### Anne Pender

I’m a researcher, writer and poet working at the science-humanities interface, sharing some of the things in this world that catch my curious eye and bring me joy.

#### Recent Posts

**4h ago**  
Writing over 200 years ago, Jane Austen took the words right out of my mouth – yet again…

**3d ago**  
Thanks to [Pádraig Ó Tuama](https://substack.com/profile/7039845-padraig-o-tuama) for yet another inspiring writing prompt, this time on solstice stories. For the past few summers, I’ve come to relish the lengthening light of the nights around summer solstice time. Before going to sleep, I push open the bedroom window and sit inhaling the calm of the balmy stillness and it has such a relaxing effect. All the “stuff” in my daily life has space to breathe and the expanse of the sky puts things in perspective in a way that really helps me cope with various struggles.

**7d ago**  
Books to revisit #1: “Generation X: Tales for An Accelerated Culture” by Douglas Coupland.  
I read Douglas Coupland’s seminal novel shortly after it came out in 1990 and still remember the buzz I got from seeing my generation represented in literature in a way that felt authentic. The Goodreads blurb captures it perfectly: a generation who…