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Five For Friday: Favourite Books

Recently, I was asked you to provide my one favourite author and one favourite book. Now, as a voracious reader, I found that very difficult to do. I stood next to my bookshelf at home and looked and looked, but favourites are really not easy to identify – there have been so many books that I’ve […]
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Posted on March 1, 2013
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Five For Friday: Goals for Bloggiesta

    Bloggiesta starts today! Here’s a chance for us to catch up with those things that we’ve been meaning to do around the blog for ages, but haven’t had the chance. The Bloggiesta event is hosted by Suey and Danielle. I’m going to be away for some of this weekend but I’ll have a bit of […]
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Posted on September 28, 2012
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Five For Friday: Escapism

Why do we read, write and watch Fantasy and Sci-fi fiction? Aussie author Rowena Cory Daniells wrote a brilliant guest post over on Fantasy & SciFi Lovin’ this week that discussed this very question. The article not only delves into why we might need some escapism from our daily lives, but also introduced me to […]
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Posted on August 10, 2012
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Five For Friday: Recommended Authors

This Five For Friday is part of the Discover Australian Fantasy feature, running all July on The Oaken Bookcase. Please visit the Aussie Fantasy page to see the other reviews and articles and also to enter the giveaway! I’m very pleased to welcome Shannon from Giraffe Days to share five things with us today! Shannon is an expat Aussie currently […]
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Posted on July 20, 2012
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Five For Friday: Get Excited For Stormdancer

 This Discover Australian Fantasy Five For Friday is brought to you by the amazing Rebecca of Reading Wishes. Make sure to come back tomorrow for an interview with the man himself, Jay Kristoff! 5 reasons to get excited for Stormdancer! 1. La Blurb I’m not a huge fantasy reader, the one’s I’ve read so far […]
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Posted on July 6, 2012
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Five for Friday: Reviews

This week’s Five for Friday is brought to you by Armchair BEA. Those of us not lucky enough to be able to attend the Book Expo of America in New York this week have been able to follow and have our own fun online! Today’s Armchair BEA topic is: Ask the Experts! We’ve been asked […]
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Posted on June 8, 2012
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Five For Friday: Reviews

This week’s Five for Friday is brought to you by Armchair BEA. Those of us not lucky enough to be able to attend the Book Expo of America in New York this week have been able to follow and have our own fun online! Today’s Armchair BEA topic is: Ask the Experts! We’ve been asked […]
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Posted on June 8, 2012
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Five for Friday: Being a Book Blogger Newbie

The Oaken Bookcase has been open for three months now, and what a busy three months it has been! I still consider myself a total newbie in this, but I’ve read so many great books and met some lovely people along the way. I thought I’d share a few things I’ve learned by chucking myself […]
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Posted on May 25, 2012
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Five For Friday: Beautiful Children’s Books

It’s Friday! It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to post a Friday Five. I visited the library this morning with my little boy and found a couple of the most beautiful children’s books that I wanted to share. If you have any favourites that I haven’t mentioned, please add them in the […]
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Posted on May 4, 2012
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Five For Friday: Bloggiesta!

It’s Friday! That means it’s time for Five For Friday. This weekend, Bloggiesta is on! Book bloggers from around the world are working hard on their blogs to spruce them up. I thought it was fitting that this week’s Friday Five should be: Five things I plan to do for Bloggiesta! 1. Choose a new […]
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Posted on March 30, 2012
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