Posts Tagged: second-hand books

On giving books a good home
I still haven’t told you about my latest trip to The Book Affair! I have been to it twice before, which I have talked about here and here, but it recently moved and was rediscovered by my Gran. We went

On giving books a good home
I still haven’t told you about my latest trip to The Book Affair! I have been to it twice before, which I have talked about here and here, but it recently moved and was rediscovered by my Gran. We went

On pretending to be little again
If my Mum was my biggest reading influence when I was a child, then my Gran would have to come as a close second. My Gran has always been a big library user (being a librarian herself), and keeps a

On pretending to be little again
If my Mum was my biggest reading influence when I was a child, then my Gran would have to come as a close second. My Gran has always been a big library user (being a librarian herself), and keeps a

On feeling a little bit famous
So, super exciting, the Adelaide Fringe have been sneakily reading my blog! They decided that they thought my posts on rescuing books and what the Adelaide Fringe were doing with them would be interesting not only to you guys, but

On feeling a little bit famous
So, super exciting, the Adelaide Fringe have been sneakily reading my blog! They decided that they thought my posts on rescuing books and what the Adelaide Fringe were doing with them would be interesting not only to you guys, but

On giving books a second life
I know I should probably be writing about bookish things that happened to me on my trip, or about one of the 1001 Children’s Books I Must Read Before I Grow Up (that is what this blog is supposed to

On giving books a second life
I know I should probably be writing about bookish things that happened to me on my trip, or about one of the 1001 Children’s Books I Must Read Before I Grow Up (that is what this blog is supposed to

On authors that are saviours
Last Friday, I locked myself out of the house. Ben was at the cricket, so I wandered through town waiting for him to walk home. I came across a pop up market that springs into being every Friday during summer

On authors that are saviours
Last Friday, I locked myself out of the house. Ben was at the cricket, so I wandered through town waiting for him to walk home. I came across a pop up market that springs into being every Friday during summer

On giving books a second life
Do you remember, a little while ago, I wrote a post about collecting a whole lot of unwanted second hand books for my work at the Adelaide Fringe? Well, I can give you a sneak peek at some of the

On giving books a second life
Do you remember, a little while ago, I wrote a post about collecting a whole lot of unwanted second hand books for my work at the Adelaide Fringe? Well, I can give you a sneak peek at some of the
On shiny new books
I know I write quite often about old books, and how I have a growing appreciation for old and second-hand books, but I also have a love of new books. They don’t have to be new in the strictest sense
On shiny new books
I know I write quite often about old books, and how I have a growing appreciation for old and second-hand books, but I also have a love of new books. They don’t have to be new in the strictest sense

On rescuing books
So I haven’t told you much about my new job at the Adelaide Fringe, which I have been enjoying for the past month. I’m working predominately on the Opening Night Parade. I can’t tell you much yet (partly because I

On rescuing books
So I haven’t told you much about my new job at the Adelaide Fringe, which I have been enjoying for the past month. I’m working predominately on the Opening Night Parade. I can’t tell you much yet (partly because I