If you caught my post yesterday you might know how excited I was about Love Your Bookshop Day this year. Obviously there was no way I could visit my favourite bookshops without picking up a few new books, and today I wanted to share my very excellent haul.

Despite the excitement I did manage to restrain myself and only buy books that were on my list - I've been looking forward to getting my hands on each of these!

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling - Wai Chim
This brand new contemporary #loveozya is all over instagram at the moment, and I am only hearing great things. I can't wait to read it for myself!

Growing Up Queer in Australia - edited by Benjamin Law
I have a couple of the Growing Up... anthologies already, and I was super keen to pick this one up too. I am loving that publishers (in particular Black Inc Books) are supporting anthologies of diverse Australian stories.

Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Another current favourite online, everyone is talking about this new romcom and it sounds excellent.


The Monster Who Wasn't - T.C. Shelley
I saw this middlegrade novel in the Bloomsbury catalogue a little while ago and thought it looked really fun.

Being the book nerd that I am, one day and one bookshop just wasn't enough. Today I popped into Dymocks in Belconnen to share the love a bit more - and pick up two more books from my ever-growing to-be-read list =)



It Sounded Better in My Head - Nina Kenwood
This is another case of bookstagram made me do it! There has been so much buzz around this brand new contemporary #loveozya novel, and everyone is loving it.

My Name is NOT Peaseblossom - Jackie French
I really enjoy Jackie French's books - whether they are adult, picture books, or YA. I'm currently working on growing my collection of her novels by keeping an eye out for them secondhand, but I couldn't resist buying this retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream when I spotted it on the shelves today.

I'm pretty delighted with my Love Your Bookshop Day haul - so many gorgeous books! Now I just need to decide which one to read first!

xo Bron

The Lifeline Bookfair comes to Canberra three times a year, and I try to go along to at least two of the three - I mean, tables and tables of secondhad books for sale and proceeds to charity? What's not to love?

If you follow me on Instagram (@bookishbron)  you'll know I have just spent most of my weekend having a wonderfully bookish time at the Canberra Writers Festival. I went to four sessions, two on each day, and ate lunch in the sunshine yesterday while today it apparently snowed at lunchtime. Hello almost spring in Canberra haha.

• Samantha Shannon & Garth Nix in conversation with Kaaron Warren
• Richard Fidler in conversation with Jane Norman
• The Importance of Australian YA - Jaclyn Moriarty, Ellie Marney, Will Kostakis
• Careful with the Axe - Sarah Schmidt in conversation with Sulari Gentill

 

What is it with library holds all coming in at the same time? Some of these I've had on hold since last December, maybe even earlier! And then, just when I was feeling smug for having only one book out, a couple came in at once (and I picked up a few extras too!)