I was attending a webinar during International Women’s Week, when this book popped up in the Chats section. So I checked to see if it was in my local library’s catalogue and lo and behold it was! So I quickly reserved it. I even mentioned it in the webinar’s chat that they could borrow this…
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Book Review – Wrong about Japan
Ok another book review about Japan. This one is written by the Australian author, Peter Carey. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve read any of his books previously. But this one I like because it’s short and he recounts his experience visiting Japan with his son Charley. This trip was for them to see…
Book Review – Be More Japan
I’m doing my research on Japan as I am planning to go there soon. Ha! Who knows when though! This book has been quite handy in learning more about the country and Japanese culture. Actually, I studied Japanese when I was in college and uni. And despite the intense study of the Japanese language (in…
Book Review – The perfect world of Miwako Sumida
I heard a podcast (about 43:36) on this book’s author Clarissa Goenawan and found her interesting. She’s an Indonesian-born Singaporean who writes stories based in Japan about Japanese characters. She is an author who is obsessed with Japan but I’m not sure if she has actually lived there. Anyway, the book they were reviewing was…
Library Visit 2023 – Dickson Library
Did you know that Dickson Library was the first ever public library that I worked in as a volunteer, oh way back in the early 1990’s. So LONG ago! Date of Visit: Saturday 21 January 2023. This visit coincided with our trip to see the Lunar New Year celebration in Canberra at the Dickson shops….
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