Charlotte Harper – The Boomerang Books Blog https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 How it really feels to close a bookshop https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/how-it-really-feels-to-close-a-bookshop/2013/03 https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/how-it-really-feels-to-close-a-bookshop/2013/03#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:51:07 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=14820 Bookseller Greg Field is an inspiration. While he closed the NSW bookstore he has run for 10 years, Sunset Books, last week in the face of tough economic realities, Field has also posted the first third of his new mystery novel on global story sharing community Wattpad and launched an app business. His is a … Continue reading How it really feels to close a bookshop

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]]> https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/how-it-really-feels-to-close-a-bookshop/2013/03/feed 2 Reading our leading women https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/reading-our-leading-women/2013/01 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:36:03 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=14219 Are you up for a reading challenge this year? I’ve already started mine, with a Miles Franklin-related project called Reading Stella, which you can learn about on a new dedicated blog, but it ties in with the broader national Australian Women Writers Challenge (see previous post), and I’ll be broadening my reading list accordingly. With … Continue reading Reading our leading women

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]]> Book in for the 2013 Women Writers Challenge! https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/book-in-for-the-2013-women-writers-challenge/2012/12 https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/book-in-for-the-2013-women-writers-challenge/2012/12#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:38:06 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=13940 Which of the many books on your to-read list will you pick up (or click on) next? If you’re as indecisive as me, it’s a struggle each time. In 2013, I will have a mission to guide me. I’m signing up for the second annual Australian Women Writers Challenge, with a plan to read 27 … Continue reading Book in for the 2013 Women Writers Challenge!

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]]> https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/book-in-for-the-2013-women-writers-challenge/2012/12/feed 1 Dabbling in digital storytelling at drabbl.es https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/dabbling-in-storytelling-at-drabbl-es/2012/12 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:17:29 +0000 http://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/?p=13882 Canberra writer and entrepreneur Ellen Harvey has launched a new global platform for writers who can cope with word limits. The drabbl.es website, which is live but in alpha testing, invites visitors to create 100 word stories in one of dozens of subject areas, from journalism to crime and chick lit to biography. It’s an … Continue reading Dabbling in digital storytelling at drabbl.es

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]]> The blogger, the press pack and that speech https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/when-art-imitates-political-life/2012/11 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 05:34:51 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1423 With the ACT election just over, a Federal election looming, and the US election this very week, it seems like a good time to review a couple of books that inhabit that world: The Marmalade Files by press gallery journalists Steve Lewis (News Ltd tabloid national correspondent) and Chris Uhlmann (political editor of the ABC’s … Continue reading The blogger, the press pack and that speech

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]]> The iPad mini arrives November 2 https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/the-ipad-mini-arrives-november-2/2012/10 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:06:44 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1409 At last, there’s an iPad for ebook readers looking for a device you can hold in one hand – but it lacks the retina display of current iPad and iPhone models. The world had its first look at the 7.9-inch mini during an event streamed via Apple TV and live tweeted/blogged from 4am this morning. … Continue reading The iPad mini arrives November 2

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]]> Print will go within 50 years: Penguin CEO https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/print-will-go-within-50-years-penguin-ceo/2012/10 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:15:47 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1401 Outgoing global CEO of Pearson (parent company to Penguin and The Financial Times) Dame Marjorie Scardino reckons that 50 years from now, her company is unlikely produce any more printed products – quite a statement considering many in the industry believe ebooks will never replace the printed book entirely. Scardino has been a bit of … Continue reading Print will go within 50 years: Penguin CEO

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]]> Wish I was going Bookcamping today … https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/wish-i-was-going-bookcamping-today/2012/09 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:25:03 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1397 It’s Bookcamp day, and I’m stuck in an office in Canberra. Boo hoo. Philosophers on the future of the book are congregating in Brisbane as I write, preparing to make their pitch for what the Bookcamp unconference will cover. This year’s special guest is designer and writer Craig Mod. Mod is a former product designer … Continue reading Wish I was going Bookcamping today …

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]]> Cherry blossom, footy finals and new gadgets: it’s September! https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/cherry-blossom-footy-finals-and-new-gadgets-its-september/2012/09 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:46:11 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1383 It’s handy being a geek and a September baby. Launches from Sony, Amazon, Kobo and Apple all land around about this month each year, well timed for birthday gift requests, even if some involve long term contracts (the new iPhone) international wrangling (Kindle) and long waits (Kobo). Last year, my birthday meant a crimson Sony … Continue reading Cherry blossom, footy finals and new gadgets: it’s September!

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]]> Please serialise Game of Thrones 6+7, GRRM https://blog.boomerangbooks.com.au/please-serialise-game-of-thrones-67-grrm/2012/09 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:31:30 +0000 http://content.booku.com/blog/?p=1370 I feel lost. There’s a great big hole in my life and I have no idea how to fill it. I’ve spent just about every spare minute of the past three months with George RR Martin. And now it’s over, indefinitely. Finishing a really good book is a bit like being ditched by a long-term … Continue reading Please serialise Game of Thrones 6+7, GRRM

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