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June 2025 Book Report

30 Jul 2025

June 2025 Book Report

A mixture of crotch-wetting, tear-shedding and hope-for-humanity books to improve your month

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18 Jun 2025

Bonus AI resources for paid subscribers

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May 2025 Reading Journal

16 Jun 2025

May 2025 Reading Journal

Short stories, essays and memoir to get you thinking, but in manageable chunks (+ a prompt for a mid-year reset.)

April 2025 Reading Journal

13 May 2025

April 2025 Reading Journal

From China to Aotearoa + a focus on form

March 2025 Reading Journal

11 Apr 2025

March 2025 Reading Journal

Big sad stories packed with perspective

An existential crisis about books, mortality and David Bowie

1 Aug 2024

An existential crisis about books, mortality and David Bowie

Balancing micro delight and macro despair

19 Oct 2023

Balancing micro delight and macro despair

How I try to keep my WTF IS THIS SH*T impulse from ruining public events

A Friday stream of consciousness

13 Oct 2023

A Friday stream of consciousness

Finally my pile has eased - here's what I REALLY want to write about. What grabs you?

People eat takeaways because they're tired, not because they're lazy.

15 Sep 2023

People eat takeaways because they're tired, not because they're lazy.

How late-stage capitalism and modern family structures keeps Dominos in business

We're different now. COVID's changed how we feel - and it might last a while.

25 Aug 2023

We're different now. COVID's changed how we feel - and it might last a while.

Don't let men give you productivity advice

18 Aug 2023

Don't let men give you productivity advice

The art of perspective

11 Aug 2023

The art of perspective

An evolution of perspective, as told in four paintings

The creator economy, cannibalism, and speed painting

4 Aug 2023

The creator economy, cannibalism, and speed painting

Plus: books about weird chicks doing weird stuff.

Inlet photos, thoughts on running and a life of projects and art

27 Jul 2023

Inlet photos, thoughts on running and a life of projects and art

Also: I FOUND A GREAT NEW BOOKSTORE.

You can't read the label from inside the jar

21 Jul 2023

You can't read the label from inside the jar

The rich got richer, and social media somehow got worse

13 Jul 2023

The rich got richer, and social media somehow got worse

This week: Rich dudes still indiscriminately fucking us over from every direction. SURPRISE!

You're a person, not a brand

30 Jun 2023

You're a person, not a brand

Hey, Sniffing Lady... DON'T GET ON THE PLANE.

Smug old racist pricks with control issues who seriously need to read more

23 Jun 2023

Smug old racist pricks with control issues who seriously need to read more

...Too much?

From here to there and back again

16 Jun 2023

From here to there and back again

An unvarnished high-level explanation of my career as prompted by curious conference-goers this week

Bad books, organised books, books-in-progress

9 Jun 2023

Bad books, organised books, books-in-progress

I point proudly at my bookcase like a child showing off their things on a playdate and tell you about a couple I creepily observed at a restaurant last year.

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