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What to Read During a Lockdown

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on February 24, 2021February 25, 2021

Victorians have recently experienced a third COVID 19 lockdown. The same restrictions were applied to…

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2020 Reading Challenge

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 13, 2021

Many people love reading books. Reading gives them pleasure and allows them to see the…

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10 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Struggle With Suicidal Thoughts

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 12, 2020

In his 2015 best-selling memoir Reasons To Stay Alive, British author Matt Haig opens up…

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Possessing Courage

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

Penelope Fitzgerald was one of the United Kingdom’s most highly regarded contemporary authors. She died in…

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Longings of the Heart

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 11, 2020

The Collins English Dictionary defines longing as ‘A prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.’ Longings are…

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Alone But Not Alone

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 25, 2020

The trauma of personal loss: Life is contradictory. Our thoughts and actions bear witness to…

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Fate or Freedom?

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 28, 2020

Thirty-five years ago, Laurence Weschler was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and he…

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To Learn To Read Is To Light A Fire

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

With bushfires raging across the vast continent of Australia the words of Victor Hugo take…

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A Man Called Ove

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 24, 2019March 25, 2020

How to relate to someone who doesn’t want to live anymore: A Man Called Ove…

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To Kill A Mockingbird

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 13, 2019January 2, 2021

Looking to fiction for insights on suicide: There is a paperback edition of To Kill…

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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