The second in this series of author photos from the Book Expo 2015. Cycle of Life by Carol Cooke Carol Cooke is an amazing lady, I bemoan the fact I had no time to actually sit and listen to her story. Despite having MS she has overcome adversity and won ...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." C.S. Lewis
Est. 2009
There were several publishers available at the Book Expo. I’ve showcased ASIM before and would have happily done so again but I didn’t think to take photos of them. There was also a shelf display for another publisher but without someone there to talk to I didn’t get around to taking a photo, Australian ...
This is the first lot of photos of authors from the Book Expo 2015. I ran out of time to take photos of everyone so you’ve only got four Fridays of these. Abandoned by Warren Craig Shan Shan does not look like your typical author being in IT but as we all ...
As promised here are some words about the support personnel I met at the Book Expo. I suspect I could get entire articles using some of what I’ve written here and each article would only scratch the surface. BookaBuy The lovely people at BookaBuy. Remember when I wrote about Book Clubs? ...
A couple of weekends ago I drove to Sydney for the Book Expo, it’s the second of its kind in Australia and I would have been there last year if I hadn’t needed a medical procedure as I think it’s a very important event; attending has just confirmed my thoughts. It’s ...
By now you’ll know I took a road trip to Sydney for the Book Expo. Driving up was really easy but driving back was a challenge. I’ve taken photos at most stops and also at the Book Expo so you’ll be able to see what I did. As I generally do with ...
If you know what these are then you’re obviously a Discworld fan and you need to join us at Carnegie Library between 11 am and 4pm Sunday 28th June! If you don’t you might want to consider reading the books. They’re hedging their bets with the apostrophes and steak here. ...
I know I promised more photos but they may not be forthcoming for a while. There were two official photographers and one of them took over 700 photos, it will take a while for them to process and upload as they check and label each one. Both ladies are in the middle ...
A few photos from the Australian Discworld Convention in Sydney last weekend. Have I really been back less than a week? So much has happened it feels like a month. I raided the Dealers Tent and bought badges for my collection. One was given me for my volunteering work. The Be ...
I left home at stupid o’clock (not really, it only felt like it. I beat the peak hour traffic) to drive west in order to drive east. That is such a strange thing but the way Melbourne is organised that is what one has to do, the fact that I ...
This is a time when many bloggers write about their year to summarise how they’ve gone and the only one I can find quickly is Deb who’s done her favourite novels of 2014. I would have liked to have found a couple of lifestyle blogs and more book blogs but this ...
In today’s issue of Authors by Alphabet I’m taking a brief look at Hugo Gernsback. Gernsback was an amazing man. He started the pulp fiction title of Amazing Stories thereby bringing science fiction to life. Gernsback is the person responsible for the phrase ‘science fiction’ and used it despite preferring the ...
Cthulhu: Deep Down Under. 24 tales by Australian genre writers, 24 colour illustrations. Lovecraftian Horror set Down Under! Decay: Australian horror, science-fiction & fantasy anthology comic-book/magazine. This looked like an awesome magazine but too much artwork for me. You might want to give it a try. Kimberley Clark and Lauren ...
Just because I interrupted myself on Thursday I’m giving you some lovely photos today. I’m hoping people will come along and identify themselves because some of these people I have no idea. These people are advertising a Zombie Apocalypse tonight, you might remember the typo I vaguely mentioned the other ...
I can see what you’re thinking but you’re wrong. Yes, there was a TARDIS at Armageddon (actually two of them) but she didn’t bring Tolkien (worse luck, I could just see myself totally freaking out by meeting Tolkien). What really happened is that I was confronted by the Lady Galadriel ...