When I first start blogging it was with the idea of supporting my online bookselling with some search engine optimisation. It never occurred to me that it would lead to a brand new life. This coming Sunday, the 22nd April, is the ninth anniversary of the beginning of a whole ...

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I’m officially excited. I know, I’ve been officially excited by many things over the past year or two but this time it’s about my blog. This weekend is the Eighth Anniversary of this blog. It’s very exciting and without the writing here I would not be at uni and I ...

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Remember this article I wrote on The Chimera Vector?  Well, this is your chance to win a signed copy of the book as Farrugia is celebrating. Momentum has chosen several of their titles to publish print books through Matthew Reilly’s publisher Pan Macmillan and sell them in real life bookshops! ...

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In honour of Australia Day 2015 and in commemoration of the anniversary of World War I I’m participating in the Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop hosted by Shelleyrae of BOOK’D OUT. I have a lightly read uncorrected bound proof of Steve Sailah’s A Fatal Tide to give away to a resident in Australia. ...

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Just because I have not taken the time to do any research and actually find something useful to talk about I’m just going to ramble, I’ll try not to bore you too long. Yesterday I spent some time taking specific photos. After the successful Bananagrams giveaway I decided I might ...

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I think I’m just going to declare December a debacle month, if it can go wrong then it probably will. You know about the internet and electricity problems because I mentioned them a couple of weeks ago, I’m still trying to get the garage door opener fixed, well, Sunday night ...

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Just because I’m really organised I’m doing this today instead of combining it with yesterday’s post. I’m very excited to have been given two Bananagrams to giveaway. If you look at the photo below you’ll find some of the letters from Bananagrams scattered on my table, your task is to ...

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Backs are sort of important, they’re the cornerstone of your whole body and when things go wrong with them then you’re in trouble. I have an uncomfortable relationship with my back and see the physio regularly for a tune up. Just wondering The last six months or so I’ve been ...

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I mentioned a while ago I would be starting to do reviews of toys for the kidlets, this is my first attempt and it includes a competition. Wherever possible I will include some element of education in my competitions and will endeavour to make it about reading or writing. Geleez ...

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I mentioned a while ago I would be starting to do reviews of toys for the kidlets, this is my first attempt and it includes a competition. Wherever possible I will include some element of education in my competitions and will endeavour to make it about reading or writing. Geleez ...

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Introducing Sparky - a cross between a Jack Russell and a Ute Graeme Base is best known for his books that transcend the generations, they are very artistically and beautifully drawn masterpieces with just enough words for reading. He was born in England and moved here when he was eight, ...

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I neglected to mention you needed to post a comment on this blog in order to be entered into the competition so I’ve had to be rather liberal about where the entries were posted. All the entries were fabulous and it took some time to pick one. MinzBeads has managed ...

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Just for a bit of a change of pace I thought I’d review a book I picked up this afternoon. It’s a children’s book so didn’t take too long to read. It was Lucy Sussex’s first fiction novel. I first heard of Sussex last year when I attended AussieCon 4, fourth ...

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Yes, I did need that many exclamation marks, seriously. Last Thursday night during #spbkchat, the Twitter chat for all things bookish based in the South Pacific region, I received a phone call that made me very excited, so excited I couldn’t concentrate on anything she was saying as I was ...

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I know this is old news as Skip McGrath blogged about it in May, but you should know by now that I don’t always give you this information at the time of publishing. You can look at his blog for further details, but basically he’s blogged about a guy in ...

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