirt Trap. 

Raise a glass to the winners of The Readings Prizes for Children, Young Adult and New Australian Fiction, as well as the announcement of The Gab Williams Prize winner for 2025.