Re_parative Reading

Re_Parative Reading is an invitation to gather, read, converse, and connect with one another and our curiosity for all that is inspiring and replenishing in our world.  It is a balm for the paranoid reading incited by social media, news headlines etc all too present in our everyday lives.

 Across 2026, we will gather in public spaces across Melbourne, around an archive of publicly curated writing that inspires a sense of positivity for our shared world.  Together we will silently read before joining a facilitated conversation on ‘what we are finding out’ and sharing the ideas, resources and insights offered by our individual reading with the group.

In these gatherings we can reclaim the simple origins of community dialogue by being in public spaces, together; recognising the interconnected social and environmental challenges we face are dependent on rebalancing and restoring these relationships.

 Re_Parative reading aims to build a ‘regenerative mindset’ that sees the world as built around reciprocal relationships, where humans, other living beings and ecosystems rely on one another and shape (and are shaped by) their connections with one another.