2025 Reading Recap: Preparing for Change
What can I say about 2025 that everyone else hasn’t already said? I’ve seen countless Instagram carousel posts on my feed of stunning scenery, culinary delights, warm moments with family and friends for each month that look positively dreamy. Then, I snap open my Saturday newspaper, where I’m sent into a blank stare of ...
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We want to read diversely, so we need to talk about publishing
In 2016, I found out my reading was mostly white, feminist women. So from then on, I've been working on diversifying my reading and there have been some surprising insights on my own habits, the publishing industry, and the struggle against systemic factors that prevent equity and anti-racism. In this post, I'm going to ...
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Reading Diversely in 2017
And kinda failing at that in 2016... Partway through 2016, a coworker of mine wrote an article in a newsletter about the lack of diversity and lack of exposure for authors of colour in the publishing industry and what libraries can do to promote diverse reading. I took at look at my reading stats thus far in Goodreads and ...
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That Book Girl – a 2015 Reading Recap
In 2015, I noticed that books and reading had become a fixture of my personality... well at least to my friends and acquaintances. It's not a terrible thing to be known as the book person. I've always thought of it as that I like to learn new stuff. You won't find me crafting Christmas ornaments out of books anytime soon. ...
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