Shané Oosthuizen

So I think I remember getting a Dimmick's voucher.

I'm shouting out all the different stores now for my birthday present.

And I went and I bought Brisinga.

But interestingly, we were talking about it just before, like we have all these beautiful editions now with like sprayed edges and kind of

you know, people really like collect these books and often have like multiple copies of, you have your reading copy, you have your, you know, display copy that no one touches.

I know with Six of Crows, I think I have about three.

But this series is the one that I just keep exactly as is.

Like these two are B format, so they're the shorter ones.

So my...

Oh, they're really good.

I know.

I absolutely always would.

So this is why I started writing my name in my books as a kid as well because, like, obviously you were so just possessive of these books and, like, lending them to your friends and things.

So I have, like, my little –

childhood handwriting, I think you were showing me yours as well, where, you know, little cursive, I'll show it for the camera.

Little baby Shanae.

Little baby Shanae practicing her running writing.

But because also, because people wouldn't return your books.

And so I was like, well, if my name's in them, at least they know it's mine.

And they can't ever lie to me.