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Join Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood for the launch of Real Pigeons Trap Snacks! 4.30pm on Thursday 29 October at Cinema Nova! 🐦 Grab your tickets via the link in our bio! #realpigeons #bookevents

Readings’ A Day in Carlton is back for 2026! Running from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 November, we are bringing you over 24 hours packed full of literary goodness in all its forms, creating the perfect opportunity for you to experience Carlton hospitality and vibrancy. Discover the program via the…

The guest of honor at the Readings x Penguin Classics Pop-up took a tour of Melbourne en route to our gorgeous shop in Melbourne Emporium. Make sure you drop in and and have a selfie! #ReadingsBooks #penguinclassics

We're delighted to be celebrating 80 years of Penguin Classics with the Readings × Penguin Classics pop-up shop! Located next to Readings Emporium, this special boutique is full of Australian and international classics - from the iconic orange Popular Penguins to Vintage Classics and the stunning…

Love was truly in the air at the inauguration Reading(s) Romance festival! #romancebooks #literaryevents

After the success of last year’s event to celebrate Twilight, Readings and Cinema Nova have joined forces once again to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of New Moon! Join us on Tuesday 29 September for a double feature of Twilight and New Moon. Tickets are $75 per person, includes entry to the…

Readings Kids turned 10! And we celebrated all day long! Thanks for all the support and here’s to another 100 years! 💚 #bookevents #kidsbooks #bookshop

Happy Readings Australian Fiction Month! #readingsbooks #booktok #australianfiction

Always listen to that voice inside your head … see you at your local Readings! #bookshop #bookobsessed #shoplocal #moana

We’re excited to announce the incredible community and arts organisations receiving the 2026 grants from The Readings Foundation. To learn more about the grant recipients and the foundation, head to the link in our profile or visit readings.com.au/news #ReadingsFoundation #ReadingsBooks

If you loved Memorial by Bryan Washington, then you’ll love his new book, Palaver! #bookrec #bryanwashington #bookseller #melbournebookshop #ReadingsBooks

Ender, our very own Readings bookseller, reading his poem about working in a bookshop! Grab a copy of his collection, Two Hundred Million Musketeers in our shops or online! #poetry #poem #bookseller #bookshop #Readingsbooks #bookstore #booktok #bookevent

Fire Moves Faster blends the words of renowned poet Maxine Beneba Clarke with original music by contemporary musician Amaya Laucirica. Together, they explore the trauma, joy, confusion, sorrow, solidarity, despair and hope of the last few years of human existence. Grab tix via the link in our bio…

Tamuz is here to share the incredible books that made this year’s shortlist for the Readings Prize for Children! #kidsbooks #bookrecommendations #ReadingsBooks #middlegradebooks #booktok

We were delighted to have the one and only Helen Goh visit us at Readings HQ to judge our baking from her new cookbook Baking and the Meaning of Life! #cookbook #readingsbooks #baking #recipetesting @Murdoch Books

Lou is so excited to read We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad! Have you read it yet? #monaawad #weloveyoubunny #bunny #bookrecommendations #currentlyreading #readingsbooks #bookshop

Thomas, one of our judges for The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, is here to tell you about two of the titles that made this years shortlist! #Readingsbooks #bookshop #readingsprize #bookprize #bookrecommendations #booktok

Repost from 2021! And still talking about these books! #ReadingsBooks #booktok #bookaddict #bookrecommendations

Join Readings for 24-hours celebrating books, culture and community! See the full program via the link in our bio! #ADayinCarlton #ReadingsBooks #bookshop #booktok #literaryevent #bookevent

Do you want the shop tour? We promise we won’t make you take your shoes off! #housetour #booktok #sabrinacarpenter #ReadingsBooks #mansbestfriend #recordstore #bookshop

Calling all cat lovers! Readings Carlton has every thing you could possible need (and many things you don’t) to show the world you are a feline fanatic! 🐱 #catlover #catsoftiktok #giftideas #ReadingsBooks #bookshop #catlovers #catobsessed #katseye #fyp

Our judges are deep in conversation, making the impossible choice for the winners of the Readings Prizes for New Australian Fiction, Children’s, and Young Adult books #ReadingsBooks #Readingsprize #litprize #auslit #bookshops #loveozya

Discover the Readings Prize shortlists, our books of the month, great new releases, upcoming events and more in our September Readings Monthly! #newsletter #readingsmonthly #bookshop #readingsbooks #melbournebookshop #booktok

Look at all the incredible entries we’ve had so far for the Great You & Me Drawing competition! Get yours in by EOD tomorrow 31 Aug! Find the entry form in the link in our bio! #andygriffiths #youandme #kidsart #competition #win #readingsbooks #kidsbooks @Pan Macmillan Australia

Ocean, from our Emporium shop is here to recommend A Savage Turn by Luke Patterson! #poetry #bookrec #ReadingsBooks #melbournebookshop #bookshop #bookseller #poetrylover @Magabala Books

Make sure to enter The Great You & Me Drawing competition! Draw your greatest adventure and you could win an A2 portrait of YOU, illustrated by the one and only Bill Hope! Plus other seriously epic and adventurous prizes including copies of You & Me signed by Andy Griffiths! Find out more via the…

Bella is here to recommend This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska! A #LoveOzYA fantasy! @Walker Books Australia #youngadultbooks #fantasybooks #bookrec

We aren’t sure if we should take Yasmin’s recommendations… but she recommends Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E Schwab #veschwab #sapphicbooks #fantasybooks #buryourbonesinthemidnightsoil #bookrec #bookreview #readingsbooks @Victoria “V.E.” Schwab

Embark on a journey across Japan through a collection of heartfelt healing fiction. Receive your free booklet when you purchase one of the featured titles. This is exclusive to our Readings Emporium shop! Get reading and get stamping! #penguinbooks #japanesefiction #booktok #melbournebookshop…

Jacinda Ardern has arrived at Readings! Grab your copy of Different Kind of Power online or in any of our shops! Plus, each copy comes with a signed bookplate! #jacindaardern #differentkindofpower #booktok #signedbooks #readingsbooks @Penguin Books Aus