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 […]
Aiden and Ashleigh live a privileged existence in a futuristic Sydney that is radically different to the city as it exists today. The thirteen-year-old twins are largely protected from the ravages of climate change thanks to advances in technology and AI, even as socio-economic divisions widen, and medical care is available only to those who […]
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know how it works: Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest provides us with a starting book title, and we link it to six others in any random ways our brain sees fit. It’s fun and easy, and you never know just […]
Six Degrees of Separation is a literary meme hosted by Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest. Each month, Kate provides a starting book title, and then participants link that to six other books in whatever random way the mind decides to make connections. My links are usually in the form of either reading recommendations or books on my […]