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Pamela Rushby

READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. This edition features author of young adult novels, Pamela Rushby. Her novel The Horses Didn’t Come Home tells the story of the last great cavalry charge in history, undertaken by Australian soldiers in 1917 at Beersheba, in the Sinai Desert, now in Israel. Pamela Rushby lists many of her favorite young adult novels. Also, Norman Wallis reports on the Lifeline Bookfest which is on again at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from June 9 to 12. It’s the largest sale of secondhand books in the world.

Lifeline Bookfest, Brisbane, June 9-12, 2012.

The next Lifeline Bookfest is coming up on the Queens Birthday Weekend, June 9-12, 2012, at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. There will be about an acre of fascinating second hand books, all arranged neatly on long wooden tables, and with signage indicating different categories of books, all going for ridiculously low prices. Lifeline is a charity which provides services like phone counseling. Fictional reporter Norman Wallis attended the Lifeline Bookfest in Caboolture in April.

Lifeline Bookfest, Brisbane, June 9-12, 2012.

Norman Wallis continues relating his adventure at the Caboolture Lifeline Bookfest. The Bookfest is on again at the Brisbane Convention Centre from June 9 to 12.