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FREE OCTOBER 2017 BOOKS MUSIC FILM EVENTS NEW IN OCTOBER RICHARD SARAH JANE PRIME COURTNEY FLANAGAN KRASNOSTEIN HARPER SUSPECT BARNETT & KURT VILE $39.99 $32.99 $32.99 1973 $21.95 $29.99 $27.99 $27.99 $29.95 page 21 page 22 pages 6 & 7 page 12 page 7 CARLTON 309 Lygon St 9347 6633 KIDS 315 Lygon St 9341 7730 DONCASTER Westfield Doncaster, 619 Doncaster Rd 9810 0891 HAWTHORN 701 Glenferrie Rd 9819 1917 MALVERN 185 Glenferrie Rd 9509 1952 ST KILDA 112 Acland St 9525 3852 STATE LIBRARY VICTORIA 328 Swanston St 8664 7540 See shop opening hours, browse and buy online at www.readings.com.au READINGS MONTHLY OCTOBER 2017 3 News Readings Monthly Free, independent monthly newspaper published by Readings Books, Music & Film Subscribe You can subscribe to Readings Monthly and our e-news by visiting our website: readings.com.au/newsletters-and-e-news Postal charges for mail-order purchases Melbourne Metro: $6.50 Regional VIC: $7.50 Rest of Australia: $7.95 Editor Jo Case [email protected] Editorial Assistant Judi Mitchell [email protected] Editorial Intern Isabel Baranowski Proofreaders Isabel Baranowski, Judi Mitchell, Bel Monypenny Kids/YA Curator Alexa Dretzke Music Curator 25% OFF LONELY PLANET THE READINGS FOUNDATION these books is remarkable, and the ways Dave Clarke Spring is upon us – what better time GRANTS OPEN in which they challenge our thinking is a to begin planning for your next travel Applications for The Readings Foundation testament to the power of literature’. 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