The Penguin and I have had a very bookish week and it is about to continue.
Wednesday was book club. The Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima. The tale of a young man during the mid 1940s war time in Japan coming to terms with his conflict between his homosexuality and the love of a woman who he felt no attraction for but could give him a family life. The discussion we had amongst our 6 members, (2 women, 4 men) was really interesting. He dealt with so many mental conflicts. We all got a lot out of this Penguin Modern Classic.
Thursday evening had us at the Hobart Town Hall for the launch of Robbie Arnott’s book Dusk.. He was interviewed by the wonderful Rachel Edwards. Rachel is a content maker with ABC Hobart. She has worked as a publisher and editor and most recently she has been producing the ABC Hobart Breakfast program and also works with Transportation Press in Tasmania. It was a full house as Tasmanians definitely claim Robbie as one of our own.
Locations in the book are not mentioned but it is based on the highlands of Tasmania. Robbie said the area is one he remembered spending time in as a child.
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Today was Love Your Bookshop Day across Australia. I went down to Fullers first thing this morning as Penguin had a deal going I wanted to participate with. Buy two Penguin books and receive a small boxed figurine of a Penguin. I really like Penguin ephemera and still have some from when I was collecting their vintage books.
I also wanted to see if by chance I came across the hidden Golden Ticket which gave the finder 12 months of free Libro Audio books. I didn’t find the golden ticket; it was found by another, but I did get two of the Penguins I’ve had my eye on for a while. I also picked up a Japanese book I’d ordered a few days ago. The boxed penguin is cute but small.
I can’t wait to read of the musings between a Japanese woman and her cat who she shares 20 yrs of her life with.
It is good to support the bookshops on their special days and I understand from a later fb post that they did quite a trade.
Monday evening we will once again be at Fullers for
I am currently listening to this on Audible.
What it’s about…
I am really looking forward to our free glass of wine and book launch interview all for $10.00.
Have you had any unusual or exceptional bookish experiences this week?
Let our little Tassie Penguin know. Until next time🌻
PS The Penguin is getting a bit of an upgrade in future months. He will be integrated more into the theme of the life posts of reading, travelling and taking photographs.
Travellin' Penguin 
Love the idea of the Golden Ticket – sadly we didn’t have anything like that on our version of Love your Bookshop Day. I had great plans to go book shopping but unfortunately my mum was taken ill so I had to visit and that threw all my plans out of the window. Oh well, next year maybe…
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What a nice bookish week. I recently read The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Mishima and loved it. Such a wonderful story and prose. This sounds like another good read, so will look for it.
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It did take a bit to get into it but then I took off!🌷
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It sounds like you’ve had a fantastically bookish week!
“The Confessions of a Mask” sounds like a thought-provoking and engaging read. I’m glad you and your book club had a great discussion about it.
It’s wonderful that you were able to attend the launch of Robbie Arnott’s book. It must have been a great experience to hear him speak about his work.
I love the idea of supporting local bookshops on Love Your Bookshop Day. It’s important to support these businesses that are so vital to our communities.
I’m also excited to hear that you’ll be attending the Markus Zusak event. I’m sure it will be a memorable evening.
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Thank you. Yes, it all seemed to be happening this week. Thanks for visiting the Penguin and me.🌻
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Oooh, what a lovely bookish week, and the Penguin is so sweet!! So glad the Mishima is popular – I’ve not read it for a long time!
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I enjoyed it once I got into it which took awhile.
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Let me know about that Mornings with my Cat book because I just read some horrific reviews on Goodreads. Sounds like she was abusive to the cat. I hope the reviewers are wrong.
That little boxed penguin is adorable!!!!!!
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I will need to check on this book. I hope that’s not true about the cat. I’ll let you know.
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Thanks, I didn’t know Inaba’s book, will be perfect for a gift to a cat lover friend!
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I’ve just seen in comments there may be cat abuse so maybe not a good gift. I will need to read it to see. Yikes!
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oh I love the little penguin 🐧! & look forward to more… I enjoy reading your posts- thanks so much.
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Thank you so much Annie. I appreciate your kind words. Just wanting to shake this blog up a bit as it has been going since 2011 and undergone a few changes over the years.❤️
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What a wonderfully bookish week!
I like the look of your book choices too, I love Amanda Lohrey’s books and The Conversion is one of her best:)
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Yes. Mr P read the Conversion. I’ve yet to read it. One day! Ha!🌷
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Excellent writing and interesting book reviews, Pam 💖🤗
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