by Akina Hansen | Feb 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dr Michael Mosley is about to grace the small screen again, highlighting the short and long term health effects of poor sleep. On 6 March SBS is premiering Dr Michael Mosley’s Australia’s Sleep Revolution. The doctor will join some of Australia’s worst...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Good Reading resident film reviewer, Clive Hodges, shares with us his thoughts on the film, All of Us Strangers. Classification: MA15+ (drug use, coarse language) Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes; in English Director/scriptwriter: Andrew Haigh Genre: mystery, drama,...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Readers far and wide are excited to hear that Tim Winton has a new novel, Juice, coming out in October 2024. We can’t wait! Read an interview with Tim Winton about Juice Listen to a podcast with Tim Winton Although the publishers are being very...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation has announced that Sally Rippin is the 8th Australian Children’s Laureate. Sally Rippin is Australia’s highest-selling female author and has written more than 100 books for children and young adults, including the wildly...
by Akina Hansen | Feb 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
The winners of the Victorian Literary Awards have been announced. Australia’s single richest literary prize, The Victorian Prize for Literature, worth 100,000, has been won by Grace Yee for her poetry collection Chinese Fish. The winners in each the categories are:...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
The film Anatomy of a Fall is directed by Justine Triet from the screenplay that she co-wrote with Arthur Harari. Good Reading’s resident film reviewer recently saw the film and gives us his verdict. Classification: MA15+ (strong themes, suicide references,...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Australian independent booksellers have nominated their favourite Australian books, announcing their shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2024! Announced early in the award calendar year, The Indie Book Awards are now considered the forerunners of all major...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
In exciting news for fans Keanu Reeves and China Miéville have collaborated to write The Book of Elsewhere, a fantasy novel that is also destined for the small screen. Del Rey publishers have announced they will publish The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
On 21 March 2024 Chinese author Cixin Liu’s bestselling ‘Remembrance of Earth’s Past’ trilogy, 3 Body Problem will premiere on Netflix The Netflix series is produced Alexander Woo as well as the duo who adapted George R R Martin’s fabulous ‘Game of...
by Akina Hansen | Jan 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
A new mini-series based on JAMES CLAVELL’s epic masterpiece, Shogun, premieres 27 February. The mini-series stars Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Anna Sawai. The series will be available to watch on Disney+.from 27 February 2024. ABOUT THE BOOK This is...
