diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+### Version 0.1.1.0
+
+Introduce mechanism for reading text as snail AST
+
+* Added parseSnail to Snail.IO
diff --git a/snail.cabal b/snail.cabal
--- a/snail.cabal
+++ b/snail.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:           snail
-version:        0.1.0.0
+version:        0.1.1.0
 synopsis:       A programming language with no semantics
 description:    An s-expression parser and abstract syntax tree for a programming language with no semantics. If you wanted to write an interpreter or compiler you convert the AST into your own.
 category:       Parsing
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 build-type:     Simple
 extra-source-files:
     README.md
+    CHANGELOG.md
 data-files:
     snail-files/basic.snail
     snail-files/fail-comment.snail
diff --git a/src/Snail/IO.hs b/src/Snail/IO.hs
--- a/src/Snail/IO.hs
+++ b/src/Snail/IO.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Snail.IO where
 
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text qualified as Text
 import Data.Text.IO qualified as Text
 import Snail.Lexer
 import Text.Megaparsec
@@ -10,4 +12,10 @@
     contents <- Text.readFile fp
     pure $ case parse snailAst (show fp) contents of
         Left parseErrorBundle -> Left $ errorBundlePretty parseErrorBundle
-        Right sexprs -> Right sexprs
+        Right asts -> Right asts
+
+parseSnail :: Text -> Either String [SnailAst]
+parseSnail input =
+    case parse snailAst (Text.unpack input) input of
+        Left parseErrorBundle -> Left $ errorBundlePretty parseErrorBundle
+        Right asts -> Right asts