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Taonga columns by the Juggling Bookie

Occasional columns published in the New Anglican magazine, Taonga, between 2004 and 2007, under the general title of The Juggling Bookie.

2003:

The Juggling Bookie: Christian Booksellers

2004:

The Juggling Bookie: Invisible

The Juggling Bookie: Dancing

The Juggling Bookie: Christianity in Movies

Describing - or not describing - your characters 

2005:

The Juggling Bookie considers Second Childhood

The Juggling Bookie: Mr Beaver and Books

The Juggling Bookie: Eidam on Bach

Unpublished Items

The Juggling Bookie: Reading long books

The Juggling Bookie: Bookaholic

The Juggling Bookie: Remembrance of Faces Past


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