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Read an Extract from Teacher by Gabbie Stroud FREE JULY 2018 Read an extract from Teacher by Gabbie Stroud page 6 New books from Louis de Bernières, A.M. Homes, Anne Tyler, Roxane Gay, Shaun Tan and more BOOKS MUSIC FILM EVENTS LULUC page 22 SHAUN TAN page 18 OCCUPIED TRENT DALTON KON KARAPA- CHRISTIAN page 21 page 7 NAGIOTIDIS WHITE page 13 page 12 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 3 July 2018 by Kim Scott. The winning author will be ache, and I felt every sentence of it keenly’. The program also includes a fold-out map July announced on Sunday 26 August. 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