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Along with author talks, panel discussions and literary luncheons, festival-goers can discover the largest collection of rare, out-of-print and collectable books in Australia, go inside heritage buildings, listen to live music, watch street performers, take a horse-and-cart ride, try their hand in a Scrabble tournament and visit the Readings bookstall at the Festival. A weekend pass is $10 for adults, and $5 for students and children. See clunesbooktown.com.au for more information. Readings Monthly Free, independent monthly newspaper published by Readings Books, Music & 25% OFF A RANGE OF Film ESSENTIAL COOKBOOKS are eligible for entry. The 2017 Stella is proud to be the official bookseller for Throughout April, we’re offering 25% Subscribe Prize will be awarded in Melbourne on the Rock & Roll Writers Festival tour You can subscribe to Readings Monthly and off a select range of our most popular Tuesday 18 April. edition in Melbourne. our e-news by visiting our website: cookbooks. The range includes titles readings.com.au/newsletters-and-e-news from Yotam Ottolenghi, Hetty McKinnon, Donna Hay, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, THE BAILEYS WOMEN’S PRIZE GIRLS WRITE UP Editor Anna Jones, Bill Granger, Jamie Oliver, FOR FICTION LONGLIST The Stella Schools Program’s Girls Write Elke Power Karen Martini and the team from Smith [email protected] The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Up is back for its second year, with & Daughters, among others. This offer longlist for 2017 has been announced. upcoming events in Canberra (6 May), is exclusively available in all Readings Incoming Editor (see page 5) The 16 longlisted books are: Stay With Melbourne (15 & 16 June) and Sydney (22 shops (except Readings Kids) and online, Jo Case Me by Ayòbámi Adébáyò; The Power by & 23 June). Open to all teens aged 12–16, [email protected] until 30 April. In-stock items only, while Naomi Alderman; Hag-Seed by Margaret Girls Write Up teaches empowerment stocks last. 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Doncaster, Malvern and St Kilda shops, Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette The offer only applies to vinyl currently with the aim of promoting literacy Brennan, courtesy of Text Publishing. The in stock, and is not available online. Offer and encouraging a love of books and cover of A Writing Life was designed by excludes all Record Store Day releases. ROCK & ROLL bookshops in our newest generation. Imogen Stubbs and the cover photograph WRITERS FESTIVAL These sessions commence at 10am is by Julian Kingma. See page 13 for more about the book. THE STELLA PRIZE SHORTLIST Following its successful inaugural on Fridays at Readings Carlton, 10am event in Brisbane in 2016, the Rock on Saturdays at Readings Doncaster, The Stella Prize shortlist for 2017 has Cartoon & Roll Writers Festival is bringing a 10.30am on Thursdays at Readings been announced, celebrating Australian Oslo Davis one-day special event to Melbourne. Malvern and 10.30am on Saturdays at women’s contribution to literature. The oslodavis.com On Sunday 9 April at the Abbotsford Readings St Kilda. To thank parents six extraordinary books on the 2017 Convent, a number of acclaimed authors, and children for attending story time, Stella Prize shortlist are: Between a Wolf Prices and availability songwriters, journalists, commentators Readings offers a 20% discount off all and a Dog by Georgia Blain (Scribe); Please note that all prices and release and broadcasters will come together full-priced children’s books for half The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba dates in Readings Monthly are correct at for an entertaining and engaging an hour after the completion of each time of publication, however prices and Clarke (Hachette); Poum and Alexandre day of discussions around creativity, story time session. Our children’s book release dates may change without notice. by Catherine de Saint Phalle (Transit inspiration, and the effect that music specialists would be happy to assist Special price offers apply only for the Lounge); An Isolated Incident by Emily and writing have on each other. Speakers you in choosing books for your family, month in which they are featured in the Maguire (Pan Macmillan); The Museum Readings Monthly. include Hugo Race, Jenny Valentish, whatever their age, reading ability or of Modern Love by Heather Rose (Allen Jess Ribeiro and Cash Savage. For the interests. Please note, this is not a child- & Unwin); and Dying: A Memoir by Cory Readings donates 10% of its profits each full program, or to book tickets, head to minding service. We ask that parents Taylor (Text). The prize is worth $50,000, year to The Readings Foundation: rockandrollwritersfestival.com. Readings stay with their children for the reading. readings.com.au/the-readings-foundation and both fiction and non-fiction books One part Quentin Tarantino, one part Scheherazade, and twelve parts wild innovation. Ann Patchett get the whole story at hachette.com.au On Shelves 28 March 4 READINGS MONTHLY APRIL 2017 April Events MEET IRISH RODNEY TIFFEN 8 COMEDIAN DAVID 18 IN CONVERSATION A SPECIAL ALLAN GYNGELL O’DOHERTY WITH GLYN DAVIS 1 STORY TIME WITH 5 ON AUSTRALIA’S Straight from the Melbourne International Disposable Leaders is an engaging and TAI SNAITH FEAR OF Comedy Festival, we are excited to have Irish insightful analysis of the high-drama comedian and children’s book author David leadership challenge – a regular event that Drop by our Kids shop for an extra special ABANDONMENT O’Doherty paying a visit to our Kids shop. is now central to Australian politics. Join story time with local writer and artist Tai A diplomat, policy officer and analyst, O’Doherty will be reading from his Danger is author Rodney Tiffen for a conversation Snaith reading from her gorgeous new Allan Gyngell was Director-General of Everywhere series (for ages 8 and up), as well about the work with Glyn Davis, Vice- picture book, Slow Down, World. The first ONA, the Australian government’s central as signing books for fans young and old. Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. 30 people to buy a copy of Slow Down, intelligence assessment agency, from 2009 World at the event will also receive a signed to 2013. In Fear of Abandonment, he unpacks Free, but please book at Free, but please book at readings.com.au/events readings.com.au/events A5 print from the book. how the fear of being abandoned has Tuesday 18 April, 6.30pm shaped Australian foreign policy. Gyngell Saturday 8 April, 11am Readings Carlton Free, no bookings required. will discuss the book with ABC presenter Readings Kids Saturday 1 April, 10.30am Michael Rowland. Readings Kids MICHAEL SALA IN THE ROCK & ROLL Free, but please book at readings.com.au/events 19 CONVERSATION 9 WRITERS FESTIVAL GIVING UP THE Wednesday 5 April, 6.30pm WITH KEVIN Readings Hawthorn IN MELBOURNE 3 GOOD GIRL RABALAIS The Rock & Roll Writers Festival is bringing WITH FEMINIST The Restorer is the second novel from award- a one-day special event to Melbourne.