by Ashleigh Meikle | Sep 15, 2021 | Round-ups
With much of the country in various lockdowns, in particular in NSW and Victoria, I was again interested in seeing what our trends were – did readers lean more to books for younger readers or young adult, did they lean towards a certain genre or is there less...
by whisperinggums | Sep 8, 2021 | Round-ups
Little did I expect when I commented in my July round-up about New South Wales and Victoria still being in lockdown, that we in the ACT would have joined them. What to say, except let’s hope we will be out of it soon and that no-one else will be in it? Anyhow,...
by whisperinggums | Aug 11, 2021 | Round-ups
Little did I expect when I wrote the June round-up that so much of eastern Australia would still be in lockdown in July, and yet, here we are with Victoria in lockdown number 6, and Sydney (and other parts of New South Wales) in an extended lockdown. Oh well, such is...
by whisperinggums | Jul 14, 2021 | Round-ups
Halfway through the year, and that darned pandemic just keeps throwing us curve-balls, doesn’t it? I hope – wherever you are – you are trucking ok. How great that we are all readers, that we have something to take us away to other lives and worlds...
by whisperinggums | Jun 9, 2021 | Round-ups
May 2021 is quite a different month to May last year. The pandemic had started but we had no idea how long it would last. We still don’t know, but we know more about it now, and have some strategies for managing it. That’s a good thing. Bookselling stats...
