bookshop after dark

Quiet streets. Night has fallen. Shops have closed. A key is turned, a door opened, lights switched on, illuminating shelves and tables filled with books and books. The owner settles in behind the counter, ready to welcome night owls, shift workers, random people passing by, visitors to the postcard village of Lunenburg with three bookshops…

34 vs 8

Tackling 34 manuscripts averaging 70,000 words (some a hefty 90,000, others a bit less) or roughly 200 to 300 pages per unpublished story had me scrabbling for a workable reading scheme amidst my usual work tasks and before and after work life. My first act was to download all manuscripts on my Kindle reader so…

27 vs 17

Notable Books … In comparison with last year, ten more non-fiction titles to read and scrutinise. The Fab Six panel ploughed through a wealth of New Zealand related topics and subjects, some better known than others, some close to our hearts, others fascinating and surprising, some fiercely debatable, some disappointingly marked by factual errors ……

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