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The former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor’s new gig has been universally well received.

The former University of Melbourne vice-chancellor’s new gig has been universally well received.

A new plot twist for Melbourne’s city bookshops after lockdown We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Out of lockdown and out ... to buy a book. At least that’s what the seven general bookshops within the boundaries of the City of Melbourne are hoping. They have come up with a new scheme – Melbourne City Reads. For the next four months, the shops – Dymocks Melbourne, Hill of Content, Mary Martin Southbank, North Melbourne Books, The Paperback Bookshop, Readings Carlton, and Readings State Library – will of...

The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU) has been supporting them in this quest since late last year. The workers arranged to meet the bookshop owners to discuss the EBA in March. The owners initially agreed, but then their lawyers contacted RAFFWU saying they had done so only under duress. The owners then launched a legal action. A post on RAFFWU’s social media, featuring a photo of workers holding the union’s flag, was shared by three of the bookshop’s workers. Better Read Than Dead management sent “cease and desist” letters to RAFFWU, and to workers who shared the post, de...

‘We apologise for any hurt’: Readings regrets 2018 event with feminist author Julie Bindel We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Melbourne bookseller Readings has belatedly apologised for hosting an event three years ago with radical feminist Julie Bindel, who faces criticism over her views on transgender issues. In 2018 Bindel, a campaigner against male violence, spoke at a Hawthorn bookshop event about her book, The Pimping of Prostitution, about the global sex trade. Author Julie Bindel On Tu...