V5R9: Jonas Jonasson
Readathon 2025 Week 9, also featuring Durga Gawde, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Austin Kleon & Shashi Tharoor
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the first March edition of our Readathon, delivered on Thursdays, straight to your inbox.
Choose your next read from an eclectic menu of 5 handpicked pieces of writing. Happy reading :)
Read #1 - ‘On the joy of Waterstones’
and bookstores, in general, courtesy Jonas Jonasson, the supremely funny author of novels such as The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared.
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Read #2 - “I want to ride this cusp between male and female with joy”
In this essay for Vogue,
Gender-fluid artist Durga Gawde (them/they/their) speaks with equal good measures of touching vulnerability and courage about what it takes to inhabit the female body as a person with gender dysphoria.
Read #3 - ‘Ways to use words to unlock young minds’
In this Publishing And The Pandemic essay from 2020, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan lists a few ways to introduce kids to a lifetime of reading.
Read #4 - ‘How to read like an artist’
created a free zine for Independent Bookstore Day a couple of years ago containing 10 tips for a life with books. Download/read here 👇
Also watch:
Read #5 - ‘A child’s reading in India’
Dr Shashi Tharoor introduces us to his wonderland of words growing up in this 1991 essay for the Washington Post.
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Happy reading :)
That's all for this week. Till next Thursday, folks. If you enjoyed this edition, consider helping us spread the word :)
Cheers! - N&N
PS. Our last letter, in case you missed it 👇
