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Lifeline Bookfest June 8-11

Fictional character Norman Wallis returned to the latest Lifeline Bookfest in Brisbane, June 8-11. More than a million second-hand books went on sale, as they do twice a year at the Bookfest in Brisbane. The next one will be in January. Proceeds go to Lifeline for services like phone counselling.

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Readersvoice.com aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. For this issue I interviewed Hugh Howey and saw him give a talk at Supanova at the Gold Coast. He wrote the post-apocalyptic novel Wool which is about a society living in a silo, staring out at a toxic world. Hugh Howey gives many reading suggestions and pointers about writing.

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Author Hugh Howey talks about the history of his post-apocalyptic novel Wool...

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Hugh Howey, author of Wool, talks about tension, fan fiction and plot construction in tv series...

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Readersvoice.com aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. For this issue I went along to the Gold Coast Film Festival to see a few screenwriters and directors like Makoto Shinkai creator of The Garden of Words. I attended the premiere of The Garden of Words, which is about a 15-year-old boy who skips school on rainy days, and meets a 27-year-old woman in a park. A traditional Japanese love story develops.

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Makoto Shinkai talks about making The Garden of Words and mentions a favorite book...

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Screenwriters Todd Farmer (Drive Angry, My Bloody Valentine 3D) and Destin Pfaff and Kern Saxton (Sushi Girl) mention some favorite books. They all attended the Gold Coast Film Festival, and I met the Sushi Girl creators at the nearby Supanova, which is like a comic-con...

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READERSVOICE.COM aims to collect a few interesting reading tips. For this issue, M. L. Stedman talks about her writing process for The Light Between Oceans. It's the story of a lighthouse keeper and his wife on Janus Island, off the Western Australia coast in 1926. A boat washes up with a dead man and a baby. They decide to keep the baby and disaster ensues. The book has been optioned by Miramax for a movie.

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M. L. Stedman talks about researching The Light Between Oceans, and writing in the British Library...

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