So many books, so little time … In addition to hundreds of thousands of English language print books published globally each year, the self-publishing phenomenon puts even more texts at our disposal. According to a report by ProQuest affiliate Bowker,…
Author: Catriona McLeod
The value? of distraction and daydreaming
Daydreaming … a ticket to productivity? I caught myself daydreaming … again. Staring out the window, while an unedited document languished on my laptop, cursor blinking. I am now a writer but I trained as a designer – effectively a…
Japan’s plastic dilemma … and solution?
Last October I returned to Japan, for the third time. This trip was three weeks long. [Ideally, it should have been three months or three years]. I marvel at the small things in Japanese culture. Some are very apparent; others…
I’m an ABC Waste Warrior!
At the mouth of the River Derwent, we swim in Hobart’s plastic and toxic waste. I have always picked up litter on paths and ocean beaches. Six months ago, I started walking my dog every day on any one of…