Book Week aka the best week of the year
I’m not biased at all.
I Read A Lot
A newsletter dedicated to helping busy educators and parents find the right books for the young people in their life.
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Reading shaped the modern mind. Its disappearance will reshape it.
Some further investigating into the decline of reading including the cheery sentence, "The library of the mind falls into disrepair."
For Worriers, Great and Small
Vertigo, overthinking, brave books and two fresh Australian choices for your Year 10 booklists. Things go a bit off-track this week, but then are brought back (I think).
Run from Holes
A newsletter in which I calmly explain why you shouldn't teach Holes to your Year 7s next year. (It took me a lot to stay calm.)
What belongs on the shelf?
On Heartstopper, feminist fantasy, following a three-year-old through the library, and Ambelin Kwaymullina’s vision of a future in which everyone belongs.
Does reading still matter?
Holiday reads, new books to watch, and some big questions about curiosity, AI and the future of English education.
Make believe
Building the perfect winter reading stack, and more!
The shelf life of friendship
On books, belonging and changing seasons.
A Century of Stories
What my 100-year-old Gramps taught me about books, plus a case for keeping novels in schools.
No newsletter, but a quick note
An unexpected week off and some popular pieces from the archive.
Books, Weirdness and Wonder
This week: my two cents on the Mac Barnett discourse, plus all the usual bookish bits.