Good Reading

{{short description|Australian magazine on books and reading}}

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|image_caption = Good Reading, June 2009 issue

|editor = Rowena Morcom

|editor_title = Editor

|frequency = Monthly

|category = Books and reading

|company = Good Reading Magazine

|founded = 2001

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|finaldate = 2011

|country = Australia

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|website = [http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au www.GoodReadingMagazine.com.au]

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Good Reading is a popular monthly print magazine, focused on books and reading, based in Australia. The magazine was launched in July 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/index.cfm?page=22 |title=Official Good Reading website |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425195230/http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/index.cfm?page=22 |archive-date=25 April 2009 |url-status=dead }} The magazine is devoted to books and reading, and includes profiles of authors, extracts and independent reviews of the latest Australian and international releases across a wide range of adult, young-adult and children's fiction and non-fiction genres, and information on book-related events around Australia.[http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/whatson/competitions/goodreadingcompetition.aspx Auckland City Library website]

The print magazine featured more than 1,000 author interviews since its inception.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/articles.cfm |title=Official Good Reading - articles list |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531064408/http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/articles.cfm |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead }} High-profile and bestselling international authors who were interviewed and featured include Maeve Binchy, Wilbur Smith, Michael Ondaatje, Sir David Attenborough, Alexander McCall Smith, Amitav Ghosh, Sebastian Faulks, Linwood Barclay, and Joanna Trollope.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/articles.cfm |title=Ibid |access-date=14 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531064408/http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/articles.cfm |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}

Good Reading magazine officially completed 10 years of print and online circulation on 1 July 2011, and in 2016 launched an online Reading Hub on which people can write reviews, read the magazine online and purchase books.[http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/ Reading Hub]

See also

  • {{Portal-inline|Children and Young Adult Literature}}

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