Claire Swinarski

3 weeks ago | authorclaireswinarski.substack.com | Claire Swinarski

June in Wisconsin means boats and Birkenstocks; sunscreen and sangria. It is truly the most wonderful time of the year and it’s when I feel the most myself. I recently sent out a text to a couple of friends to organize a beer garden outing and one of them replied “I was just thinking of you—because it’s beer garden season!” If I am known as the friend that organizes the beer garden nights, that is truly an honor. June is also the beginning of a very intense few months of parenting.

1 month ago | authorclaireswinarski.substack.com | Claire Swinarski

I hope you don’t mind me popping into your inbox more than once this month—I apologize, but I got the go-ahead to share the EACH AND EVERY SPARK cover and I truly couldn’t help myself. Drum roll, please…From the Edgar Award nominated author of What Happened to Rachel Riley? comes an engrossing, timely, and propulsive story of two girls in Paris—one living under Nazi rule in the 1940s; the other in present day—and the mysterious painting that unites them.

1 month ago | authorclaireswinarski.substack.com | Claire Swinarski

I respect all of you cozy-pumpkin-spice readers but I have to tell you, this time of year is when I finally start to feel like myself again. Iā€™m pretty sure if you cut me open youā€™d find Iā€™m made up of Birkinstocks, iced tea, lake water, and twinkle lights. May is a wild ride for all parents but I will toot my horn a little extra: all three of my children and Kā€™s birthdays all take place in a two-week span at the end of April/beginning of May.

2 months ago | hrdailyadvisor.com | Claire Swinarski

A toxic company culture doesn’t announce itself with a neon sign. It festers quietly—through whispered complaints in break rooms, passive-aggressive emails, or the slow drip of disengagement that turns talented employees into clock-watchers who can’t wait to bolt. Left unchecked, it’s a silent killer of innovation, productivity, and morale. But even the most poisonous workplace can transform into a thriving ecosystem.

2 months ago | authorclaireswinarski.substack.com | Maggie Smith |Claire Swinarski |Julie Bogart

It was as unsurprising as it was frustrating to learn that my books have been used by Meta to train AI. If you haven’t heard about this debacle, you can learn more here. This is not another newsletter talking about the danger of AI, or about theft of creative property, or about I Robot and all of its creepy future-telling. I signed onto a class action lawsuit, and I do think this is illegal, but today I wanted to suggest that we’re missing a much, much larger picture.