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Carly Findlay

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Carly Findlay is a blogger, writer, speaker and appearance activist. She challenges people’s thinking about what it’s like to have a visibly different appearance.

Carly was named as one of Australia’s most influential women in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for 2014. Carly received the 2010 and 2013 Yooralla Media Awards for Best Online Commentary for her body of disability focused writing. She also won the best personal blog category for Kidspot Voices of 2013, and the 2013 BUPA Health Activist award for Positive Life Change. She’s also been a finalist in the Best Australian Blogs competition in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

She organised Australia’s first Ichthyosis meet in 2015 – bringing together 75 peopl ...more

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	Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alistair Baldwin (Contributor), K.Z. Barton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 1,090 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say Hello 3.97 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2019 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Editor), Magan Magan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ahmed Yussuf (Editor) 4.24 avg rating — 461 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	200 Women who will change the way you will see the world by Geoff Blackwell (Goodreads Author), Ruth Hobday, Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Contributor ) 4.17 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods… in Our Own Words by Jen Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Author), James Catchpole (Editor, Author), Lucy Catchpole (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ink and Inclusion: An Anthology by Disabled Students by Carly Findlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Siân Chadfield (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Adele Asoski (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inspiration as objectification of disability – a resource for teachers and parents did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Online Entrepreneurs Toolkit: Setting up Your Digital Empire 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Two Worlds : A Story of Lost Love, Living Magic, and the Power to Begin Again 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ABC radio interview about Write Around the Murray

Here is the interview I did with Alice Walker on ABC Goulburn Murray yesterday. I spoke about Write Around the Murray – happening now – and also shared a little update about the book I’m writing.

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There are so many amazing events at Write Around the Murray – and the kids’ sessions are free.

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HarperCollins Australia Book Club — 74 members — last activity Oct 16, 2018 11:33PM
A place to share thoughts on the HarperCollins titles we are most excited about. Spanning all genres from Fantasy and Sci-FI to Literary and Historica ...more

Australian YA Bloggers & Readers — 697 members — last activity Sep 23, 2022 04:49AM
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This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more

Aussie Readers — 6564 members — last activity 26 minutes ago
A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!

Chat 10 Looks 3 — 780 members — last activity Apr 04, 2020 07:40PM
Reading list from Crabb and Sales podcast! As someone who just has title upon title on my "want to read" list, I figure there are others out there to ...more

Stella Project — 104 members — last activity May 22, 2020 02:20AM
#AusLit lovers unite! This is a space for you to read the entire back catalogue of Stella Prize long listed titles with us. Each month we will pick a ...more

A Year Of Australian Writing — 73 members — last activity Jun 26, 2019 08:36PM
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Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 88037 members — last activity 8 hours, 19 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Australian Women Writers Challenge — 961 members — last activity Oct 29, 2022 10:17PM
AS AT JANUARY 1st 2022, THIS GROUP IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. This group is for participants in the Australian Women Writers Challenge. Everyone who ...more

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