Elissa Blake

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Elissa Blake

Black bag of clean clothes slung over his shoulder, Eddie Perfect is fresh from the laundromat when we meet in a Bondi Beach bookstore-cafe. He’s temporarily separated from his own front loader in Melbourne. The shop is a jumble of books, crammed and dark, with two wooden tables for cafe customers and armchairs for readers. We are in a section with a prominent display of heavy hitters – Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King and Patrick White. “Read any White?” he asks. I tell him I read The Vivisector at uni.

2 months ago | msn.com | Elissa Blake

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2 months ago | msn.com | Elissa Blake

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2 months ago | theguardian.com | Elissa Blake

When Rosann Filiponne pops her headphones in to listen to an audiobook while she walks along the beach near her home in Mornington, she hopes she won’t get distracted. “I try listening to the story but I’m distracted by all the dogs, I have to stop and pat them all!”The 63-year-old retired primary school teacher was an avid reader growing up and wants to read more now, but struggles to concentrate. A bad neck means she now also struggles to keep her head down in a book for very long.

Jan 14, 2025 | msn.com | Elissa Blake

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