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Trade Loeffler p2

Trade Loeffler talks about how he constructs his stories, giving a succinct description of his engineering of The Sky Kayak.

Trade Loeffler p3

Trade Loeffler talks about some of his favorite books and gives an interesting take on Shakespeare.

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Trade Loeffler talks about his comics for children and adults, including The Captain's Quest and The Sky Kayak, featuring Zip and L'il Bit.

Baden Kirgan p1

Readersvoice.com aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. This issue features the publisher of Black House Comics, which produces comics like The Dark Detective, and novellas like the After the World saga, including titles like Gravesend, Pack Rules, Killable Hours and Grave New World. Also Norman Wallis reports on the Lifeline Bookfest which is on from June 12 to 15 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. It’s a dream come true for lovers of cheap second hand books. First up, Baden Kirgan.

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Publisher Baden Kirgan on the realities of the Australian comics publishing industry.

Lifeline Bookfest June 12-15, Brisbane

Fictional reporter Norman Wallis gives plenty of notice for the Lifeline Bookfest at the Brisbane Convention Centre for four days from Saturday June 12 to 15. It's a paradise for second-hand book lovers, with more than a million books of all kinds going for next to nix.

Barney Hoskyns, author of Lowside of the Road (Faber & Faber).

READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. For this issue I contacted Barney Hoskyns, the biographer of singer, songwriter Tom Waits. Barney Hoskyns is the editor of the website Rock’s Backpages. He gives some excellent reading tips in this interview, including some classics about popular music. And he talks about writing his fascinating biography, Lowside of the Road, A Life of Tom Waits. (Faber and Faber).

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Barney Hoskyns talks about his excellent biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of the Road, and gives some outstanding reading suggestions.

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Barney Hoskyns talks about researching his excellent biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of the Road (Faber and Faber).

Amber Albrecht p1

Canadian printmaker Amber Albrecht gives some excellent reading suggestions and talks about her prints which are some of the best of their kind.