My first book chapter was published this week, in Fostering Wellbeing through Collective Writing Practices! This is also my first co-authored publication, together with the wonderful Anna Farago, artist, lecturer at the University of Melbourne, and fellow doctoral candidate.

This one is a mediation on the graduate researcher experience, and the benefits of having fellows on our silly journey. It’s about the experience Anna and I have shared, of finding real community in virtual space during our first doctoral year.

I was blown away by Anna’s generosity in sharing her home workspace as we wrote – a place I’d never been, but which was a part of my own writing space many times during online Shut Up And Write! sessions.

You can find us in Chapter 4 of the book, linked below. If you don’t have institutional access but you’d like to read it, reach out to me and I’ll share the pages with you!

Help me fund girls’ education in rural Kenya

As always, when I manage to get something published this year (that isn’t just on this blog) I’m asking you to make a donation – not to me, but to the Riley Orton Foundation, a grassroots educational initiative in rural Kenya.

I don’t make any money from publishing, and I don’t run a paid subscription on this site. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have a voice and a platform at all. But the girls ROF supports are just starting out in life, and they have very few resources on their side.

For over a decade, ROF has been providing STEM education, high school scholarships, school clothes and resources for girls whose families who can’t afford them.

Please take a moment to contribute to ROF’s efforts.