Monday musings on Australian literature: Alison Lester

Saturday, as I noted in my Six Degrees of Separation post, was National Bookshop or Love Your Bookshop Day in Australia (and in Great Britain too, it seems). For last year's day, I wrote a post on author-owned/managed bookshops, most of which were located in places other than Australia. The exception was Australian children's author … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Alison Lester

My literary week (13), it’s (mostly) all about Aussies

This last week or so we've been on the road again, severely cutting into my reading time, but literary things have been happening, nonetheless. National Bookshop Day, 2018 Yesterday, August 10th, was, as many of you know, National Bookshop Day and I did, in fact, visit a bookshop, Readings in Carlton, Melbourne. I bought Gerald … Continue reading My literary week (13), it’s (mostly) all about Aussies