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For a serendipitous moment on a Sunday evening I seemed to encounter authors writing about their personal journeys of grief, bereavement and healing, their subconscious pulls to heal manifesting through their writing. The highly raw accounts of emotions give birth to these prolific texts that touch our hearts and souls. The same writing, essentially the writer’s bibliotherapy, relieving them of the heartache they hold onto. Some of the best writing and essentially magnum opuses were created by authors confronting their pain through writing. To celebrate the masterpieces I have delightfully stumbled upon this week, I dedicate this post to all...

With the advent of every type of book under the sun when it comes to motherhood, it seems that writing about motherhood (in various shapes and sizes) has become quite fashionable. Whether its surprise pregnancies, struggling-to-conceive memoirs, postpartum depression, ambivalence about having children, novels on raising other people’s children, single parenthood, working mothers battling to have it all or reflections on motherhood and societal expectations, current literature seems to capture the epic subject of motherhood in all its glory and tribulations. These are the latest trends in motherhood along with the books that capture their intimate and vulnerable stories.  1....

Prescribing books and curating reading lists for other people based on their individual needs, interests and circumstances is my passion; as is writing non-fiction books on personal development together with poetry. Taking a break from writing I wondered how I could improve my own writing skills. This casual pondering led me to create a reading list for myself that could help me hone these. The result was the below reading list and my key takeaways from each one. Fabulous and inspiring, I’d recommend getting kindle or pocket copies of all of them. They serve as great reference points and are...

Being a mum of a sixteen-month old with another one along the way, I naturally want my kids to be avid readers. Reading has been a lifeline for me in many different ways — serving as both entertainment and education as well as constituting ‘therapy’ on many occasions. I would love for my children to gain the same benefits and pleasures out of reading that I have. After observing my daughter’s engagement with books as a little baby and as a toddler for the last 16 months, this is what I discovered about reading during the early years: BABY (0 — 12 months) Start...

The 2018 Annual Pulitzer Prize Award winners were announced yesterday and as always the award-winning books do not disappoint. Great additions for your Spring reading list: Fiction Less by Andrew Sean Greer  A gorgeous book on love, growing old and the human heart. A satire that will take you half way across the world, mesmerise you with skilled writing and surprise you with how relatable it is! One not to be missed. History The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis  An engaging read that illuminates an important environmental history of the Gulf of Mexico that needs to be...