Like everything in life, when something becomes more mainstream, people start using it as a marketing ploy. The same thing has happened to the #ownvoices movement in the publishing industry: We Need Diverse Books announced that it will no longer refer to books using the term #OwnVoices. Instead, they will use “specific descriptions that authors…
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Laws of Nature
I am thrilled to be helping to host the latest book launch of the fabulous author, Jacqui Murray. Jacqui is the author of the popular prehistoric fiction saga, Man vs. Nature which explores seminal events in man’s evolution one trilogy at a time. She is also the author of the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers and Building a…
I need your help!
My dear readers, I need your help! Back in late July I made a mistake and I am hoping you can help me make amends. A friend, blog reader and author, Jacqui Murray, launched her latest book. I interviewed Jacqui and my post was supposed to go live as part of a blog hop. Straight…
Uniquely themed book shop
It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, you can walk into a book store, cast your eye over the aisle labels and head for the book in the genre you are after, right? Well, that was true until recently. Rather than the tried and true categorisation by genre method, a new book shop…
Library goes above and beyond
Regional libraries in the Yarra, in Victoria, have been ringing every member over the age of 70 – all 8,000 of them! According to the staff, the library is a hub for the community and with the closure due to lockdown, it separated many people, especially the elderly. They rang to say hi, ask if…