What will you read on the beach this summer? We asked 6 avid readers

By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Ali Alizadeh, Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University
Beth Driscoll, Associate Professor in Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Liz Evans, Writer, author, journalist, Associate Lecturer in English & Writing, University of Tasmania

What do professional readers choose to read on holiday? The answers include romance fiction, science-fiction classics, a French detective, Japanese assassins … and War and Peace.

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