Thank you to all our customers that purchased a book in the month of April from A Reader’s Heaven. You’re purchase added up to a big help. There is an unseen need in our community and we wanted to help. The Lithgow Women and Children’s Crisis Centre helps survivors of domestic violence start over with … Continue reading
It looks like I won’t be home for Halloween this year, which is really disappointing. I loved the festival last year and Paul and I had a blast dressing up as our characters. This year Paul is having trouble thinking of something and with a home and shop to run completely on his own, he … Continue reading
It’s 1974 and a flashy new rugby league competition is launched. The ‘Amco Cup’ would be played under lights, televised live on Wednesday nights with commentary by a young Ray Warren, the win would no doubt to go to one of the rich Sydney clubs. Against predictions, the trophy goes to a team from western NSW including … Continue reading
We promised big news and here it is! You are invited! We are moving to Mort Street over Easter weekend and we have a lot to celebrate. The Mort Street shop front is bigger, it’s brighter, and it is the setting for a fabulous party. With all this space, we’re able to partner with Lithgow City … Continue reading
“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore it knows it’s not fooling a soul.” ― Neil Gaiman, American Gods A Reader’s Heaven has been providing books to Lithgow for over 16 years. The stories that have passed through … Continue reading
Kim Kelly joins the Australia Day Blog Hop and A Reader’s Heaven in a honest interview. Kim Kelly is the author of Black Diamonds and This Red Earth. Her newest book, The Blue Mile is set to come out in a few short months, and in anticipation for that, we sat down with Kim and asked her a few questions. What … Continue reading
I walked up the street between the tent-raisings and the tables laid out just before nine on Sunday morning. A man behind some local mining machinery laughed heartedly. A little further along another man laughed, then another, a woman inside a shop, and three people, all unseen; all engaged in different jokes. The sun was … Continue reading
