Book (& Craft) Alchemy | Caroline Donahue | Substack

Your Writing Year 2026

The planner is here — grab your copy now!

Dec 6, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Your Invitation to Book (& Craft) Alchemy

Our cozy reading, writing, and creative hideaway through a bookcase door

Nov 29, 2023 • Caroline Donahue

My TEDx talk: The power of literature

Why writing is anything but self-indulgent.

Oct 21, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Between the Years

The magical week when the ideas come

Dec 29, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Delicious December Reading

My new favorite monthly practice

Dec 15, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Most Popular

Please write your ideas down!

Sep 16, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Possession: Reading Schedule

Aug 27, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Pack like a German

Jul 21, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

What your eyes can't see

Oct 15, 2024 • Caroline Donahue

Join us in the library & get inspired to write and create!

✨ Free to Read 🫶

Between the Years

The magical week when the ideas come

Dec 29, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Delicious December Reading

My new favorite monthly practice

Dec 15, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

2025 Final Footnotes

Thoughts from the year and what's coming next

Dec 8, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Resources

Writing Courses

Literary Tarot Readings

Individual Writing Coaching

Slow Reads

25:20

Possession: Reading Debrief TWELVE

Through the end!

Dec 1, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

35:24

Possession: Reading Debrief ELEVEN

Through Chapter 26, to “…all was cast off, the letter, the letters, vice, the apples, the list.”

Nov 25, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

26:36

Possession: Reading Debrief TEN

Through the end of Chapter 23

Nov 17, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

30:32

Possession: Reading Debrief NINE

Through Chapter 20, to ""This produced by fax, the next day, the following letter."

Nov 10, 2025

🗝️ Member Resources 📚

38:40

October Members Live: Halloween Edition

Next slow read candidates and other spooky chat

Nov 1, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

28:23

Bespoke Story Structure

How a sewing course illuminated story structure

Oct 24, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

43:20

Emma Gannon & Caroline Donahue: Pivoting from podcast to building community

Join our cozy chat

Sep 4, 2025 • Caroline Donahue and Emma Gannon

Pack your carry-on like a German

Stay comfy and entertained without breaking your back

Aug 18, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Craft + Process

Hibernating your writing

Updated from the archives: How to pause mindfully

Dec 15, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

28:23

Bespoke Story Structure

How a sewing course illuminated story structure

Oct 24, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Everything I know about writing I've learned from other crafts

Dropping perfectionism and embracing the slipped stitches

Sep 19, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

The Bespoke Revolution

The creative cost of forgetting what fits

Aug 6, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

Getting (and Staying) Organized as a Writer

July Member Workshop

Jul 28, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

AI and reading: Are we asking the right questions?

How the innovation of a spindle gives us clues about our current predicament.

Jul 10, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

35:17

What a difference 10 weeks of writing makes!

How making goals for a shorter timeframe makes longer projects manageable.

Jun 18, 2025 • Caroline Donahue, G.G. Law, and Steph

Assembly required

Crafting a better world

Jun 10, 2025 • Caroline Donahue

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