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 Between sessions at the PWF  I’ve had it penciled into my calendar for months and it’s finally here: the weekend I’m going to let my inner bookworm go wild at the 2010 Perth Writers Festival. Woohoo!  Australians love reading magazines. In fact, they consume more magazines per capita than anyone else in the world. Magazine Publishers of Australia report that total readership across all consumer titles in Australia is 38.8 million. Most of the mags you find at newsstands are owned by huge corporations like Pacific Magazines (Who, Marie Claire, Women’s [...]  New findings indicate that independent bookstores are closing at a rate of 3 per week. And it’s no wonder. The challenges facing independent bookstores are great: chain bookstores like Borders, Barnes & Noble and Dymocks carry huge selections of books, often marked at discount prices; internet shopping giant Amazon’s ingenious recommendation system, combined with cheap [...]  Last Saturday, in desperate need of a break from house-hunting in 38 degree heat, we stumbled across 9 Seeds, a cute café/juice bar/restaurant. It’s located on Marmion St in East Fremantle, just between Coode St and Wilkinson St. A tiny island in a suburban sea, 9 Seeds appears to enjoy a steady stream of business [...] |
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