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Wed, April 23, 2008 02:09:27 AMFrom:
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Buy online now for Mother's Day
With Mother's Day only three Sundays away, the time is perfect to buy for Mum online at Readings. Plus save on freight when you order
2 or more items as we'll deliver your order for FREE to anywhere in Australia. And don't forget Readings Gift Cards are always available as a classy Mother's Day present. Upcoming EventsVirginia Duigan talks about The Biographer
Professor John Armstrong will chat with Sydney author Virginia Duigan about her latest novel The Biographer - a book about love, secrets, art and Italy. Red wine will be served. Mon 5 May 6.30pm, Readings Carlton
The Hungry Girl's Cookbook Vol 2 book launch
This is the second edition of the Hungry Girl's - as engaging to the eye, as well as the appetite! Each book is bound by hand by the three girls (or women) - Rachel Pitts, Leah Holscher and Katherine Bird. The books are lined with cloth and hand-stitched, making them more like a work of art than a regular cookbook. Friday 2 May 6.30pm, Readings Carlton
An evening with Mary Moody
In The Long Table: My Love Affair with Food, Mary Moody takes us on a nostalgic journey in which she recounts how her life has been shaped by her passion for good food, cooking and sharing. Event includes tastes from her book and a champagne cocktail. Wednesday 7 May 6.30pm, Readings Hawthorn
A Lucy Family Alphabet Event
Judith Lucy has been cracking jokes about her parents for years. But when someone's casual comment implied that she despised them, Judith was shocked. Sure, she had been talking about Ann and Tony Lucy like they were one-dimensional Irish nut bags for years, but there was always more to it than that. Hear Lucy talk about her book The Lucy Family Alphabet her family and more. Fri 9 May 6.30pm, Readings Carlton
NewsPBS 106.7FM Radio Festival 2008
This year, Readings is proud to be supporting the PBS 106.7FM annual membership drive, The 'Radio Fanatics' Radio Festival.
Each year PBS pulls out all the stops for a two week Radio Festival, during which people are encouraged to sign up and support shows as well as the station overall. There is a great prize pool waiting to be won worth close to $50,000 that includes a car, stereo system, VIP AFL invitations, guitars, exclusive festival tickets to Meredith, Falls and Parklife, and a Readings voucher to name but a few. Click here for more details. Readings' Kids Survey
To help us improve the quality of our communications about Kids' books and more, we've set up an online Readings survey.
The survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes of your time and your response is greatly appreciated. As a sign of appreciation, we'll enter everyone who completes this survey by Friday 16 May to go in the draw to win a $100 Readings gift card. Click here to do the survey Which book will win the 2008 Miles Franklin?
Tell us which novel you think will win the Miles Franklin Award this year and go into the draw to win a collection of all this year's longlisted books
Simply email us your guess, your name and contact details to be in the running. And check out the shortlist here.
Giveaways and OffersWin tickets to the Stonnington Jazz Festival
Win a double pass to the opening night of the 2008 Stonnington Jazz Festival with Vince Jones and
Katie Noonan (Thursday 15 May, 8pm) valued at $70 and an 18-month subscription to Extempore, a new bi-annual
journal of writing and the arts - first issue out November 2008.
Simply buy any Jazz CD at Readings Malvern throughout April, attach your receipt to a competition entry form at the counter and sign up to our free Readings Monthly newsletter for your chance to win. Pick up a program at Readings Malvern or visit www.stonnington.vic.gov.au for the festival program. Win a double pass to Then She Found Me
Based on the novel by Elinor Lipman and marking the directorial debut of Helen Hunt,
Then She Found Me stars Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt in a story about
one woman's unexpected reunification with her birth mother, an eccentric TV talk show host.
To enter the draw to win one of 60 double passes to a screening at Cinema Nova on
Wednesday 7 May, 6.30pm email your
contact details along with 'Readings - Then She Found Me' in the subject line. Winners will be
notified by email. Then She Found Me opens at Cinema Nova on May 15.
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Readings Recommends: For Mum The Spare Room - Helen Garner  Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert  I Am Melba - Ann Blainey  Ballets Russes  8 Femmes  All About My Mother  Third - Portishead Pass it onIf you know someone who may be interested in receiving this newsletter, you can easily forward up to five copies at once. |
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