16 May
16 May Back in the road again! Headed to Margaret River today (festival kicks off tomorrow) but managed six bookshops on the way! Our last QBDs in WA in Rockingham and Mandurah, Collins Bunbury, Dymocks and Viva in Busselton and finally on a western tip of the coast, Text and Co in Dunsborough (lovely torment […]
14 May
14 May We are having a few quieter days to edit (the sequel to The Glass House) – well quieter for me than Graeme, who did a writing seminar today! We head to Margaret River Writers Festival on Thursday so more news then. View while editing
11 May
12 May Last of the Perth bookshops – after a day of chain stores yesterday, only one QBD (Innaloo) then five Indies. Planet Books at Northbridge and Mt Lawley, Beaufort Books, Diabolik and Rabble. Bookshops were busy so hopefully lots of happy mothers with books for Mother’s Day!
11 May
11 May Lots of kilometres in the north and east of Perth (they have very long cycles for the lights in WA and we waited a lot!!!). A big day for the chains: 4 QBDs and 5 Dymocks. Much fewer malls that had both of them but…yes, lots of shopping malls. In the last one […]
10 May
10 May Hit the Perth bookshop tour (they have a lot of bookshops; at least three new Independent ones. Go literate Perthites!) Mill Point Books, Subiaco bookshop, Dymocks Subiaco and Collins Cottlesloe then Graeme did a workshop with Year 10 students while I sat in the wonderful garden at Open Books editing the sequel to […]