As always seems to happen in times of trouble, people are reading more in lockdown. In Canberra people are reading longer books, classics and series. Local bookstores have been taking phone and online orders and mailing the books. It seems the longer length and classic books are being read because with the extra time on…
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Harry Potter virtual escape room
Looking for something to distract the kids (big and small)? Try this Harry Potter themed virtual escape room developed by a librarian in the US at Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA. How did you go?
Doorway to magic
I love bookstores. Cosy and comforting, they are filled with hundreds of worlds to escape into. When a bookstore is designed to capture your imagination before you’ve even walked in the door I find it really hard to resist. Here are my two favourite local bookstores – you’ll see why… Aren’t these wonderful entrances! Do…
Mid-winter feel good story
It’s the middle of winter here and we’ve just had a blisteringly cold “polar vortex” come through. Temps have been at freezing (or not much above) for a number of days. To brighten my day I read a few feel good stories and thought I’d share one with you. Last year a not-for-profit bookstore in…
Jacqui Murray’s book launch blog hop
Survival of the Fittest…Five tribes. One leader. A treacherous journey across three continents in search of a new home. Along the lines of Jean M Auel’s Earth’s Children series, Jacqui Murray writes prehistoric fiction. Survival of the Fittest is her latest release and the first in the Crossroads series, part of the Man vs. Nature saga. As this series…