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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 –…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…