Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe is the Readings Prize and Readings Foundation coordinator and a senior buyer for Readings Kids. She is also the author of two books on sustainable living, A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising your Impact on the Planet and Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices That Won’t Cost the Earth.
Review — 23 Oct 2023
Tyger by S.F. Said & Dave McKean (illus.)
Adam and his family live in London centuries from now in an empire where slavery and tyranny abound. They are Londoners of Middle Eastern origin, and in this violent, segregated…
Review — 23 Oct 2023
The Future by Naomi Alderman
The author of the brilliant dystopian novel The Power, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017, has given us another fable about the near future, this time…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
If I Was a Horse by Sophie Blackall
From a very early age I was obsessed with horses. I fantasised about them during the day and dreamt of them at night. They were the object of all my…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Raised by Moths by Charlie Archbold & Michelle Conn (illus.)
Last year’s winner of The Readings Children’s Prize has written a stunning picture book set in a fairground. When a little girl called Willow jumps on the Ferris wheel with…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
Borderland by Graham Akhurst
The debut thriller by First Nations author Graham Akhurst is an engaging coming-of-age tale about a young Indigenous Australian man discovering who he is and what he stands for. When…
Review — 25 Sep 2023
When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra
The third novel by Melbourne-based author Katya de Becerra is a spine-tingling haunted house story. Sophia Galich and her family once lived in a mansion called Cashore House, which was…
Review — 1 Sep 2023
To the Ice by Thomas Tidholm, Anna-Clara Tidholm (illus.) & Julia Marshall (trans.)
This gorgeous little hardback is a unique adventure story in a snow – and ice-encrusted world, one so different from our own. Translated from Swedish, the story is about three…
Blog post — 1 Sep 2023
The Readings Prize 2023 shortlists
The Readings Prize, now in its 10th year, has been an important barometer of up-and-coming literary talent since 2014. We began with The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and shortly…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
One Song by A.J. Betts
Eva Sidebottom, a 17-year-old musician, wants more than anything to win the Triple J Unearthed High competition before she finishes high school. She’s entered plenty of times before, but this…
Review — 31 Jul 2023
Leaf-light by Trace Balla
This graphic novel is brimming with fascinating details, beginning with the front endpapers. Narrated by 12-year-old Miri, we learn about her community, which includes her next-door neighbour Wingo, his extended…
