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CARLTON 309 Lygon St 9347 6633 HAWTHORN 701 Glenferrie Rd 9819 1917 MALVERN 185 Glenferrie Rd 9509 1952 ST KILDA 112 Acland St 9525 3852 READINGS AT THE STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA 328 Swanston St 8664 7540 READINGS AT THE BRAIN CENTRE 30 Royal Parade, Parkville 9347 1749 See shop opening hours, browse and buy online at www.readings.com.au READINGS MONTHLY OCTOBER 2013 3 This month’s news PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE 25% OFF LONELY PLANET The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is one of Thinking of the next big trip? Since 1973 Lonely Mark’s Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards Planet has been creating arguably the world’s for poetry, and guarantees winners wide best guide books and helping to give travellers Say exposure through publication in Australian Book amazing experiences. Throughout October, Review. The Peter Porter Poetry Prize 2014 is Readings is joining their 40th year celebrations now open, with prize money worth a total of and offering you 25% off all Lonely Planet titles. News and views from Readings’ $6500. This year ABR will be accepting and New editions for Europe, Japan and South encouraging online submissions for the first America, to name a few, have just landed, plus managing director, Mark Rubbo time. Also for the first time, international entries there are phrase books, activity guides and a will be accepted. Visit australianbookreview. wonderful array of pictorial inspiration. Sale on at I wanted to write about two cool things that are happening in Melbourne. The first is the 100 Story com.au for further information and to enter. all Readings shops and online at readings.com.au. Building, a shop front in Footscray’s Nicholson Street mall. Sandwiched between a vacant store and Entries close 20 November. the Commonwealth Bank, it opened for business a few weeks ago. It’s actually a one-story building WANGARATTA JAZZ & BLUES but Lachlan Carter, Jess Tran and Jenna Williams, the drivers of the project, claim that there are 99 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE FESTIVAL COMPETITION stories below street level: in one corner, notices on the wall above a trap door invite people to join the 47th floor basketball team, or from the crew on the 5th floor, ask who stole their peanut butter, or PRESENTS: FEAR AND The 2013 Wangaratta Jazz & Blues festival will see who wants to join the 20th floor book group. The rest of the walls are covered with framed pages of TREMBLING music take over Wangaratta, across the city and manuscripts from writers such as Andy Griffiths, Alice Pung and Sally Rippin. The 100 Story Building at nearby wineries, from 1 to 4 November. Thanks Adapted, staged and interpreted by Layla is all about supporting young writers from culturally and linguistically diverse and marginalised to the partnership of the prestigious Lancemore Metssitane from Amélie Nothomb’s novel communities to share their creative voices through storytelling projects. Currently, there are almost Group and the Wangaratta Jazz & Blues festival, of the same name, Fear and Trembling is a 7000 students from 56 schools across the western suburbs of Melbourne who fall in the lowest one lucky winner and friend will enjoy four nights humble, funny and intelligent point of view quartile of socio-educational advantage. A key focus of the 100 Story Building is to create ongoing accommodation at the Lindenwarrah at Milawa from a young woman confronted with a new storytelling projects for these students, and to support the existing efforts of schools, families and plus a double Gold Pass to immerse themselves in world. Performances will be in French with communities in bolstering literacy, confidence and belonging among these students. Find out more some down-home blues and adventurous jazz. To English subtitles at the Village Roadshow at www.100storybuilding.org.au. The Readings Foundation is a proud supporter of this wonderful go in the draw to win this exciting prize, valued at Theatrette, State Library of Victoria (328 initiative – and the 2014 Grant Applications are now open. For more information and to download the over $2000, email your name and contact number Swanston St, Melbourne) on Thursday 17 application form and guidelines visit readings.com.au/the-readings-foundation. October, 7.30pm. Full-price tickets are $30 along with 50 words or less outlining why you’d love to attend this year’s festival to competitions@ per person or $25 per person for members, The other cool thing is the Story Box Library. The brainchild of Nicole Brownlee, a primary teacher wangarattajazz.com. The competition runs students and group bookings. Please and children’s bookseller, the Story Box Library is an online reading room for children. It’s a creative from 1 to 13 October and will be drawn on 14 visit afmelbourne.com.au for advanced approach to providing a quality educational program that keeps the art of storytelling alive while October. Only the winner will be notified. bookings (no ticket sale at the door) and embracing the technology that has become so ubiquitous in children’s lives today. The site is due to more information. Readings stocks Fear and launch soon and showcases a selection of Australia’s best children’s literature presented by a diverse Trembling and will be selling copies at the range of storytellers. The site is designed to be used by teachers and parents to stimulate interest in event prior to the performance. reading and literacy. It’s also going to be a lot of fun, too. My little granddaughter has a pretty close relationship with her mum’s iPad; she often watches animated children’s stories and I must admit I’m MELBOURNE FESTIVAL bit ambivalent about that. With the Story Box Library concept, she’ll be looking at real people reading Melbourne Festival is one of Australia’s flagship from real books, watching and sharing their reactions and seeing the stories unfold on the page. As international arts festivals and one of the major the site develops and the catalogue builds it should become a wonderful way to discover new books. multi-arts festivals of the world, in terms of My granddaughter lives overseas so it will be a great way for her to remain connected to part of her quality of work, innovation of vision, and scale heritage. I just love the idea. You can have a look at what Nicole and her colleagues are aiming for at and breadth of program. The 2013 Melbourne OSLO DAVIS CALENDAR www.storyboxlibrary.com.au – spread the word parents, uncles, aunts and grandparents! Festival kicks off on 11 October with a free event Available exclusively at Readings, Oslo Davis’s in Federation Square, TANDERRUM, where Elders 2013–2014 calendar ($20) features cartoons that of the Kulin nation will come together for a very go out of their way to celebrate the misery of life. special Welcome to Country. Running until 27 Well, not really, but Oslo’s wry take on the minutiae October, the Festival brings an unparalleled feast of existence makes this calendar a rare beast of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia indeed. Drawn from his cheeky work appearing and outdoor events from renowned and upcoming in the Age, Readings Monthly and beyond, this Australian and international artists. Please visit limited-edition calendar, titled ‘Year of Drawing melbournefestival.com.au to view the program Dangerously’, runs from December 2013 to and book tickets. Readings is a proud supporter December 2014 and features crack whores, of Melbourne Festival. cows in tights, Banksy street art and more. Readings Monthly is a free independent monthly Graphic Design by The Art Department Collective at newspaper published by Readings Books, Music & Film. www.theartdepartmentau.com Editorial enquiries: Thank you to Readings staff members and contributors Belle Place at [email protected] for your reviews. Advertising enquiries: Readings donates 10% of its profits each year to Ingrid Josephine at [email protected] The Readings Foundation: or call (03) 9341 7739. www.readings.com.au/the-readings-foundation Oslo Davis www.oslodavis.com CINEMA NOVA RECOMMENDS Eighteen filmmakers adapt Tim Winton’s novel for the screen, Visit the Cinema Nova Bar featuring an unparalleled cast including Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne and Richard Roxburgh Tim Winton’s EVANGELION 3.0: YOU CAN (NOT) REDO Neon Genesis Evangelion continues 380 LYGON ST CARLTON A LETTER TO MOMO Hiroyuki Okiura’s heartfelt award winning fantasy “A spectacular achievement of unwavering grace” www.cinemanova.com.au 009 RE:CYBORG 3D Shotaro Ishinomori’s influential 1960s manga revisited Luke Buckmaster, Crikey GHOST IN THE“An SHELL ambitious ARISE and THE thriller GARDEN assisted OF WORDS Double-feature Join our e-news for updates on the Met Opera, EVENT SEASON NOW SHOWING National Theatre and other stage spectaculars. Japan’s freshestby excellent anime on the big performances” screen for a limited time fromEmpire OCTOBER 3 4 READINGS MONTHLY OCTOBER 2013 15 LWA RENCE 24 VALERIE October Events MONEY VOLK Amazing Aussie Bastards is Lawrence Money’s Professor Chris Wallace-Crabbe will launch For more information and updates, please visit the events page at www.readings.com.au.