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    Recommended reading – July 2025 

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    Book reviews this edition include: Everyday Permaculture – Sustainable Living for Every Space, Gunnawah, Always Home, Always Homesick, and Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town
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    Local author featured during annual National Storytime celebration

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    Discover how local author Deborah Frenkel was featured at National Simultaneous Storytime, bringing joy to readers of all ages.
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    The end of forever?

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    The importance of friendships - even fleeting ones.
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    Willy Lit Fest hosts the first live crossword tournament in the West – and you’re invited

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    By Jas Ayles Think you’re good at crosswords? Have you been quietly dominating The Westsider’s monthly crossword for the past year? Do you have a pencil in...
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    I Want Everything

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    Australian author Dominic Amerena, a former Westie now living in Greece, chats about his latest work, I Want Everything.
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    Recommended reading – May 2025

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    Book reviews this month: Your Asian Veggie Patch, I am an Amazing Asian Girl and Time Together.
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    Youre going to be ok

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    Darby Hudson's book is a deep mine of ideas to challenge a dispassionate and complacent response to life in the 21st century.
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    Recommended reading – April 2025

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    Reviews this month: Twist, Ella and the Sleepover Safari, The Ledge, and Clear.

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