Explore your creative side with these inspiring reads

Published on 01 May 2025

Looking for fresh inspiration, new skills or a creative spark in your daily life? Explore this Creative Maribyrnong reading list, featuring four themed collections designed to help you tap into the power of creativity.

Create space for creativity

Shift your mood, discover new skills or add moments of creativity into regular routines.

• Creative first aid : the science + joy of creativity for mental health
• Make every day creative
• Build every day : ignite your creativity and find your flow
• Art class with Bobby Clark : line and colour : doodling your way to creativity

Be inspired to claim creativity

If you’re feeling creatively blocked or unsure where to begin, this collection offers practical some practical tips to write or think in new ways.

• Creativity : a short and cheerful guide
• The house that joy built
• Find your unicorn space : reclaim your creative life in a too-busy world
• Creative confidence : unleashing the creative potential within us all

Expand your knowledge of First Nations creativity

Deepen your understanding of First Nations cultural approaches to creativity.

• Design : building on Country
• Songlines : the power and promise
• Innovation : knowledge and ingenuity

Understand the benefits of creative thinking

Curious about how creativity works and why it matters? These books explore the science behind creativity and its benefits in daily life, work, and wellbeing:

• Your brain on art : how the arts transform us
• The key to creativity : the science behind ideas and how daydreaming can change the world
• Messy : how to be creative and resilient in a tidy-minded world
• How to be a creative thinker

All titles are available to borrow through Maribyrnong Libraries. Reserve your next creative read today!