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Introducing... the I Read A Lot Book Club!
Bibliotherapy #3: Speak even if your voice shakes
I want to be interesting but I am so tired
First birthday books (that they won't already have)
Fitting light to paper, hot messes, the reader effect, and snail mail 🐌
A Substack About Substacks, Part I
There are no new ideas, are there?
Talking texts with teachers #10
"I realise that I am forever combing reality for signs of literature."
Melbourne Writers Festival: A wrap up
She's a lullaby hush. The moon before dawn. A permanent fountain.
"The key to writing for teens is to treat their experiences as valid and important."
Bibliotherapy #2: I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely
The serious business of leisure
Starting (or reinvigorating) a Book Club
"Being a teenager is hard because you’re surrounded by other teenagers."
Talking texts with teachers #9
Bibliotherapy #1: Pack the floods of life away
Book launches, shortlists, library monitors, evil tech, and giant (friendly) cockroaches
Lessons from being on book tour
I Read a Lot is STILL taking a break this week
Talking texts with teachers #8
I Read a Lot is taking a break this week
Starting a Creative Writing Club
An interview with artist Cat Rabbit on her picture books for quiet kids
Reluctant reader recommendations #3
Talking texts with teachers #7
Different readers, different approaches
AI underestimates (Australian) young adult fiction
Bookings for MWF Schools 2025 are open!
If you liked X, you may also like X... #1
"The first time she sent me a Snapchat-filtered photo of her, her head was a piece of broccoli."