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6 Degrees of Separation

6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
June 1, 2021
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I recently ran a workshop for a group of local year 8 students to help them make connections and links between books, both the ones they “have” to read at school and those they are choosing to pick up outside the classroom. At the end of the workshop, I left them with the choice of […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reviews & Recommendations
May 4, 2021
6 Degrees of Separation: From Beezus and Ramona to Detention premium
Welcome to Six Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book title and link it to six others in any random way our mind chooses to create connections. It’s fun and it’s free, so join in! This month the starting book is Beezus and Ramona, in honour of author Beverly Cleary, who died recently, […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reviews & Recommendations
April 3, 2021
6 Degrees of Separation: From Shuggie Bain to Munjed Al Muderis premium
Welcome to 6 Degrees of Separation. Six degrees of separation is the idea that we are only six connections away from an introduction to anyone else in the world. The term ‘six degrees of separation’ was originally inspired by Hungarian writer and poet Frigyes Karinthy, who coined the phrase in his 1929 short story ‘Chains‘. […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reviews & Recommendations
March 10, 2021
6 Degrees of Separation: From Phosphorescence to When We Say Black Lives Matter premium
Six degrees of separation is the idea that we are only six connections away from an introduction to anyone else in the world. Apparently the theory is almost correct (the answer is 6.6 degrees of separation according to one article). Now, there is also a bookish version of 6 Degrees. Originally created by authors Annabel […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
December 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to The Muddleheaded Wombat premium
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, which is usually on the first Saturday of the month—except when I completely forget about it! And this was one month I didn’t want to skip because the starting book is one that meant a great deal to me when I was a young teenager: Are You there […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
November 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From No Friend But the Mountains to Hero on a Bicycle premium
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, my monthly bit of bookish fun, where Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest gives us a starting book and we link it to six other titles in any way our mind decides to make connections. This month, we’re actually beginning with a wild card, meaning we begin where we ended in […]
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Please let me know how the month has gone for you!
In 7 Writing Prompts for Memoir and Family History
Thank you so much for the 7 writing prompts. I'm the family genealogist and my son wants to do a story for NaNoWriMo. We'll each write a story to end on November 30th. Oh boy! Your prompts will definitely help.
In 7 Writing Prompts for Memoir and Family History
Hi Adele, thanks for reading! Thanks for the Twelve Moons recommendation too. Your chain was very interesting too. The only one I had read was Looking for Alibrandi, but I would love to have seen Peach Season by Debra Oswald performed on stage. (If anyone else would like to see Adele's chain you can find it over on her blog: https://adeleboundinbooks.blog/2025/10/05/6-degrees-of-separation-2025-october-4/).
In 6 Degrees of Separation: From I Want Everything to Devotions

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