Driving into the cool morning light, I felt the tension release like a great uncoupling of armour. A layer of stress cracked, and hot anxiety sighed out. 5am. Rosellas skittering across…
At Tamworth City Library, Dianne Drew introduced me to Ita Hanssens at her local library. Ita in turn invited me to join the book club which was meeting in the sun…
I’m proud Wish You Were Here is available in Big W. The work they do bringing books (particularly for children) to isolated areas is vital in a country the size of…
Kelly Fuller: ABC New England Breakfast I’d love to link to this interview, but I couldn’t get a copy of it. It’s disappointing, because I thought it went really well –…
Day 1 of my Book(ish) Tour – Sunday the 19th of November – was a very long day. So long, it started at lunchtime on the previous Friday. Friday 17th Beppi’s…
I wanted to make Cessnock by nightfall, but time was running out, so I wiped all the bookstores from my schedule and drove straight to the Hornsby Central Library. I was…
At ten to seven on Sunday morning my newly minted ninety year old mother was standing at the foot of my bed holding a trembling cup of tea, “Darling, have you forgotten? You…
At the stroke of midnight, on a hot and sultry summer’s night, I drove to the ABC Radio National’s studio in Ultimo. I was going to talk with Sarah McDonald…
On Saturday, my nephew Lachlan was marshalling his forces for the local school fete. I put my hand up to (wo)man the second hand books stall, which meant Saturday morning found…
A big motivation for this whole adventure was to put the book in front of readers in the run up to Christmas. The publicity was the way to reach as many…
As part of this ‘book(ish) tour, I’m hoping to meet people – readers, writers and shy people who love the page. Among the most loving and generous has been the…
Arriving from New South Head Road, the new library is daunting. A big, modern, glassy edifice on the site of an old Woolworths store. This is a modern building. Shiny…
I started The Book(ish) Tour of Australian Library with My Library. The library I have personally owned since I was six years old. It’s in Blackburn Gardens next to the Woollahra Council chambers….
The Husband and I were on the lam from domesticity and arrived late one night in rural Bathurst. The town was full for the autumn racing carnival, and the last vacancy…