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5 Favourite Books of 2020

January 6, 2021

These are five of my favourite books from 2020 – hard to choose just five!

Tags 2020, Amitav Ghosh, books, Helen Jukes, Hilary Mantel, NK Jemisin, reading, Theresa Kishkan

The Antilibrary

December 16, 2020

All those books you own that you haven’t read yet? They constitute your antilibrary.

Tags antilibrary, books, bookshelves, library, reading, tsundoku

On Staying Home

November 11, 2020

Writing doesn’t always require adventure – it can happen in the quiet of your home or on a walk around the neighbourhood.

Tags home, place, quiet life, walking, writing

Filling Your Creative Well

November 4, 2020

Creativity requires that you not only produce creative works, but that you absorb them as well to fill your creative well.

Tags blogging, Creativity, field trip, ideas, writing

Structuring Your Memoir

October 28, 2020

Sometimes you have to change your perspective to figure out how to improve your writing.

Tags book structure, books, courses, memoir, structure, writing, writing tips

Staying Informed

October 21, 2020

On taking the time to curate your news and information feeds to match what you want to know and learn about.

Tags Council of Science Editors, environment writing, gardening, literature, newsletters, science, science communication, science media centre of canada, social media, thinking, University of Alberta, Washington Post, writing

Building Community Online

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

Though we sometimes denigrate online versus in person communities, it is possible to be part of a caring and inclusive online community.

Tags belonging, community, community building, depression, online community, writing

Camping & Memories

September 23, 2020

This past weekend I took a camping staycation to remember my dad and his passing.

Tags camping, COVID, family, grief, loss, remembering, staycation

Rough Magic

September 9, 2020

Lara Prior-Palmer’s “Rough Magic” isn’t so much about a horse race as it is finding out who you are and what drives you as a human being.

Tags book review, horses, memoir, Mongolia, writing

A Writer Must Write

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020

Lately I’ve been having trouble writing. Maybe I can find my way back by writing about my father, whom I lost in July.

Tags COVID-19, depression, fabric art, family, grief, loss, mental health, pandemic, writing
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