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Things I've Read, May 2015: Stuck and um, stuck

Dear reader, I've been a little bit stuck. So stuck that I completely missed last month's letter, and for that I apologise. I have no shame in saying that I...

Things I've Read, April 2015: Things of Quiet Beauty

Dear reader, This one is later than usual, and I apologise for that. Partly I've been reading less widely this month since I've started digging into the book...

Things I've Read, March 2015: Finding Rhythm

Dear reader, I've been thinking about colour. People of colour to be exact. About the way that race is perceived, and the inherent racism of the comment "I...

Things I've Read, February 2015: Mostly about stories really

February 10, 2015

Dear reader, A terrible thing happened in this last month. I looked up from my Kindle and admitted it to Mary: "I don't feel like reading." It's been that...

Things I've Read, January 2015: Misspent titles and Newbery winners

January 14, 2015

Dear reader, It's been sort of a strange summer for reading. Maybe that's because we haven't been able to make it away on holidays yet, but I have such a...

Things I've Read, Dec 2014: Best Presents for Writers

December 11, 2014

Dear reader, Gosh, this is hard. I own a lot of books about writing. I own twenty-two books about writing, which is a little embarrassing, especially since...

Things I've Read, Nov 2014: Cuts, Girls in Roads, Arguments between Detectives

November 7, 2014

Dear Reader, This month, I started reading Smartcuts by Shane Snow, and then ... stopped. I don't know if that counts as something that I'm supposed to tell...

Things I've Read and One Thing I'm Writing - October 2014

October 10, 2014

Dear Reader, So, three newsletters in, and I think I've figured out why I'm doing this. It's not because I love reading—although I do. It's because I love...

Things I've Read and One Thing I'm Writing - September 2014

September 5, 2014

Dear Reader, Welcome to September! I hope you got through August okay: in Sydney, it was as cold as Sydney gets and then a little bit colder still....

Things I've Read and One Thing I'm Writing - August 2014

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Things I've Read and One Thing I'm Writing (thanks to Tess for the name). You should keep this email in mint condition -...