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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: The Kids Are Alright - Again
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Saturday, 15 May 2010. The Kids Are Alright - Again. Inspired by a post at Bean There, Read That. Today I bought and read the new Babysitters' Club prequel,. Ah, the Babysitters' Club! I was immediately struck by how much more sophisticated the narrative is in the prequel (The Summer Before our lives changed forever! Who knew babysitting could be such a turning point in a young girl's life? The BSC one today was in YA - but given that the rest of the series is completely ou...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: Chain reactions vs independent types
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Wednesday, 25 November 2009. Chain reactions vs independent types. Since my last post, which was shamefully long ago in blogosphere terms, I have acquired a second bookselling job in order to swell the coffers, which took a serious knock in the transition period! This has been good news. I do promise to make this blog more readable, just bear with me while I get through the next few weeks! 27 November 2009 at 08:03. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Boat - Nam Le.
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: September 2009
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Sunday, 27 September 2009. The Great Unknown Southern Land. I met other like-minded volunteers and staff; chaired events with Australian and international authors; saw plays, read books, drank flat whites and local. And knew I’d be back. So I am now tying up some books in a polkadot knapsack and taking myself to the Great Unknown Southern Land. I’m arriving on the 12th October in pursuit of a little sun, a little wine and lots of literary activity. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: November 2009
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Monday, 30 November 2009. The future of bookselling? Incredibly sad news this week that Borders UK has gone into administration. The chain's fortunes had really taken a nosedive over the last few years with a resulting drop-off in quality, and the end has really been a long time coming but it is a horrible situation for the staff and it is always sad to see bookshops close their doors. Independents usually have very few staff, and a much lower turnover. And next time yo...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: Normal Service Resumed
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Saturday, 15 May 2010. I have not been very good at updating this blog for any number of reasons, but have had several conversations recently about blogging and its virtues so after gentle nudges from Hannah the Inkling. Vanessa at Fidra Books. And others, I have resolved to be better. I even sort of promise. To get us going, am just about to post some thoughts on nostalgia reads and rebrands and whether or not they work. All thought appreciated as always. The Boat - Nam Le.
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: May 2010
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Monday, 24 May 2010. Ode to the Odd Ones. One of our regular customers came in to the store yesterday. A perfectly nice, normal guy who pops in now and then, buys mostly non-fiction. He brought his book up to the counter and as my colleague put the sale through, he peeled off the price sticker. 'Oh, would you like it gift wrapped? Would he spit it out, with a sheepish smile or a slight air of surprise? Saturday, 15 May 2010. The Kids Are Alright - Again. Who knew babysittin...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: Good Librations
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Thursday, 4 March 2010. Do so, and then work out an average cost per page; pretty sobering stuff. It's Me, Chelsea' probably wouldn't make the cut on an average Tuesday (though great title, isn't it? But it did hit the spot last week when I urgently needed something to read on the tram. Oh, be mine! And my library visits of my uni years, while extremely frequent, were usually driven by necessity and vague but constant feelings of resentment (do they have it? And hated it...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: Ode to the Odd Ones
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Monday, 24 May 2010. Ode to the Odd Ones. One of our regular customers came in to the store yesterday. A perfectly nice, normal guy who pops in now and then, buys mostly non-fiction. He brought his book up to the counter and as my colleague put the sale through, he peeled off the price sticker. 'Oh, would you like it gift wrapped? Would he spit it out, with a sheepish smile or a slight air of surprise? 24 May 2010 at 21:32. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Booklover who ...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: The future of bookselling?
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Monday, 30 November 2009. The future of bookselling? Incredibly sad news this week that Borders UK has gone into administration. The chain's fortunes had really taken a nosedive over the last few years with a resulting drop-off in quality, and the end has really been a long time coming but it is a horrible situation for the staff and it is always sad to see bookshops close their doors. Independents usually have very few staff, and a much lower turnover. And next time yo...
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities: March 2010
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A Tale of Two Literary Cities. Thursday, 4 March 2010. Do so, and then work out an average cost per page; pretty sobering stuff. It's Me, Chelsea' probably wouldn't make the cut on an average Tuesday (though great title, isn't it? But it did hit the spot last week when I urgently needed something to read on the tram. Oh, be mine! And my library visits of my uni years, while extremely frequent, were usually driven by necessity and vague but constant feelings of resentment (do they have it? And hated it...