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The Readings Podcast

The Readings Podcast is a celebration of books, reading and culture. Episodes are published fortnightly and include author interviews, event recordings, booksellers chatting about their favourite read... Read more

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Bonus episode: The story behind Gerald Murnane's new vinyl

Bonus episode: The story behind Gerald Murnane's new vinyl

Our events manager Chris Gordon chats with Chris Gregory about making a record with Australian author Gerald Murnane.

21 Jun 2018

22mins

Ranked #2

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A conversation with Ben Folds

A conversation with Ben Folds

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds chats with Readings bookseller David Little about his new memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bu... Read more

3 Oct 2019

15mins

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Ranked #3

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Bonus episode: Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia

Bonus episode: Anita Heiss on Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia

Carlton bookseller Marie Matteson chats with Dr Anita Heiss about editing the anthology, Growing Up Aboriginal in Austra... Read more

12 Jul 2018

34mins

Ranked #4

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Ambelin Kwaymullina on Meet Me at the Intersection

Ambelin Kwaymullina on Meet Me at the Intersection

Kids bookseller Leanne Hall chats with Ambelin Kwaymullina about editing the anthology, Meet Me at the Intersection.

20 Sep 2018

24mins

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Live Recording: Stan Grant in conversation with Nam Le

Live Recording: Stan Grant in conversation with Nam Le

We were delighted to have bestselling author Stan Grant in Melbourne for one night only to talk about his two new books,... Read more

31 May 2019

56mins

Ranked #6

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Good Cop, Bad Cop: The Scholar

Good Cop, Bad Cop: The Scholar

In our first episode of Good Cop, Bad Cop, Readings crime specialists Fiona Hardy and Deborah Crabtree chat to Dervla Mc... Read more

15 Mar 2019

30mins

Ranked #7

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Bonus episode: The Readings Prize For New Australian Fiction Shortlist 2018

Bonus episode: The Readings Prize For New Australian Fiction Shortlist 2018

Events manager Chris Gordon chats about this year's Readings Prize For New Australian Fiction shortlist with Ellen Crega... Read more

21 Aug 2018

19mins

Ranked #8

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A conversation with Paul F. Verhoeven

A conversation with Paul F. Verhoeven

Booksellers Fiona Hardy and Deborah Crabtree chat to Paul F. Verhoeven about his new book, Loose Units, which is part fa... Read more

4 Oct 2018

31mins

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Bonus episode: Fiction and Nonfiction books we can't wait to read this year

Bonus episode: Fiction and Nonfiction books we can't wait to read this year

In this bonus episode (recorded a couple of weeks ago), Readings book buyer and bookseller Marie Matteson talks to event... Read more

15 Mar 2019

19mins

Ranked #10

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Live Recording: Clementine Ford on Boys Will Be Boys

Live Recording: Clementine Ford on Boys Will Be Boys

Clementine Ford talks about her new book, Boys Will Be Boys, which addresses toxic masculinity and raising a son. This i... Read more

11 Oct 2018

57mins

Ranked #11

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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Call Me Evie

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Call Me Evie

In our second episode of Good Cop, Bad Cop, Readings crime specialists Fiona Hardy and Deborah Crabtree chat to author a... Read more

1 Apr 2019

34mins

Ranked #12

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Felicity McLean in conversation with Chris Gordon

Felicity McLean in conversation with Chris Gordon

Readings events and programming manager Chris Gordon talks to author Felicity McLean about her quintessentially Australi... Read more

2 Aug 2019

23mins

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Andy Jackson and Lee Kofman in conversation with Chris Gordon

Andy Jackson and Lee Kofman in conversation with Chris Gordon

Readings' events and programming manager Christine Gordon sits down with poet Andy Jackson and author Lee Kofman to disc... Read more

16 Aug 2019

28mins

Ranked #14

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A conversation with Jane Caro

A conversation with Jane Caro

Author Jane Caro drops by to talk to Chris Gordon about her latest book, Accidental Feminists, a celebration of how one ... Read more

12 Apr 2019

26mins

Ranked #15

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A conversation with Emily Gale

A conversation with Emily Gale

Hear our Marketing Manager Nina Kenwood in conversation with author Emily Gale about her new young adult novel, I Am Out... Read more

8 Aug 2018

40mins

Ranked #16

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Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Maxine McKew

Rebecca Huntley in conversation with Maxine McKew

Rebecca Huntley is one of Australia’s foremost social researchers. In the Quarterly Essay, Huntley looks at the state of... Read more

21 Jun 2019

1hr 2mins

Ranked #17

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Live Recording: Ronnie Scott on The Adversary

Live Recording: Ronnie Scott on The Adversary

Ronnie Scott chats with fellow author Chris Somerville about his debut novel, The Adversary. This is a live recording of... Read more

7 May 2020

39mins

Ranked #18

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Live Recording: Margaret Simons on the Murray-Darling Basin

Live Recording: Margaret Simons on the Murray-Darling Basin

Margaret Simons chats with author Don Watson about her new Quarterly Essay: Cry Me A River - The Tragedy of the Murray-D... Read more

23 Apr 2020

1hr 1min

Ranked #19

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Live recording: Bernard Collaery on Australia's history with East Timor

Live recording: Bernard Collaery on Australia's history with East Timor

Bernard Collaery chats with former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks about his significant work of nonfiction, Oil Under Tr... Read more

16 Apr 2020

40mins

Ranked #20

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Live recording: Donna Ward on living in solitude

Live recording: Donna Ward on living in solitude

Donna Ward chats with Readings bookseller Donata Carrazza about her new work of nonfiction, She I Dare Not Name. This is... Read more

8 Apr 2020

46mins

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