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Australian fiction to pick up this month
Hurdy Gurdy by Jenny Ackland
In a near-future Australia, the world has changed. A small circus caravan travels the countryside performing for dwindling audiences. Matriarch Queenie works outside the law, helped by high-diver Win, nineteen and yearning for love. By night, they gather under the dark sky, joined by philosophical clown Valentina, and Girl, who they found at the side…
The end of an era
Mark Rubbo chats with Desiree Boardman, Readings Hawthorn’s beloved manager of almost three decades, ahead of her much-deserved retirement.
Desi chuckles when I catch up with her in the lead up to her last weeks as manager of Readings Hawthorn, a role she has held for 27 years. Desi came to Australia from Sri Lanka in 1972, when she was…
Our books of the month, June 2024
Explore our books of the month for June; each of the below titles has been read and recommended by our booksellers before being selected as our book of the month for its category.
FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
All Fours by Miranda July
Reviewed by Alison Huber, Readings head book buyer
'July is shaking up the status quo of…