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Recommended by Kathleen Clare Waller

About all things Japanese. Society, culture in all its forms, travel, and urban exploration. 3,000 subscribers and followers.

If you love Japanese culture like I do, come on Gianni's ride!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

SLAKE

By Nathan Slake

Fiction, mostly.

Wonderful fiction and the writing life from an imaginative author.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

The Dialectic

By Jules

A magazine for the culturally curious, exploring music, art, literature, film, design and current affairs.

Come for the film and music recs; stay for the quirky and heartwarming stories.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Tales from the Defrag

By Alexander Ipfelkofer

Fiction at the intersection between humanity and technology, speculative journeys through time interspersed with adventure, mystery, philosophy and the occasional alien. Stay a while and listen.

Fiction and photography from a philosophical and imaginative mind.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Josh off the Press

By Josh Off The Press

Politics & American culture, Sports/Basketball, Teaching & Life

Josh has raw, fresh takes on a huge array of topics!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life

By Terry Freedman

Reflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing * Humour

A wild ride in literary experimentation!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Beyond Bloomsbury

By Victoria K. Walker

An ongoing anthology of historical artist and writer biographies and curated gallery and library collections.

Beautiful writing about literature and literary lives

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Personal Canon Formation

By John Halbrooks

A newsletter about how we read and listen to enrich our lives

Love all the nerdy literature here...and then the unexpected twists and turns! A new approach to academia.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Ford Knows Books

By Mr. Troy Ford

Essays, stories & curiosities | Home of the novel "Lamb" - "The Books We ❤️ Club" - and "The Road to Published" - the choose-your-own-adventure approach to writing and publishing books

Troy posts brilliant LGBTQ+ serial fiction and generally writes with a massive spark of wit.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

A Narrative Of Their Own

By Kate Jones

Essays on the lives and literature of women.

Kate's historical literary explorations are also relevant today. Love her writing!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

The Gallery Companion

By Dr Victoria Powell

Art without the confusing art speak

Edgy, smart & engaging! Victoria's writing about art is well informed and fresh!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

Simon's kind motivation and expertise helps us dive into big texts throughout the year!

- Kathleen Clare Waller

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Eleanor's writing is ethereal with strength. You'll love it.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

The Austen Connection

By Plain Jane

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

A new invention of what academic work can be & fascinating deep dives into all things Austen.

- Kathleen Clare Waller

Tom Fish Is Away

A travel diary consisting mostly of awkward urinal encounters and disappointing celebrity sightings.