Reading For Wellbeing

I'm playing catch-up ... happy International Women's Day, happy St Patrick's Day, and I hope you enjoyed National Reading Hour! I thought I'd share these books with you. A buddy loaned me the 'Cat Lady Manifesto', by Australian author Anna Go-Go, and it's a great read! Maeve Binchy needs no introduction - she was a talented author and a wonderful lady. My favourite story in this book is 'The Ten Snaps of Christmas' - the ending is marvellous! Happy reading. I'd love to hear about what you're currently reading.

It was a joy to present at the Audiobooks and Australian Literary Studies (Association for the Study of Australian Literature) mini conference at ANU last week (see https://slll.cass.anu.edu.au/events/audiobooks-and-australian-literary-studies-asal-mini-conference for details, including the program and abstracts). The conference was so warm and well organised that I had the opportunity to speak to absolutely everyone there and hear about their amazing work. I really enjoyed it and left feeling energised - thank you Dr Millie Weber!

Even if you missed World Mental Health Day, the weekend is a great time to set aside 10 minutes to read, because reading is simply a great way to decrease stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness.



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