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Andrew Tagg

@andrewjtagg.bsky.social
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EM/PEM physician, knowledge spreader, Lego muncher, co-founder www.dontforgetthebubbles.com

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Anton Helman @emcases.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🚨 EM CASES SUMMIT 2026 🚨 🌎 Nov 19–21 • ONLINE 🔥 World-class EM faculty 🩺 Practice-changing talks 🚑 Procedures + resus simulations 💬 Expert panels 🎓 CME 🎁 Giveaways ▶️ 3 months access to all talks Tickets on sale now! emcasessummit.com
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Casey Parker @broomedocs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
@andrewjtagg.bsky.social Hey Andy We just featured your qualitative paper on ED food on the podcast first10em.com/research-rou... #foamed
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Research Roundup - March 2026 - First10EM
Classic medicine: running high cost RCTs that are too small to give real answers Préterre C, Gaultier A, Obadia M, Vignal C, Mourand I, Plat J, Sablot D, Gaudron M, Rodier G, Godeneche G, Urbanczyk C,...
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Excited to team up with @thesgem.bsky.social for our session at the Don't Forget the Bubbles conference in Glasgow and meet many #FOAMed friends. @andrewjtagg.bsky.social @tessardavis.bsky.social Join us June 22-24, 2026. Registration is open and places are going fast. #DFTB26 www.dftb26.com
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Anton Helman @emcases.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Introducing 2 new Quick Hits series: 🧠 EMC² – knowledge-building cases ⚡ Coaching the EM Mind w/ Dr. Sara Gray • Medetomidine withdrawal • EMS handover done right • Ditch PECARN C-spine rule? • Traumatic pneumo P2 @petrosoniak.bsky.social 🎧 emergencymedicinecases.com/em-quick-hit...
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Bedside Reading @bedsidereading.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Would you like to join me to discuss a book? Please get in touch….
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I forgot one of my favourite lines. Right in the middle of a talk I’d rehearsed for weeks. A line that captured the heart of what I wanted to say: “𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴. 𝘉𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮.” And yet… In the moment, it vanished. 🧵
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
#PaperinaPic from @kirstychallen.bsky.social for #SGEMPeds. See how casting vs removable boot compared in managing Toddler's fractures. buff.ly/CI2yhKl @andrewjtagg.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @jama.com #PedSky #MedSky #OrthoSky #FOAMed
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
#MemeMonday for #SGEMPeds. Cast vs Removable Boot for Toddler's Fracture. buff.ly/CI2yhKl #FOAMed #PedSky #MedSky #OrthoSky @andrewjtagg.bsky.social @thesgem.bsky.social @jama.com
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
#SGEMPeds is back this week with guest skeptic, @andrewjtagg.bsky.social. Cast or removable boot for Toddler's fractures? buff.ly/WqV0gzY @thesgem.bsky.social #FOAMed #PedSky #MedSkly
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
🖱️ “Click.” Just as your audience is about to get the slide— you move on. And the moment is gone. We’ve all done it. We click forward when we’re done speaking. But they’re not done thinking. 🧵
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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Great resource from @Radiopaedia A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi... #FOAMed
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Normal Pediatric X-ray Atlas | Radiopaedia Cases | Radiopaedia.org
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Public speaking tip: Your audience doesn’t just hear your words. They feel your nervous system. Let me explain 👇
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🧵 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.⁣ ⁣ Most people focus on slides, script, story.⁣ ⁣ But none of that matters if your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight.⁣ ⁣ Here’s what I teach before any big talk:⁣ ⁣ 👇
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“Just a heads up—this next part includes a case that might be difficult for some of you to hear.” A few years ago, I said those words before sharing a case that involved the death of a child. My child. One person quietly stepped out. It felt like the right thing to do. 🧵
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🧵𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦.⁣ ⁣ Not because you're arrogant.⁣ Because you're cursed.
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🧵⁣ “𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞…”⁣ Harmless phrase? Not quite.⁣ ⁣ Here’s why it quietly signals a deeper problem 👇
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EMA Journal @emajournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The role of food in patient-centred care for culturally diverse communities within EDs doi.org/10.1111/1742... @wiley.com ‪ @andrewjtagg.bsky.social #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #emimcc #ACEM
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
When I was 14, I brought a dead bat to class.⁣ A real one.⁣ A desiccated pipistrelle.⁣ ⁣ Everyone else brought paper.⁣ I brought a story.⁣ ⁣ 🦇 Here’s what that taught me:
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭—𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱?⁣ ⁣ A thread on pop culture references - and how they can break your talk 🧵
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🧵⁣ 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.⁣ What the Bene Gesserit said… applies to public speaking too 👇⁣
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🧵⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐀 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣ ⁣ (A short thread on why it’s so hard to cut that slide you love…)
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🧵⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 #𝟏 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠):⁣ ⁣ Reading them aloud.⁣
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Split Attention
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
“Most people would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy.” Jerry Seinfeld’s line gets a laugh because it’s true. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6g...
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🧵⁣ 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.⁣ They make your audience tune out.⁣ ⁣ Here’s why — and what to do instead 👇⁣
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I was all set to give my usual ALS teaching session. Slides loaded. Clicker ready. Standard stuff. And then the tech failed. No projector. No slides. Nothing.
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🩸Calling all pediatric ED clinicians! Got 10 minutes to help? DFTB is studying when to measure & replace calcium in pediatric trauma patients (practice varies wildly!). @damianroland.bsky.social @andrewjtagg.bsky.social @katpriddis.bsky.social bit.ly/DFTBCalcium #PedSky #MedSky #SurgSky #TraumaSky
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Most presentations start with a click. 🖱 Open laptop 🖥 Launch PowerPoint ⌨️ Tap out bullet points But the best talks I’ve seen? They start with something low tech: 🖊 A pen and a blank page.
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Perthlings - I’m in your city for #ANZAHPE2026 Hit me up with your best suggestions for coffee ☕️
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞? Not a soft extra — the centre. I wrote a short piece for 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘋 on why compassion should be the anchor of how we design, lead, and care in the ED. Read it here: 👉 www.youred.org.au/read/compass...
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Compassion as our core in the ED — YourED
This isn’t a piece about being nice. It’s about choice, about what it means to care when it is hard to care. Not when things are calm, but when someone’s screaming, the phone won’t stop, and another t...
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
“𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.”⁣ – Sir Mark Walport⁣ ⁣ A 🧵on the step too many people skip:⁣ Making sure your audience actually gets it.⁣
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Ryan Radecki MD MS @www.evidencetriage.com · 15/06/2025
When you're already doing a great job clinically identifying the sickest kids, a new alert doesn't help. Of course, they also won't get rid of it after proving it's useless. Ha ha! Silly you. #medsky www.evidencetriage.com/p/sepsis-ale...
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Sepsis Alerts Are ... Just More Alerts
Yet again with the "not saving lives".
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Andrew Weatherall @andyweatherall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Very ace to have a proper social media account up for justlittleadults.com (our little website a few of us set up in our spare time because actually we just really like paediatric anaesthesia). #pedsanes #ansky
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I used to start every talk by asking: “What do I want to say?” Now I ask: “𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?” Not in a cynical way — in a generous one. Because the best presentations aren’t about us. They’re about the people listening. 🧵
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Busy slides don’t make you look clever. They make your message harder to follow. Here’s how to say more — with less: 🔗 speakhuman.kit.com/posts/say-le... #PublicSpeaking #PresentationTips
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EMA Journal @emajournal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
#SupraglotticAirwayDevice use in children in Australasian EDs doi.org/10.1111/1742... @andrewjtagg.bsky.social ‪ @drsimoncraig.bsky.social @wiley.com #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #emimcc #ACEM
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Anton Helman @emcases.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
EM Quick Hits 64 🩸Whole Blood Transfusions @petrosoniak Zafar Qasim 💔Calcium Before Diltiazem in Afib @First10EM ✂️Thoracotomy Pearls @EMSwami 🧒Uterine Casts @andrewjtagg 💟OMI Scale & Proportionality @ECGCases emergencymedicinecases.com/em-quick-hit... #FOAMed
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Whole Blood Transfusions, Calcium Before Diltiazem in Afib, Thoracotomy Pearls, Uterine Casts, OMI Scale & Proportionality | EM Cases | EM Quick Hits
Whole blood transfusion in trauma, calcium pre-treatment to prevent diltiazem-induced hypotension, dynamic LV outflow tract obstruction, resuscitative thoracotomy, uterine casts, scale & proportionali...
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Dennis Ren MD @dennisrenmd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
It's time to drop the "academese." Emphasize understanding. dontforgetthebubbles.com/the-power-of... @andrewjtagg.bsky.social #FOAMed #MedSky #PedSky
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The Power of Talking Plainly
Don't miss the crucial diagnosis of ovarian torsion in females with abdominal pain. This blog post explores the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic challenges of this condition.
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Ken Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The power of talking plainly by @dennisrenmd.bsky.social and @andrewjtagg.bsky.social dontforgetthebubbles.com/the-power-of...
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The Power of Talking Plainly
Don't miss the crucial diagnosis of ovarian torsion in females with abdominal pain. This blog post explores the signs, symptoms, and diagnostic challenges of this condition.
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Ken Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
One of the founders of #EBM, Dr. Sackett. Who knows what the real number is, but it's a pithy quote. It's why I try to teach people how to think, not what to think. Clinicians need to develop critical appraisal skills to be able to answer their clinical questions. #MedSky
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A powerful scene from The Pitt captures the difficult times in the emergency department with the current #measles outbreak. via @thesgem.bsky.social #antivax #vaccination
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Justin Morgenstern @first10em.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Pediatric front of neck access (the surgical tracheotomy) An approach to the can't intubate can't oxygenate scenario in children #FOAMed
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Pediatric front of neck access (the surgical tracheotomy)
Case It is the scenario of nightmares: a young child with an airway obstruction. They came in with stridor, and although you were initially thinking severe croup, the story doesn’t quite fit, there is no response to medical therapy, and this patient is incredibly sick. There is significant hypoxemia despite a nonrebreather. You can’t wait for backup, so you proceed rapidly to RSI.
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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Everything I’ve learned about teaching, I’ve learned through @DFTBubbles Proud (and a bit stunned) to now be an Associate Professor at @unimelb It's been a long road, but I got there in the end.
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Ken Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
5 recent papers covered in 15 minutes at the Incrementum2025 conference earlier this month. thesgem.com/2025/03/sgem...
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Justin Morgenstern @first10em.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
It has been said before But I think this could be the most important thing I write this year We need to do better for our patients
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Ryan Radecki MD MS @www.evidencetriage.com · 21/03/2025
Stop ordering abdominal x-rays in children with constipation! No! No! #medsky www.evidencetriage.com/p/cant-stop-...
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Can't Stop The (Pediatric) Waste
1 in 5 visits for selected conditions received unnecessary tests.
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 18/02/2025
There are plenty of inspiring EMTA Conference sessions taking place next week over 26-27 February in Bristol! Want expert tips to fast-track a dream consultant job? @Tessa R Davis @tessardavis.bsky.social has all the insights! 💻 www.youtube.com/watc... Register: rcem.ac.uk/events/em...
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EMTA Conference 2025: Expert tips to fast-track your journey to your dream consultant job
Join the Emergency Medicine Trainees' Association (EMTA) Committee Conference, taking place over 26-27 February, and enjoy Tessa R Davis offering expert tips to fast-track your journey to your dream consultant job! There are plenty more inspiring sessions to explore, plus you’ll earn 7 CPD points
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Trump’s MAHA Commission announcement mentioned ADHD medications as a burden for US kids and a “dire threat.” Not mentioned: FIREARMS, the leading killer of US children over age 1. Shocker.
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Bedside Reading @bedsidereading.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Out now Sarah Marwick joins me to talk about Chris Voss’ lifechanging book “Never Split The Difference” bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
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Never Split the Difference - Bedside Reading
I love coming back to books I've read in the past that I've half remembered and half forgotten and it's one of those episodes today. I'm delighted to welcome Sarah Marwick to Bedside Reading to talk a...
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Natalie May @nmay.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Registration open now for NSW, Australia and EOI for Fiji in July. Join us!
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Bedside Reading @bedsidereading.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Are you looking to get (back) into reading in 2025? Have you got a longish commute that would be enhanced by audiobooks. Would you like to use novels, poetry and memoir as "accidental CPD"? Here are some ideas to get you started: bedsidereading.buzzsprout.com/1880290/epis...
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Twixtmas Special 2024 - Bedside Reading
I've got a collaborative Twixtmas special coming up today. I've asked a number of friends of the podcast to tell us about their top read of 2024 and what they're most looking forward to reading in 202...
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