I WROTE A NEW BOOK!

The Book of Alchemy is available for preorder now

Hi friend,

The news is out! I wrote a new book, The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life, that will be making its way into the world on April 22, 2025! And it’s available for preorder today!

I’ve been working on this quietly for over a year now, but in a way, it’s the culmination of a lifetime. For as long as I can remember, I’ve kept a journal. It has buoyed me through illness and heartbreak and the deepest oceans of uncertainty. It’s where I make sense of this wild ride that is being human.

The Book of Alchemy is a guide to the art of journaling and a meditation on the central questions of life. I write about everything from new beginnings to love and loss and rebuilding, and share everything I’ve learned about how this life-altering and even life-saving practice can help us transform life’s interruptions and tap into that mystical trait that exists in every human: creativity.

It also includes 100 essays and prompts from some of the wisest people I know, whose insights invite us to inhabit a more inspired life. You’ll recognize some forever favorites from members of this community, but there’s also a number of never-before-seen essays and prompts—from the likes of George Saunders, Hanif Abdurraqib, Jia Tolentino, John Green, and Gloria Steinem, just to name a few!

My very first reading, and dare I say, my audience looks captivated! May or may not be the treats in my pocket

I’m so excited to share this news with you—because honestly, The Book of Alchemy exists because of you. The four years we’ve spent exploring the alchemical properties of journaling together is what inspired this book.

And so today, I’m asking you to preorder The Book of Alchemy for yourself or a friend—or both! Preorders are so important for authors, and it would mean everything to me.

My greatest wish is that this book will provide the tools to engage with discomfort, ask the big questions, peel back the layers, uncover our truest selves—and in doing so, learn to hold the cruel and the beautiful facts of life in the same palm. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you—

Suleika