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Thanks for all the books: multi-perspectives

May 29, 2015

This week, I’m feeling grateful for multi-perspective narratives that don’t suck. You know, the times when a story is told from several […]

Sydney Writers’ Festival wrap-up

May 26, 2015

WordPress themes for writers

May 24, 2015

Over at Writer’s Edit is my article about what I think are seven of the best WordPress themes for writers. Enjoy 🙂

Thanks for all the books: book club

May 17, 2015

This week, I say a big fat thanks to book clubs, which is something I am thankful for all the time, but […]

Notes on an audiobook (and Read Harder Challenge #16)

May 14, 2015

Thanks for all the books: escape

May 10, 2015

One of the best things about being a reader for me is that 8 hours at work is a small price to […]

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

May 6, 2015

Top Ten Tuesday: the books I will probably never read

May 5, 2015

This week’s Broke and Bookish Top Ten Tuesday is the ten books I will probably never read, but because I’m lazy and […]

Thanks for all the books: experiences

April 30, 2015

I’ve been falling a bit behind with blog posts lately – from the mouth of almost every Game of Thrones character, winter […]

The listening vs reading debate continues…

April 27, 2015

Promotional praise – how does it work?

April 19, 2015

What do we think about the promotional praising that occurs in and on books? You know, the quotes from authors, newspapers, magazines, […]

Top Ten Tuesday – Inspirational Quotes

April 14, 2015

This week’s the folks over at the Broke and Bookish are asking for our list of top ten inspiring quotes from books. […]

Series-ly disappointed (see what I did there?)

April 8, 2015

There’s nothing worse than expending time, effort and countless emotions reading a series only to be completely let down by the final […]

Read Harder Challenge – Task #21

March 29, 2015

The Circle by Dave Eggers – Review

March 26, 2015

Check out my review of The Circle by Dave Eggers over at Writer’s Edit.

Read Harder Challenge – Task #8

March 23, 2015

Short stories: the journey continues…

March 19, 2015

I’ve had quite the journey with short stories over the past few months. I started off convinced they weren’t for me, but […]

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

March 12, 2015

Can a book teach you how to write?

March 6, 2015

I’ve started writing some articles for a fantastic online literary magazine, Writers Edit – check out my first article here. Enjoy 🙂

Top ten all time favourite books from the past 3 years

March 3, 2015

This week’s Broke and Bookish Top Ten Tuesday is the top ten all time favourite books from the past three years. It’s […]

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

February 25, 2015

50 Shades of OK…

February 18, 2015

The dangers of being bookish

February 12, 2015

Being bookish is a dangerous business. Aside from the strained and tired eyes that come from a long night behind the pages, […]

All the Birds Singing by Evie Wyld

February 9, 2015

Harper Lee’s new novel

February 5, 2015

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