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Interview with a Bookstore: Melbourne's Readings, the best bookshop in the world

Written By Unknown on Monday, May 2, 2016 | 3:17 AM

The people behind the independent Melbourne store that just won International Bookstore of the Year talk fostering local literature, great regulars and Australian book recommendations

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Readings first opened in 1969, and it was a partnership of three – Ross Reading, his wife Dorothy Reading, and Peter Reid. At the time, Australia had a very small local publishing industry and most books came from overseas, as Australia was regarded as part of the British Commonwealth via UK publishers.

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