resources FOR ADULT third CULTURE KIDS

This resource page suggests a range of resources (including blogs, podcasts, and books) that Adult Third Culture Kids, and others with childhood experiences of mobility and/or multicultural engagement, will likely relate to and enjoy. These resources are also a great way for those with ATCKs in their lives to learn more about their experiences and perspectives on life.

Services & other Resources

Community, coaching, workshops and more, including free resources.

Community organisation with virtual events.

Blogs & magazines

Written by TCK counsellor and author Dr Rachel Cason.

Blog collective with post from a variety of TCKs.

Written by ATCK author Marilyn Gardner.

Writing about the intersection of black identity and international life.

Online magazine for (and by) TCKs.

PODCASTS

ATCK author Megan Norton interviews other ATCKs.

A variety of cross-cultural stories (immigrants, migrants, TCKs).

Recordings of a series of forums held by TCKs of Asia.

The podcast associated with The Black Expat website/blog.

Host Ochienga is an Ivorian TCK who grew up in Lebanon.

ATCK counsellor Dr Rachel Cason (and guests).

BOOKS

  • Misunderstood

    Tanya Crossman (2016)

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  • Thongs or Flip Flops

    Thongs or Flip Flops

    Tanya Crossman and Kath Williams (2024)

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  • Unstacking Your Grief Tower

    Lauren Wells (2021)

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  • Belonging Beyond Borders

    Megan Norton (2022)

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  • Third Culture Kids

    David Pollock, Ruth Van Reken, Michael Pollock (2017)

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  • Finding Home

    Rachel Pieh Jones (2019)

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  • Arrivals, Departures, and the Adventures In-Between

    Chris O’Shaughnessy (2016)

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  • Girl Uprooted

    Lena Lee (2023)

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  • The Third Culture Teen

    Jiwon Lee (2020)

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  • Between Worlds

    Marilyn Gardner (2015)

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  • Worlds Apart

    Marilyn Gardner (2018)

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  • Greek Lessons

    Han Kang (2024)

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  • The Means That Make Us Strangers

    Christine Kindberg (2019)

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  • Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere

    Lois Bushong (2013)

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  • Home Keeps Moving

    Heidi Sand-Hart (2010)

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  • Letters Never Sent

    Ruth Van Reken (2016)

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  • Unrooted Childhoods

    Faith Eidse and Nina Sichel (2004)

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  • Japan Brats

    Michael Weddington (2023)

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  • But You Don't Look Arab

    Hala Gorani (2024)

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