A weekly (ish) round-up of quotes and images from book lovers around the interwebs.
She thinks about what food she does love: bread. Soft or hard, cold or warm, old or fresh, it doesn’t matter to her. When she eats anything bread-like she feels like she has wrapped herself in this warm cocoon, crawled blissfully into this happy place. — Miren B. Flores, Prep and Prejudice
‘Maybe she likes a cold penis.’ << Not sure if this will be edited out of the podcast so I decided to tweet it for posterity.
— Kat (@BookThingo) October 22, 2016
A wall of paintings isn't a museum, and a shelf of books isn't a library. People are the secret ingredient that brings those things to life.
— John Overholt (@john_overholt) October 23, 2016
We are HUGELY excited to be publishing a new JRR Tolkien book in 2017! #fbm16 https://t.co/CVh3p7V2E9 pic.twitter.com/QnvmpegzGS
— HarperCollinsUK (@HarperCollinsUK) October 19, 2016
74 Ways Characters Die in Shakespeare’s Plays Shown in a Handy Infographic: From Snakebites to Lack of Sleep https://t.co/G1MU4uohNR pic.twitter.com/6GFzd7b27v
— Open Culture (@openculture) October 23, 2016
Upcoming book events
Nov 9 — Nov 12: Independent Publishing Conference (VIC)
Nov 19: A Romantic High Tea in Brisbane — Features Anna Campbell, TM Clark and Kylie Scott
Nov 23 – Nov 27: Wollongong Writers Festival (NSW)
Nov 27: Sex on the Beach — Features Catherine Evans, Cassandra Samuels, Donna Gallagher and Rachel Brookes
Next year
Feb 18: Books by the Bridge (Sydney) — Features Alice Clayton
Feb 24 – Feb 26: Australian Romance Readers Convention (Melbourne) — Features Kylie Scott, Courtney Milan and Kristen Callahan
Sep 16 – Sep 17: Fictionally Yours Melbourne — Features Jamie McGuire
Oct 21 – 22: Riveting Reads Australia (Brisbane)
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