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Belgarion Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5425 Gender:	Re: Are bookshops disappearing in your area? Reply #30 - Jun 15^th, 2024 at 5:40pm There is a new bookshop in my town, opened about 6 months ago. I make sure I go there and buy something when I can afford it. Business seems to be OK whenever I'm there so hoping it does not suffer the fate of the last and at the time only bookshop that shut down about 8 years ago.
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Reply #31 - Jun 16^th, 2024 at 12:17am

Now this is unique! But I’ve always loved listening to other peoples life experiences etc and still do.
Sadly with much of our youth spending so much time on internet, real life association and listening skills are not a priority. Some things/skills are just not learnt via internet as in real life.

In Denmark, there are libraries where you can borrow a person instead of a book, to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The aim is to help people overcome prejudice. Each participant has a label that they identify with - "unemployed", "refugee", "bipolar", etc. - by listening to the other person's story, the participants are able to realize how much you shouldn't "judge a book by its cover". This innovative project is active in more than 50 countries and is called "The Human Library".
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Read more: https://diaryamazing.com

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 24980 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: Are bookshops disappearing in your area? Reply #32 - Jul 10^th, 2024 at 2:54am Did I mention that the CQU library gave me 50 books from their catalogue for free?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 46765 Gender:	Re: Are bookshops disappearing in your area? Reply #33 - Jul 10^th, 2024 at 4:57pm Nice!
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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 8468	Re: Are bookshops disappearing in your area? Reply #34 - Jul 10^th, 2024 at 10:41pm Here’s a book place that’s going going… almost gone… https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/collapsed-retailer-booktopia-termin...
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