Books to inspire happy and positive living
January 23, 2019
I've become ever so slightly obsessed with Sophie Cliff's positive living podcast and weekly email pep talks so I asked her to share som ...
The Lido: Community living in a digital world
January 11, 2019
What makes a community? Is it a geographic boundary, a common set of beliefs, shared circumstance, or a blend of all these things? Libby Page’s debut novel The Lido explores this complex notion of community with superb depth of character and ...
A new blogging direction
January 3, 2019
I really wanted to avoid the whole “new year, new me” stuff but then life got busy so here we are. This year I’ll be taking The Unfinished Bookshelf in a slightly new direction. For the past few years, I’ve featured anything I was reading ...
The most impressive debut authors of 2018
December 23, 2018
Debut novels were not on my radar pre-blog. I'd pick up new books, but prior to immersing myself in this lovely bookish community I had no concept of the importance of an author's first book or the waves which a particularly impressive debut could ...
Travelling as a couple: How to survive and thrive
December 15, 2018
Travelling as a couple can highlight cracks in any relationship, but it can also help you understand each other on a whole new level. Three couples share their stories. In June, my partner Jack and I went overseas for the first time. We drove ...
Dumplin’ is the fat positive movie we all need
December 8, 2018
What Would Dolly Do? But more importantly, What Would Dumplin’ Do? The Netflix movie is the crowning glory in a year of fantastic YA novel adaptations: a sparkling, bedazzled celebration of body diversity and self love. This has been the year ...