There is so much to love about this city (have you been to tapas and vodka bar, Naked for Satan, on Fitzroy?), but my favorite bit is the book community. Thanks to my fantastic (and completely in-the-know) Melbers book rep, Brad Chappel, I got to meet two of the city’s Dymocks teams. At 234 Collins St, I was asked to sign an author guest book, which included a mandatory doodle. I cannot draw and the results of my Vivian Rising pigeon attempt were pathetic. I apologize to all pigeons everywhere. Still, it afforded us a good laugh. This is a fantastic bookstore, where I could have spent the whole day (and all my savings). As it stood, everyone suggested Shadow of the Wind, which I gobbled up, despite one peccadillo: Why, why, why abandon the main characters and action to such a degree for backstory not once, but twice? So well written and engrossing I forgive author Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
At Dymocks Collins Place, I had the great pleasure of meeting and then lunching with the shop’s new proprietor Kay—a woman who is really living the dream, recently having bought the business and devoting herself to bringing beautiful, intriguing books to the locals. See you soon, Melbers!
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