The innocent reader : reflections on reading & writing / Debra Adelaide
- Bib ID:
- 8071053
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Adelaide, Debra, 1958-, author
- Description:
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- Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd, 2019
- ©2019
- 257 pages ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781760784355 (paperback)
- Summary:
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"With immediate wit and intimacy, Adelaide explores what shapes us as readers, how books inform, console and broaden our senses of self, and the constant conversation of authors and readers with the rest of their libraries. Drawing from her experiences in the publishing industry, the academic world, her own life and the literary and critical communities, she paints a vibrant portrait of a life lived in and by books, perfect for any student, bibliophile, editor, or simply: reader." -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- NLApp85625
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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