In this episode, a conversation with Sarah Street, author of the new book, A Curse of Salt.

Drawing comparisons to Brigid Kemmerer’s Cursebreakers series and Sarah J Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses, Street’s debut novel is a reworking of the time-old tale of Beauty and The Beast set amidst the high seas.

In this episode, a recording taken from an event at Readings Carlton, to celebrate the publication of Benjamin Hegarty’s book, The Made Up State: technology, trans femininity and Citizenship in Indonesia.

In The Made Up State, anthropologist Benjamin Hegarty contends that warias, who compose one of Indonesia's trans feminine populations, have cultivated a distinctive way of captivating the affective, material, and spatial experiences of belonging to a modern public sphere.

Hegarty was joined in discussion by Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow at LaTrobe University and University of Melbourne Cultural Studies Researcher Annisa Beta.

In this episode, a conversation with Mikki Brammer.

Her new novel, The Collected Regrets of Clover, is a big-hearted and life-affirming novel that turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life. It's a sparkling debut which reminds us all to live life with fewer regrets.

Brammer was interviewed by Readings Marketing Manager, Rosalind McClintock.

This episode features a live event recording taken of a conversation between Alexis Wright and Ivor Indyk, to celebrate the publication of Wright’s new novel, Praiseworthy.

Alexis Wright is a remarkable writer, originally hailing from the from the Waanyi nation in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Her novel Carpentaria won the 2007 Miles Franklin award, and Wright was awarded the 2018 Stella Prize for her biography of “Tracker" Tilmouth. Praiseworthy is Wright’s fourth novel.

In this episode, a conversation with Kate J. Armstrong, author of the new YA novel, Nightbirds.

Set in a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue, the magic of women is outlawed but three girls with unusual gifts have the chance to change it all. Filled with sumptuous, cinematic writing and dazzling details, Nightbirds is a fiercely feminist fantasy debut where the most potent magic lies not in a kiss, but in the truth.

Armstrong is in conversation with the Readings Marketing Assistant, Lucie Dess.

In this episode, listen to a conversation between English author Max Porter and Readings Podcast Editor, Nico Callaghan.

This recording is taken from an online event celebrating the release of Porter’s most recent novel, Shy.

This episode features the recording of an online conversation focused on the newest edition of The Quarterly Essay, The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal, penned by Saul Griffith.

In this edition, inventor, engineer and visionary Saul Griffith reveals the world that awaits us if we make the most of Australia’s energy future. Griffith was interviewed by Simon Holmes A Court, an Australian business and political activist, and the convenor of Climate 200.

This recording is the third instalment of The Comics Question series. In these podcasts, Bernard Caleo and Nico Callaghan discuss comics, graphic novels, and the place they inhabit within the broader books and publishing world.

In this episode, Bernard and Nico sit down with Steven Christie, writer and artist to discuss, among other things, his publications Arrowheads and Turtlenecks.

In this episode, a recording taken from the launch of Gregory Day’s novel, The Bell of The World.

The Bell of the World is both a song to the natural wonders that are not yet gone and a luminous prehistory of contemporary climate change and its connection to colonialism.

Bell is in conversation with writer and broadcaster Elly Varrenti.

In this episode, a conversation with Hugh Mackay, social psychologist and bestselling author.

Mackay’s latest book, The Therapist, is a powerful and poignant story of deception, ambiguity, lust and love – and the challenge of living with the consequences of our actions.