Readings.com.au: St Kilda Readings staff customerservice@readings.com.au /feed/store/st-kilda 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z 12816 Hear stories of returned service men and women - Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z <p><em>Wed 16 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Paul Stewart’s brother was one of five journalists killed in Balibo while covering the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. His is one of 16 stories told to Paul Field (MD of The Wiggles) in <em>Gimme Shelter</em>, a book recording the experiences of Vietnam veterans, peacekeepers, first responders and relatives. Come along to hear a thought-provoking discussion between Stewart and Field about the book.</p> <p>Free, but please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/QZKG">here</a>.</p> <p>Please note, profits from the book go to <a href="https://www.soldieron.org.au/">Solider On</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/hear-stories-of-returned-service-men-and-women 12840 Love Your Bookshop Day: A performance by Joyce Prescher - Sat 12 Aug 2017 at 2:00pm Sat 12 Aug 2017 at 2:00pm 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 12 Aug 2017 at 2:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day with us in St Kilda and enjoy an intimate performance by local singer-songwriter Joyce Prescher.</p> <p>Prescher will play songs from her debut album, <em>Home</em>, in which she meditates on the hardship of living away from home, as well as identity, love and death. Her sound tells of her love of folk music, with hints of alt-country and Americana.</p> <p>Free, but please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/QZLI">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/love-your-bookshop-day-a-performance-by-joyce-prescher 12827 Book launch: The Welsh Linnet - Mon 7 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm Mon 7 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-07-07T00:00:00Z <p><em>Mon 7 Aug 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Deakin University’s Dr Ros Black will launch A.J. Lyndon’s <em>The Welsh Linnet</em>, the first novel in a new trilogy about the Civil War that raged in England, Wales and Scotland (the ‘war without an enemy’) throughout the 1640s.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-the-welsh-linnet 12735 A bookshop gig with Adam Torres - Sat 15 Jul 2017 at 2:00pm Sat 15 Jul 2017 at 2:00pm 2017-06-26T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 15 Jul 2017 at 2:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Adam Torres’ debut album <em>Nostra Nova</em> was initially self-released in 2006, and over the years grew from being an underground favourite in the close-knit music scene of Athens, Ohio (where he lived at the time), to eventually earning “cult classic” status. In 2016, it was announced Torres had signed with Fat Possum Records, which released his long-awaited follow-up, <em>Pearls to Swine</em> in September of that year.</p> <p>Torres is touring Melbourne in July to promote his new EP, <em>I Came to Sing the Song</em>, including a special intimate performance at Readings in St Kilda.</p> <p>Free, please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/QUWL">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-bookshop-gig-with-adam-torres 12724 A bookshop gig with Dave Graney and Clare Moore - Sat 8 Jul 2017 at 1:00pm Sat 8 Jul 2017 at 1:00pm 2017-06-21T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 8 Jul 2017 at 1:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us in St Kilda and enjoy an intimate performance by local talent Dave Graney and Clare Moore. The two musicians will be joined by Stu Thomas to play songs from their new album, <em>Let’s Get Tight</em>.</p> <p>Free but please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/QSWG">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-bookshop-gig-with-dave-graney-and-clare-moore 12679 Book launch: In the Dark Spaces - Fri 28 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm Fri 28 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-06-07T00:00:00Z <p><em>Fri 28 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us for the launch of Cally Black’s genre-smashing hostage drama, <em>In the Dark Spaces</em>. The latest winner of the Ampersand Prize, this young adult novel is set on a star freighter in deep space and follows a teenager who&rsquo;s been kidnapped by the terrifying alien Crowpeople &ndash; and is falling for her captors&hellip;</p> <p>Free, but please book <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-the-dark-spaces-by-cally-black-launch-event-tickets-34943595234">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-in-the-dark-spaces 12674 Book launch: A Life for Animals - Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-06-07T00:00:00Z <p><em>Fri 14 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Christine Townend founded Animal Liberation Australia in 1976 after reading Peter Singer’s book of the same name. Now, Peter Singer will launch her new book, <em>A Life for Animals</em>, a record of her animal welfare work (the highlights and the challenges), and the personal and political implications of her life’s passion.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-a-life-for-animals 12644 Mark Dapin in conversation with Felix Sher - Thu 13 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 13 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-05-31T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 13 Jul 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p><em>Jewish Anzacs</em> is a landmark history from acclaimed journalist, novelist and military historian Mark Dapin which shares personal, often extraordinary, stories of Australia&rsquo;s Jewish servicemen and women.</p> <p>Dapin will talk about the book with Felix Sher, whose son, Private Greg Sher, was the last Jewish Australian soldier to be killed in action, in Afghanistan in 2009.</p> <p>Free, but please book at <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/288376">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/mark-dapin-in-conversation-with-felix-sher 12585 A bookshop gig with Leah Senior - Sat 27 May 2017 at 2:00pm Sat 27 May 2017 at 2:00pm 2017-05-19T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 27 May 2017 at 2:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>The second album from Melbourne folk diviner, Leah Senior, pays homage to her dark folk roots while hinting at layers of pop and psychedelic undertones. <em>Pretty Faces</em> will be released 26 May. Join us for an intimate performance at our St Kilda shop.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-bookshop-gig-with-leah-senior 12572 Moira Burke on Losing It - Thu 8 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 8 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 8 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Moira Burke’s <em>Losing It</em>, first published in 1998, is a vivid and visceral account of 1980s working-class Melbourne. This coming-of-age story is a heartbreaking portrait of an intelligent young woman desperately looking for a way to make sense of her life, grappling with her feelings of repulsion and love for her alcoholic father, and her longing to be loved.</p> <p>Free, no booking required</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/moira-burke-on-losing-it 12568 Double Exposure - Mon 5 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm Mon 5 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z <p><em>Mon 5 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>International authors Samah Sabawi and Stephen Orlov co-edited <em>Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas</em>, the first English-language anthology in any genre of prose, poetry or drama by Jewish and Palestinian writers worldwide. We are thrilled to host them reading from their plays and talking about the anthology they co-edited.</p> <p>Free, but please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/QCVN">here</a></p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/double-exposure 12569 Book launch: The Assassin on the Bangkok Express - Wed 7 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm Wed 7 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-05-11T00:00:00Z <p><em>Wed 7 Jun 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us for the launch of Roland Perry’s <em>The Assassin on the Bangkok Express</em>, a sequel to <em>The Honourable Assassins</em>. This new series of thrillers incorporates actual events, criminal organisations and key figures in the underworld of Asia as they play out globally, involving international law enforcement and intelligence operations.</p> <p>Free, no booking required</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-the-assassin-on-the-bangkok-express 12477 A bookshop gig with The Teskey Brothers - Sat 22 Apr 2017 at 12:00pm Sat 22 Apr 2017 at 12:00pm 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 22 Apr 2017 at 12:00pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>We&rsquo;re celebrating Record Store Day with an intimate performance by The Teskey brothers, a soul/blues band from the sunny banks of the Yarra River. Come along to hear them play some tunes from their latest album, <em>Half Mile Harvest</em>, which we&rsquo;re absolutely loving.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> <p>Don&rsquo;t forget that we&rsquo;re offering <strong>20% off vinyl</strong> throughout the month. The sale runs from 1 to 30 April 2017 at all Readings shops (except Readings Kids and Readings Malvern). The offer only applies to vinyl currently in stock, and is not available online. The offer excludes all Record Store Day releases.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-bookshop-gig-with-the-teskey-brothers 12442 Book launch: Finding Nevo - Thu 11 May 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 11 May 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-04-05T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 11 May 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>In <em>Finding Nevo</em>, gutsy young writer Nevo Zisin shares their experiences growing up as a queer Jewish person in Melbourne – and navigating gender transition, aged 17. Join this personal, political and inspiring writer on their big night.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-finding-nevo 12451 Sally Hepworth on The Mother's Promise - Mon 8 May 2017 at 6:30pm Mon 8 May 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-04-05T00:00:00Z <p><em>Mon 8 May 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Sally Hepworth’s third novel, <em>The Mother’s Promise</em>, explores questions of how to let people in when you need support, even if you’ve been fiercely independent, and how far a mother will push herself to look after her daughter. Hepworth combines heart and humour, even in her darkest moments.</p> <p>Hepworth will be joined in conversation by author and Readings bookseller Gabrielle Williams.</p> <p>Free, but please book <a href="https://www.trybooking.com/274589">here</a>.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/sally-hepworth-on-the-mothers-promise 12351 A special story time with Bronny Lane - Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 10:30am Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 10:30am 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z <p><em>Sat 29 Apr 2017 at 10:30am</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us for a special story time with Bronny Lane as she reads from <em>My Two Super Mums</em>. This is the fifth title in Lane’s <em>My Super Family</em> children’s book series.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-special-story-time-with-bronny-lane 12341 Book launch: Mindfulness for Mums and Dads - Thu 27 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 27 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 27 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us for the launch of Diana Korevaar’s <em>Mindfulness for Mums and Dads</em>. It features dozens of case studies as well as simple mindfulness practices that can be carried out anywhere.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-mindfulness-for-mums-and-dads 12347 Michael Sala in conversation with Kevin Rabalais - cancelled - Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z <p><em>Wed 19 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>This event has been cancelled.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/michael-sala-in-conversation-with-kevin-rabalais-cancelled 12354 A bookshop gig with Rough River - Thu 13 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 13 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 13 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Rough River is the musical project of folk Melbourne singer–songwriter Kate Skinner. Her forthcoming LP, <em>The Leaving</em>, quietly aches with tales of love gone by and a yearning for the natural world. Join us for an intimate performance at our St Kilda shop.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/a-bookshop-gig-with-rough-river 12331 Book launch: Eyes Too Dry - Thu 6 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm Thu 6 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm 2017-03-16T00:00:00Z <p><em>Thu 6 Apr 2017 at 6:30pm</em></p><p><em>Readings St Kilda &amp;mdash; 112 Acland St, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182</em></p><p>Join us for the launch of Jessica Tavassoli and Alice Chipkin’s <em>Eyes Too Dry</em>, a graphic memoir about heavy feelings, queer friendship and the therapeutic possibilities of making comics.</p> <p>Free, no booking required.</p> https://www.readings.com.au/event/book-launch-eyes-too-dry
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