Blogs

We just had book week here last week and it was all just too cute; mini Harrys and Matildas, Ballerina’s and Dalmatian’s were everywhere! My nieces had theirs on Thursday and I was lucky enough to go to the school and watch the parade. It was all so gorgeous. I definitely remember book week from […]

I’ve had a lacklustre podcast that I need to revamp and today is the day! It was genuinely had to get to when I had the shop, it really is a passion project so there was always something else I should have been doing..but now I have the luxury of being able to do it

I had a huge weekend of family this weekend, I slept over my little nephews house on Friday night and watched my nieces play netball on Saturday. My sister is renovating their house now so I also got to hang with the girls Sunday while they packed and dismantled everything. It really messed with my

I’ve been in bookclubs for the last 15 years. I’ve been in friend group style bookclubs, I’ve been in formal structured bookclubs, I’ve run bookclubs and been in exclusive book buddy style bookclubs; for me there is nothing better than talking to someone who has read the book you have just finished. I am a

I’ve had the most bookish vs movie weekend ever! I went to the movies with my sisters on Saturday night to see Where The Crawdads Sing and my library copy of 11.22.63 is overdue today so I just had to sit there and read hard for the rest of the time 😉 then once I

Yesterday I got to do the ‘What Are You Reading?’ segment at Better Reading with Cheryl Akle! I’m a long time listener of the Better Reading Podcast and introduced myself to Cheryl Akle in a Harper Collins lift in 2019 with the….OMG YOU’RE CHERYL AKLE FROM BETTER READING…I am just cucumber cool aren’t I?!? Obviously

After my shop closed last month I promised myself four week long service/ time to grieve/ reading time. I’ve had the last two weeks with bum glue stuck to my reading chair, and I feel all the better for it! I’ve travelled to 1970s India, 17th century Texel, I’ve been the drummer in Nirvana, I’ve

My shop has closed, well on the 31st so just over a week ago, but today I handed my keys in. I’m so sad to say goodbye. I’ve been there since 2008 and I really never pictured it closing. Our block was sold as a development site in 2018 so really I should have had

I turned 44 yesterday and cannot believe it. Last time I looked 44 was grown up, and I feel like I’m just getting started, but that’s probably a blog for another day… I had a wonderful relax and completely read the day away! Dave made me a bed end bookshelf out of pine and built

What a year 2022 is turning out to be! Here in Cronulla we had the covid explosion that was January, the speed of February- such a short month! And now March here we are already half way through! At Anna’s we’ve started our IRL Author Events again, and they have been wonderful! Susannah Hardy, Penelope