I’ve been a lover of books since I could listen to them on my Fisher Price tape deck as a child. I’ve also been lucky enough to work with books, literature and writing in Australia for a long time and I have such deep respect for what it takes to…
Read MoreTo celebrate the launch of We’ve Got This – the first major anthology of writing by parents with disabilities – a panel of the book’s contributors will discuss the complexities of parenting from this often overlooked perspective. In We’ve Got This, twenty-five parents who identify as Deaf, disabled or chronically…
Read MoreI’m incredibly proud to be included in this anthology published today by Black Inc. which gathers together stories from disabled parents from Australia. My chapter reflects on how my feminism and disability politics have informed my parenting and vice versa. Spoiler alert: they’re impossible to extricate from each other! Whether…
Read MoreI’ve got an article up on ABC Everyday about my experience of the pandemic as a disabled parent. I’d love for you to pop over to the site and read the whole article. Here’s an excerpt for you. The supports I and my family have built into our lives to…
Read MoreFrom fine amnesties, to boosting the prominence of digital offerings, to simply putting books in the post, libraries have drastically changed the way they operate to accommodate the massive social changes imposed by governments during the pandemic, often with heartwarming results. Today The Guardian published When Covid closed the library:…
Read MoreEpisode Five of In the Good Books is available to download now. It was a tricky one! You can find a list of all the titles we discussed on this episode, plus more information about the podcast, on the YPRL website.
Read MoreEpisode Four is now ready for you to listen to! I felt extra responsibility to get this particular set of recommendations right because our listener, Tania, was looking for crime and thrillers. We all know how many of these I read, so I really wanted to find Tania the perfect…
Read MoreA new episode of our podcast is out now in all the usual places (including Apple iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, Podtail). I’m particularly pleased with this episode, we got a lot out of it. You know you’re having fun with a podcast when the editing takes a really long time because…
Read MoreAnother episode of the podcast for you! As always, you can head over to the YPRL website to see the full information on the episode, including a list of all the books we discussed in the episode.
Read MoreOur first episode is live! Patrick, Sarah and I give you the first taste of how we work to find the best recommendations for library patrons looking to find new books. Creating this podcast has been such a fun experience, mostly because Sarah, Patrick and I enjoy collaborating with each…
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