Reading - Ramble Communications

Reading

Celebrating the joy of reading.

Jane Austen’s House at Chawton in Hampshire, England. An old fashioned brick house.

Perfection

Or, my return to the comfort of Jane Austen.

An orange hardcover journal with a coffee cup and some headphones.

Recommendations

Or, some great listening for your week.

Flourish

Or, why governments should fund the arts.

A painting of a woman floating in the universe by Eloise Grills

Conversation IX

Or, big beautiful female theory with Eloise Grills.

A rainbow pin on a purple background.

Cancellation

Or, the times they are a changing.

A range of different crystals in shell

Gems

Or, the glittering power of the unique writer’s voice.

A close up of some flowers on a hawthorn bush.

Intelligence

Or, Proust, artificial intelligence and a love affair with the hawthorn bush

An old-fashioned quill pen and ink on top of an old book.

Rewrite

Or, let’s not erase history, let’s learn from it instead.

A pile of books on a table with a plant, some notebooks and a pen.

Waiting

Or, all the books I’m yet to read.

A bottle of wine on a table with some candles in a loungeroom during the evening.

Anniversary

Or, a whole year of publishing a blog every week.

Cressida Campbell's image of nasturtiums in pottery bowls on a table

Intensity

Or, seeking a quiet but also exhilarating life.

A cup of tea with a plate of madeleines.

Experience

Or, in search of lost time with Marcel Proust.

A table with candles, a cup of coffee and a vase of pink arum lillies. There is a couch in the background.

Restoration

Or, taking some time out.

A set of refrigerators in a supermarket.

Consumption

Or, cutting out 50 per cent.

A pile of books on a table.

Intention

Or, swimming in the troubled waters of literary FOMO.

Imagination

Or, the pleasure of reading for the digital generation.

A tablet with cunieform carvings in it from Iraq.

Bibliotherapy

Or, turning to a book for solace.

Undulating hills and volcanic craters in the Red Rock Reserve, near Colac in Western Victoria.

Tenacity

Or, author Allan Marshall sets an early example of the social model of disability.

A bunch of orange dahlias in a glass jar on a white table. There's a white curtain in the background.

Writing Featured

Opportunity

Or, setting up in a room of one’s own.

There's a seed on some soil. To its right are a series of small plants, each one getting taller to represent growth.

Feminism

Or, the well-meaning white woman and the seeds of truth.

Pink bougainvillea flowers against a blue sky, growing on the white walls of a traditional house onHydra in Greece.

Admiration

Or, in homage to Charmian Clift.

Narcissism

Or, writing as a window to the soul.

A statue of Jean Jacques Rousseau in Geneva, Switzerland

Education

Or, the case for female education.

Hands typing at a laptop at an outdoor table.

Ingenuity

Or, celebrating the resourcefulness of working parents.

Hundreds of burnt trees in a smoky Australian landscape

Reconciliation

Or, privilege and oppression in this timeless place.