“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
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
In the lead up to our annual week-long festivities, Celebrate Lithgow, A Reader’s Heaven has put together a collection of new and used local history books for sale and have them displayed in our front window. Celebrate Lithgow begins this year with a charity concert on Saturday, followed by the Tour de Range bike-ride the … Continue reading
Halloween was a huge success. There was no moving on the footpath as the people filled the street in droves. The kids were fantastically dressed as they filed into the shops. “Trick or Treat,” they said. “Thank you,” they said. “You are welcome,” we said – and we meant it. It was an absolute pleasure … Continue reading
Halloween was always a reluctant holiday at our house. My mother worried that its roots were dark but she didn’t want to deny us the fun. Her solution was to downplay the night, to make it about candy and fun, and to avoid all things spooky. Luckily for her, my brother and I were never … Continue reading
