In her memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal, Jeanette Winterson explores her search for love and acceptance through her difficult upbringing and the role that literature and writing play in her life.

Graphic novels take skill and care to create. Read why graphic novels are powerful tools for communication and education. Here are four of my favourites.

Unlocking the mysteries of marginalia. Dive into the fascinating world of writing notes in books, learning tips, tricks, and all the benefits of annotating your reading material.

Explore a different list of holiday reads inspired by The White Lotus Season One. Find 8 books that are more accessible than the intellectual choices of the wealthy elite.

The way we did things was very different not so long ago. This week’s post is inspired by 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul.

A list of books I’ve read about the craft of creative writing, along with how to improve your prose and philosophical thoughts on the process.

25 books from short stories to memoirs to fiction inspired by the Indigenous experience. Plus books for younger people and non-fiction works about the traumatic effects of colonialism.

A starter guide to building your own reference library inspired by author Marion Roach Smith.

My grandmother gave me this book, a book showing Libya, the country of my birth, before the revolution of 1969.

The illustrations and stories in Dean’s Gift Book of Fairy Tales fired my imagination with stories of witches, princesses and long-lost children. Read more here.

Some thoughts about one of my favourite non-fiction books, The Atlas of Remote Islands by Judith Schalansky.