I was going to write about the book I’ve just finished. Then I stopped and thought how I would normally write about what I’m doing next weekend. It’s a tradition of mine to write about the Australian Discworld Convention at some stage of the game, whether before or after. Today ...

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I’ve made up my mind to get back to scribbling about books next week, this means this is the last about my travels. If you want to read more just ask and I’ll reconsider based on your request. We flew into Heathrow and took the train out to Paddington Station ...

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The beginning of this month was a whirlwind of excitement, fun, frolics and emotion. It was the 6th Australian Discworld Convention and I had all of the above words going through my life, then I drove to Adelaide for the Convention. The drive was fun as I had a co-pilot ...

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People were very patient with me at OzComicCon. I have 10 interviews for you to enjoy. You’ll notice the slight amusement at the end when I unveiled my signature question. Despite my low technology everything came out fairly well. Ander Louis C.S. Pacat Troy Barnes Craig Bruyn Marianne de Pierres Nath Stones ...

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There’s something that’s been totally fascinating me at events such as SupaNova, Armageddon (now called AMC Expo) and other events such as these which include “stars” from movies and TV series. If you’re not familiar with them let me explain a little. AMC Expo is an amazing event whereby you have a ...

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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. ...

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If you’re reading this…no, I’m sure I’m ok you lot read too much. Sheesh! Get out and get something called life for a bit and get your head out of that book! All this means is that I haven’t had time or internet to write anything for today. As I ...

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Around about the time I went to Sydney for the National Book Bloggers Forum at Penguin Random House I was thinking we really needed a group for book bloggers. If they could get 50 people there in the space of a few weeks then how many book bloggers are there ...

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Just a little wander around the internet this week gives a few links for you. This little article talks about pop up shops and it reminded me of one I saw the other day at Brandon Park. I don’t recall the name of the shop but it sold books and ...

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As today is Towel Day it’s fitting I desert the floor for Jason from the Melbourne Science Fiction Club. They’re celebrating their 62nd year and funnily enough so is the Queen. Take it away, Jason. The Melbourne Science Fiction Club (MSFC) was formed way back in 1952, making it the ...

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A new regular feature here is Mondayitis, published every Tuesday, it features guests discussing a series of questions. People have their own view of the questions and some use them as a starting point while others actually answer them, in their own particular way. What do you read? I tend ...

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I’b been there before and knew exactly where to go so please tell me why I didn’t go straight up the stairs as soon as I got through the doors. As I was going up the stairs the adrenalin started as I recalled the last time I was at the ...

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One day I’ll actually read the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and I look forward to finding out what it means.  In my last update I predicted I’d be finished transferring listings from the old website to the new on Tuesday. Well, it didn’t happen. Firefox did ...

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Yesterday I was part of a flash mob.  It wasn’t a large mob but it was fun and I’m exhausted.  We were advertising the Fourth Australian Discworld Convention, we had our first batch of flyers and were off to advertise! You can find some details of the organising of the ...

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It’s been a while since I updated people on Nullus Anxietas 4, the fourth Australian Discworld Convention.  I think the last update included me having delusions of grandeur and totally forgetting the fact that we needed to have elections before we could have a new committee.  Me and my memory, ...

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