The Fairfax Curator
Blog: Oct 2016 - Present
Somewhere along the way I became an irritable, menopausal, disabled woman with a stack of feminist books and a lot to say. This was as much a surprise to me as it was to anybody. After medical retirement and a couple of years lost to sleep and inertia, I started wondering…what now? Eventually, I started writing down some of my adventures as a full-time hobbyist and creative. Mainly because I can.
So…let’s take the gloves off, and chat about the creative process. A blog exploring everything from education and art, to literature and gaming, shaped by lived experience and disability.
May’s Reads
Not gonna lie, Pokopia was still murmuring my name in the corner behind me, but I stayed strong and bravely controlled my raging hedonism.
March Reads
With the move into Spring, this is usually when I would just be getting into my reading stride. That isn’t really how it’s gone down this year though.
February’s Reads
With all my January worries and preparation for change, I expected February to be a dry month on the reading front, but I appear to have phenomenally overachieved against my own expectations…
Listening to Books: Some Basics
As children, memories of stories read to us in the evening by our parents, for many of us, comprise our earliest form of full-story reading, and as parents, we pass many stories, fiction and non-fiction, written and overheard, to our children in this form.
New Year’s Reading 2026
Following on from my 2025 final total of 156 books/audiobooks/short stories read, I have decided to continue with my newly re-established reading habit.