Shelf /Space
Sarah AyoubNotes on the intersection of considered living + creative practice by journalist, author and academic, Sarah Ayoub. With missives on motherhood, work, good books and nice things, it's like catching up with a friend over coffee, and not skipping dessert.
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Reframing my thinking and writing outside the work
My mindmap, dated November 2023, peeking out of my Plan A notebook
Almost three years ago I pulled some lined paper out of an old folder and on it, I put together a mindmap for a novel I hoped to write. I used lead pencil and lots of arrow...
My own kind of Brexit: Three things I’m doing this season
Spring is officially here. It came ardently and abruptly: one day I was still in wooly socks; the next it was 27 degrees celsius and I was wearing a tshirt to bed and washing the puffer jacket.
I’m not good at taking photos, but I liked a...
Field notes, August 2026
I spend more time than I should thinking about this Substack. So does my friend Tammi, probably against her will, because half the time I spend thinking about it I am also in her What’s App inbox talking about it. I really want to get it ri...
Second chances are creative choices
This gal loves a repurposed tin
It’s a dreary Monday morning from where I write you. Outside, the drizzle is incessant and the footpath is dotted with puddles and wet chip packets that have blown down the street from the school up the roa...
Field Notes: July 2026
Welcome to Shelf/Space, where I journal through my attempts at curating an inner life that nourishes my creative practice. I am curious about how our physical, mental and emotional space shapes our ability to think, create and live we...
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Sarah Ayoub is a journalist, sessional academic at the University of Sydney, and an author of books for children and young adults.
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