Jay Onrait I read because as much as I love film and television, and documentaries, and Facebook, and Twitter and Snapchat, and my abacus . . . More Jay Onrait
Caroline Overington I read to observe the world as it is seen by others; to walk the planet as strangers do; to breathe a story that is not my own. More Caroline Overington
Michele A’Court I read because I want to live more than one life. Books take us out of ourselves into a whole other world. More Michele A’Court
Emma Freedman Why I read: To escape the everyday in worlds that wildly creative people invite us into, and to expand the mind. More Emma Freedman
Bradley Trevor Greive If not for My Family and Other Animals, by Gerald Durrell, I wouldn’t be a writer . . . mind you, I probably wouldn’t have had five treatments for rabies either. More Bradley Trevor Greive
Pallavi Aiyyar I read to travel within and to range wide beyond my limited firsthand experiences. More Pallavi Aiyyar