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  • Alicia

    Your friendly bookworm with dreams of a bookshop café. London. Cambridge graduate. Published in the New York Times and Time Out London. Book reviews, personal reflections, and bookish notes on Reads With Alicia.

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    Publishing expert + author w/20+ years experience in marketing, branding and storytelling, on a mission to help writers learn how to help themselves. Weekly posts on Wednesdays + feedback opportunities for paid subscribers. www.courtneymaum.com

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    Helping readers, writers and creative thinkers stay inspired through books, culture and philosophy. Critical Reader, Creative Coach, Teacher, Novelist - I live for big ideas and meaningful conversations.

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    The right book for the mood you’re in.

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    Book person, creative, mama. Making author completionism cards & selling them on Etsy.

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    Phoebe Thompson writes about female friendship, mothers and daughters, and money. She runs a marketing agency in Brooklyn, New York, and GIRLS OUR AGE is her debut. You can follow her on Instagram and TikTok: @phoebethompsonwrites

  • Aflina

    25. Book lover. I write about anything I care about.

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    Hi, I’m Beka! Here you will find essays about caring for my beautiful AuDHD child with ARFID and Pica, mental health, recovery, books, faith, and other topics that strike my fancy. Slightly unhinged and messy, but my Redeemer lives.

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    I write personal essays about life, love, friendship, and trying to figure it all out. Oh, and I read…a lot.

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    Hi! I’m Elle. If you’re looking for the friend who reads everything, judges nothing about your tastes, and will absolutely blow up your TBR, you’ve come to the right place.

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