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June is Readings Australian Fiction Month!

At Readings we are passionate about supporting, championing, and selling the work of Australian writers, and we are thrilled to announce our inaugural Readings Australian Fiction Month.

It’s political, it’s cultural, and it’s more than just a supportive sentiment, it’s a tangible contribution to the work of national storytelling and sustains those who write.

Alison Huber, Readings' Head Book Buyer

To get you started, during the month of June you can save 20% off a terrific range of our favourite Australian fiction titles, plus when you buy any Australian fiction title in our shops you will receive a collectible badge.

Take a look at a selection of the great books on offer below, and browse the full collection here.

'Burial Rites is the story of the last woman executed in Iceland, but for me the story is the imagery. I read it over and over for the stark seascape and to escape the 86-tram ride. I read Kent's work so I can be struck by wonder.'

Chris Gordon on Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
$18.39 (was $22.99)

'Winton's masterful writing can take your breath away and it is what makes the whole novel shimmer in your imagination for years.'

Joe Rubbo on Breath by Tim Winton
$19.99 (was $24.99)

'Helen Garner has such a way with words, simple, mundane issues in life are turned into the most reeling sentences.'

Thomas Busse on The Spare Room by Helen Garner
$19.16 (was $23.95)

'One of the finest depictions of working-class Melbourne in contemporary Australian literature. It is unsentimental and fragmentary, but deeply humane.'

Nico Callaghan on Shadowboxing by Tony Birch
$23.99 (was $29.99)

'A beautifully written story of friendship, betrayal and families ... an utterly unforgettable book that I continue to champion to friends and readers.'

Angela Crocombe on The Strays by Emily Bitto
$19.99 (was $24.99)

'It is very beautifully constructed, gentle and thoughtful. Nothing much, in a dramatic sense, happens, yet it resonates.'

Mark Rubbo on Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
$21.56 (was $26.95)

'A timely and vivid reminder of the power of community action and the importance of holding on to your humanity when the world is collapsing around you.'

Lian HIngee on A Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
$19.99 (was $24.99)

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Our June newsletter has arrived

In the June edition of the Readings Monthly, we're launching the inaugural Readings Australian Fiction Month with recommendations from Readings staff. Mark Rubbo, Joe Rubbo and Alison Huber reflect on how and why Australian fiction is at the core of what we do at Readings and former Readings Monthly crime reviewer and award-winning author Fiona Hardy brings back her ‘Dead Write’ column in a one-off redux.

Collect your copy from one of our shops or view a digital version here.

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