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Moving to Substack
Hey everyone! I'm aware that blog posts on my website do not come frequently or consistently at all, and I'm sorry about that. BUT one of...
Mar 191 min read


On Reading Poetry Collections
About a week ago, I finished reading Selected Poems and Two Plays by William Butler Yeats, a poetry collection that I had been dipping...
Dec 5, 20242 min read


Currently Reading
I’m starting this week’s post with another question: how many books do you read at a time? It’s another one of those debates we readers...
Sep 16, 20243 min read


(Don't) Pick Favourites
“So, what’s your favourite book?” It’s an easy conversation starter. It can stimulate some great literary discussions. But what if you...
Sep 7, 20242 min read


The Joy of Writing Poetry
I once heard a story about what advice WH Auden would give to an aspiring poet. When asking a young man why he wanted to write poetry, if...
Aug 3, 20242 min read


Back to the Past
I once heard someone say that historical fiction is the closest thing we can get to time travel, and I think this has a whole lot of...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Pride in One's Writing
Today I want to talk for a minute about pride, and I don’t mean the kind of pride that this month is celebrating. I mean self-esteem and...
Jun 6, 20242 min read


The Lost Art of Writing By Hand
I think it’s sad that we’re losing the practice of writing things by hand. Of course, having computers and phones and word processors is...
May 23, 20241 min read


Finlay's Silence | A Short Story
Kyra Bredenhof Best Overall: Armadale Young Writer's Awards Published 2021 Finlay Graham Blackburn was born on the 2nd of October, 2017....
Feb 2, 20248 min read
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