August 6, 2022
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation – that time of the month when we all start with the same book and link it to six others in any way our mind decides to make connections. This month begins with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. After his father dies, 13-year-old Benny […]
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July 26, 2022
My monthly newsletter (which you can subscribe to by filling in the form on the right-hand side of my website’s home page) always includes an “On My Bedside Table” section. This is primarily a mix of books I’m currently reading or have just bought with the intention of reading. Disclaimer: I always buy […]
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July 19, 2022
I recently read an interesting article about the way that constantly taking photographs “diminishes our ability to recall our experiences, diverts our attention, and takes us out of the moment” but that “at the same time, new research suggests that cameras can also be used to enhance our memories of certain experiences”. I guess, for […]
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July 5, 2022
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where readers all start with the same book and link it to six other titles in any random way our minds decide to make connections. This month’s starting book is Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May. I haven’t read Wintering, but […]
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June 7, 2022
One-Word Creative Prompts #2
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How does your mind make creative connections? I find mine often does so in seemingly randomly and unexpected ways. But only when I give it space do so, such as when I’m walking or on long car trips. This is a different aspect of the creative process from the need to stop procrastinating and “just […]
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June 4, 2022
Welcome back to the bookish version of Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book but end up somewhere different depending on the way our subconscious makes bookish connections. This month’s starting book is Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason, which was shortlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction. One […]
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May 31, 2022
About So Many Beats of the Heart After moving across the country to an “alien city of her husband’s choosing”, Evie Shine is blindsided when he leaves her. As a marriage counsellor in her professional life, Evie wonders why she didn’t see this coming. Left dealing with the aftermath, including the impact on her two […]
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May 24, 2022
It is my great pleasure to welcome Perth-based author and journalist Carrie Cox to Treefall Writing this week. As a journalist, Carrie’s column, ‘Carrie On’ was syndicated across six newspapers for a decade, and she wrote two non-fiction books before turning to fiction. Her debut novel, Afternoons with Harvey Beam, was published in 2018, and […]
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