Author: annafromuni

• My First Year at Auckland Writers Festival

  In May, I attended the Auckland Writers Festival for the first time, and I was mesmerised from beginning to end. From the content of the sessions and insights into authors’ research, the challenges in the industry, the writing process, and how life got them to this point, to the wonderful people I was fortunate enough…

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  June 9, 2026

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• My Tamora Pierce Song of the Lioness Quartet Series Review

  I was originally going to do a normal string of individual reviews for each book in Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness Quartet, but then I was given three all at the same time and couldn’t stop myself from reading them in quick succession without considering the individual storylines in each novel. They are also…

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  June 7, 2026

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• My May 2026 Reading Summary

  Overall Mood: replenished – May was a month to reset, to refill a cup that had long been left with dregs, and to take time away from the books and return to the purpose of it all. I was able to attend many literary events in May, contributing to my rediscovery of my reasons for…

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  June 1, 2026

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• My April 2026 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: hopeful – As you may have noticed, I have been a little M.I.A. here on annafromuni over the last month. This isn’t a bad thing; if anything, it has been for a good reason. I have taken the time to do a system restart of my brain when it comes to annafromuni content,…

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  May 3, 2026

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• Grounding Yourself as a Bookish Content Creator

  I have written a bunch of posts about the struggles of social media and navigating life online for hobbies, work, and in general over the past weeks, and I think it is about time that I try to bring some sunshine to this area of discussion. Social media is a tool; it is not all…

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  April 12, 2026

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• Has Hwang Bo-reum’s Every Day I Read Broken My Reading Slump?

  I am still easing back into reading, but I feel that I couldn’t have found a more perfect book for the task than Hwang Boreum’s Every Day I Read. I love the cosy slice-of-life atmosphere and introspective findings of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, so I knew picking this up that the narrative style and…

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  April 8, 2026

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• Reading Adult Fantasy to Bolster My Fantasy Manuscript

  In my stunted attempts to re-engage with my fantasy manuscript and turn it into a dark adult fantasy manuscript, I found myself really struggling to connect with the words I wanted to write. It wasn’t quite writer’s block, but definitely adjacent, given my general creative burnout and difficulty picking up a book. After a lovely…

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  April 5, 2026

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• My March 2026 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: restless – time seems to be slipping away from me, and with my inactive reading bug remaining in a slumber, I didn’t read anything in March. I am also posting this a day later than scheduled, so please forgive me for that. Life has been busy yet pretty stagnant for me, especially when…

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  April 2, 2026

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• Can We Really Change Bookish Social Media Practices?

  With the discussions over the last month, from bookish content creation and the increase of publications over the last decade, to creator burnout, authors doubling full-time jobs, and the general struggle for people to keep on top of the fast-moving train that is bookish social media, it all begs the question: can we change things…

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  March 29, 2026

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• The Demand on Authors to Self-Promote

  Apologies for the late post, but yesterday was a busy day for me, and I wanted to give this discussion a serious moment and the time to really articulate some of the realities for authors. Going off my last discussion about creator burnout in the digital age, it is time to bring in the ones…

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  March 26, 2026

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