I have a number of friends who have recently had books released. I thought it might be nice to showcase them, particularly as covid life has meant many of us have more reading time. If you’re looking for something new, maybe one of my friends will have something to your taste. My first author friend…
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Bookshelf restack fail
We’ve all taken the chance during lockdown to get to some of those big jobs done that we never really get to. This was no different for a well-meaning cleaner who took the chance to do a deep clean of the closed library where she worked. Librarians at the library in Suffolk (UK) returned to…
Book reading in lockdown
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…
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…