The one thing we forgot to mention in our ridiculously lengthy Laneway review was the wonderful oasis that the thousands had set up in one of the only shaded inside-time areas offered by the festival site. In a teensy and local version of their new Melbourne shop, the market held art, clothes, food (Black Star Bakery ahoy!) and bric-a-brac – and a stall for our favourites Even Books, who had sold so much stuff by 2pm that when I showed up all that was left was the last tote. Sold.

This latest gatecrash is a short autobiographical homage (read: shameless self-promotion) to Even Books’ very own new little Etsy store where, on top of selling other things, they pick books for you because they know what they’re doing. After the jump.

Posted by steph in Gatecrashers, Words

Tags: books, etsy, even books, even books gatecrash, Laneway Festival, the thousands, twothousand

For their final post of the year, Alice Fenton and Angela Bennetts – the erudite empresses of even books – have gone ahead and written up your shopping list for Christmas. What a treat.

There’s one for the lovers, the mothers, the child-like, the chunky, the derisive and the despised… Two more sleeps! Click through, friends…

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Tags: Alice Fenton, Angela Bennetts, books, Christmas, even books, even books gatecrash, fatties

For their column this week, Even Books took their books, their cameras and their wit along on what appears to be a Very Fun Day Indeed – to document their top ten places to read, photo-essay style! There was laughter, there were tears, there was a photo with a dildo backdrop for everyone’s mothers to see…

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Tags: Alice Fenton, Angela Bennetts, bikes, books, bookshops, clover, even books, even books gatecrash, gatecrash, Steve

We’ve somehow managed to wrangle the kingpins of our favourite book club ever, Even Books, into gracing the Throw Shapes domain with some words about words each week.

After the jump, witness the debut column of Alice Fenton and Angela Bennetts, as they do the unmentionable and judge their beloved books as they shalt not be judged – and do so, we note, with more than a small amount of joie de vivre…

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Tags: book clubs, book covers, book lovers, books, even books, even books gatecrash

Even though most of us are desperate for any cash we can possibly muster at the moment, Recession and all, some people are still doing that thing called charity. The Footpath Library combines charity and literature, giving books to people who can’t afford them.

All the people involved in The Footpath Library are volunteers. They’ve organised stock libraries for many locations, including the Aboriginal Medical Service, St Vincent de Paul, Wesley Mission, The Salvation Army and Street Mission.

They also take donations of books. So if you’re stuck for space, or you don’t like a bunch of books anymore, or never liked them in the first place, send them over to Kennards Self-Storage, 25-29 Winbourne Road, Brookvale, contact Paula for more info.

http://www.footpathlibrary.org

Posted by amelia in Events, Words

Tags: books, Charity, footpath library, homeless, reading