Proudly carrying a brown paper bag with the ‘Readings’ logo embellished on the side, handles twisting under the strain of probably too many newly purchased books, I made my way to the second and final panel I would be attending at Clunes Booktown. This session was about Crime in the Country and was held in… Continue reading Clunes Booktown Recap 2: Crime in the Country
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Clunes Booktown Recap 1: Exploring Teen Reading Culture
Last weekend I joined thousands of booklovers, writers and creatives and headed to Clunes for the annual Booktown Fesitval. Clunes is a small regional town just outside of Ballarat which averages a population of around two thousand people. When it comes to the Booktown time of year, poor Clunes gets so flooded that a lot… Continue reading Clunes Booktown Recap 1: Exploring Teen Reading Culture
Be Persuaded at the Ballarat Library
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if there is a Jane Austen exhibition on, I am going to visit it. On the 21st of April, along with my grandmother and my sister Sarah, we made our way down to the Ballarat library to see the ‘Be Persuaded’ exhibition, which was showcasing regency fashions from… Continue reading Be Persuaded at the Ballarat Library