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I was in Civic Starbucks this week dropping off some books and the bookshelf was gone! Replaced with a narrow wire rack which was doing the books no good at...
markschipp
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Mar 15, 2008
10:30 am
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Representation has already been made - no answer yet, though. Antoinette ... Antoinette On the needles at Unravelled Blog http://www.need2knit.blogspot.com ...
Unravelled
peggysmum
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Mar 15, 2008
10:34 am
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I guess we need to start thinking about a new location... Any suggestions? http://www.starbucks.com/australia/closures.pdf Perhaps it would be a good time to...
Melanie
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Jul 31, 2008
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Hi Melanie, Very sad about Starbucks. I wonder what happened to the books, if there were still some there? I don't have any suggestions for a venue, but any...
llyon_2000
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Aug 1, 2008
3:34 am
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Artoven in Manuka might be good. Cafe Essen already has a bookshelf. Pete ... -- Peter in Canberra...
Skyring
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Aug 1, 2008
3:36 am
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... Now that I think on it, Cafe Essen also has freebie wifi. -- Peter in Canberra...
Skyring
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Aug 1, 2008
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Has anyone been into Starbucks to see if our books are still there? And do we know the closure date? I have bellydance in town on Wednesday night and would be...
Melanie
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Aug 5, 2008
2:54 am
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Starbucks is already closed. There were not many, if any books there on the last day. The only opinion I have about a venue is that it is central, easily got...
Unravelled
peggysmum
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Aug 5, 2008
7:01 am
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Hello everyone. I was really delighted to see that Canberra has its own BC group. I'm 'out of town' so things can get a bit isolated - no book clubs here...
Chriss
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Sep 3, 2008
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Hi Chriss, Everyone seems to have gone a bit quiet. I hope we can get together sometime soon. I was wondering about Little Brussels in Kingston. Anyone? ... ...
llyon_2000
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Sep 3, 2008
9:35 pm
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Yess, welcome to Canberra. Plenty of good bookshops. Book Lore in Lyneham is an excellent used bookshop, and Paperchain in Manuka the pick of the independents....
Skyring
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Sep 3, 2008
10:04 pm
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Yes the Belgian Beer place in Jardine St opposite Green Square. I haven't been there, always think it looks nice. Would be great to catch up before you head...
llyon_2000
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Sep 4, 2008
3:40 am
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Hey Peter - you should come and see how our bookshop in Curtin in coming along! We've almost completed our Cafe and the next step is to open our bar. Did you...
Jenni Lawton
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Sep 5, 2008
4:58 am
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Hey ACT BCers - did we ever decide on where and when we will hold our meetings/chats now that Starbucks is no more? Maybe time for our intrepid moderators to...
Melanie
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Sep 23, 2008
4:49 am
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Lyn Yes it is lovely, but be prepared to pay through the nose if you want a drink! Melanie2474 (aka Mel)...
Melanie
melanie_2474
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Sep 23, 2008
4:50 am
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Kingston sounds nice ... plenty of lovely cafes and nooks and crannies. I'll be absent for the next 4 months, as I've just signed a book contract with Wiley to...
Denise Sutherland
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Sep 23, 2008
4:55 am
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Denise, that's wonderful. Puzzles for Dummies! Brilliant concept! I'll be leaving for Charleston early on Saturday 4th - I'd be keen on a meeting before then. ...
Skyring
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Sep 23, 2008
12:24 pm
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Congratulations Nisi - that's terrific news! Good luck with that deadline. Skyring - I guess we'd better make it a meet up this week then if we're going to...
Melanie
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Sep 27, 2008
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Friday arvo would be good. I'll have had a day off and be packed and rested. Saturday morning I'm gone! Pete ... -- Peter in Canberra...
Skyring
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Sep 27, 2008
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Well, let's make a decision. Let's meet in Kingston 5.30pm on Friday. Congratulations Denise! How exciting! ... series ... hold our...
llyon_2000
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Sep 29, 2008
12:09 pm
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Thanks everyone - yeah, Wiley has only relatively recently entered the puzzle book market. I was asked to be Technical Reviewer on an upcoming title earlier...
Denise Sutherland
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Sep 29, 2008
12:42 pm
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I can make it Friday. I know nothing of venues in Kingston (apart from the Black Swan cafe and it probably isn't there anymore) - where are we meeting? ...
Unravelled
peggysmum
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Sep 30, 2008
2:49 am
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I checked last week and all the coffee places are closed by 4pm. So that leaves - restaurants, Filthy McFaddens (is it likely to be crowded and busy on a...
llyon_2000
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Sep 30, 2008
3:12 am
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... Works for me... -- Peter in Canberra...
Skyring
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Sep 30, 2008
4:15 am
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Filthy's will probably be busy from about 6pm, as it's a non-PS pay week and it's usually busier then. Same with Little Brussels (aka the Belgian Beer Cafe). ...
Melanie
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Sep 30, 2008
8:23 am
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All going well I hope to meet you all on Friday in Green Square. You'll have to wear a white carnation in your buttonhole or something, so I can recognise you!...
Chriss
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Sep 30, 2008
9:16 am
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You could always come to a wonderful bookshop in the Curtin Shopping Centre and have a coffee! If you're there before 6pm it will stay open for as long as you...
Jenni Lawton
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Sep 30, 2008
12:01 pm
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I can vouch for Lawtons as a great bookshop. Pete ... -- Peter in Canberra...
Skyring
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Sep 30, 2008
5:16 pm
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Oh, forgot. I'm meeting Cari (SKingList) in New York, week after next. She passed through on her world tour of Australia in early 2006, IIRC, and won a lot of...
Skyring
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Sep 30, 2008
5:19 pm
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Oooh yes, I'd love to do that! Can we, huh? Can we? ... Antoinette On the needles at Unravelled Blog http://www.need2knit.blogspot.com Books liberated through...
Unravelled
peggysmum
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Sep 30, 2008
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