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'What should we do with our books? Pete Hay considers the survival, or doom, of the personal library in an era of decluttering, decorative minimalism and downsizing.' (Article introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Island no. 157 2019 16913502 2019 periodical issue

    'Issue 157 kicks off our 40th anniversary year. That’s a big milestone for a small, not-for-profit organisation. But rather than congratulating ourselves, we’d like to congratulate you. We couldn’t have got this far without you. Thank you for helping keep the Island journey alive.

    'In this issue, we celebrate Island’s vision - of speaking both from and to the local, the national and the global - by reflecting on journeys, on the relationship between home and away, on the distinctiveness of place, and on islands near and far. There are new worlds to discover in every poem, every story, every page. As you explore between the covers of this issue, we hope you can carve out a little space and time to see the world differently.' (Publication summary)

         2019     pg. 8-11
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The Difficulties of Downsizing Ross Edmonds , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , September no. 407 2020; (p. 124-125)

'The Tasmanian literary magazine Island  (No.157, May 2019, p.8) has an insightful and amusing article by Pete Hay titled 'Are Books the New Zucchini?' By way of introduction to discussing the dilemma of anyone wishing to downsize their book collection, he talks about the gardener who, when finding himself with an overabundance of zucchinis, decides to offer them to his neighbours and friends - and instead of being met with gratitude, he is confronted with reluctance to accept anything more than a very small portion of his largesse. Refusing to waste good food the donor resorts to visiting them at 2 am and quietly leaving his surplus zucchinis on their doorsteps. Hay goes on to show that getting rid of surplus books is an equally hazardous and thankless task.'
The Difficulties of Downsizing Ross Edmonds , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes & Queries , September no. 407 2020; (p. 124-125)

'The Tasmanian literary magazine Island  (No.157, May 2019, p.8) has an insightful and amusing article by Pete Hay titled 'Are Books the New Zucchini?' By way of introduction to discussing the dilemma of anyone wishing to downsize their book collection, he talks about the gardener who, when finding himself with an overabundance of zucchinis, decides to offer them to his neighbours and friends - and instead of being met with gratitude, he is confronted with reluctance to accept anything more than a very small portion of his largesse. Refusing to waste good food the donor resorts to visiting them at 2 am and quietly leaving his surplus zucchinis on their doorsteps. Hay goes on to show that getting rid of surplus books is an equally hazardous and thankless task.'
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