Martine Kropkowski

"Its very existence was an expression of valuing critical and creative endeavour in literary form.”

It’s time for an honest conversation about poo tubes - ABC Religion & Ethics Giving ethical consideration to the way we manage our waste in the wild means that more resources and time can be spent on more pressing issues — and there are easy changes we can make for the benefit...

Here's me over at the ABC on the ethics of, well, wilderness defecation.

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Grief Is the Thing Worth Feeling: On Michael Ende's The Neverending Story - Reactor Bastian's journey offers lessons on grief, despair, and how to reshape the Nothing.

just thinking again how the neverending story is secretly about finding useful action while feeling valid despair reactormag.com/grief-is-the...

Monsters reflect our darkest fears, from zombies to werewolves. But they also bring us together

Take a world tour of monsters, from vampires in Serbia and giants in Cornwall to festivals of dragons in Bavaria and werewolves in Louisiana.

Ultimo Press publisher Brigid Mullane says: ‘Martine Kropkowski returns with another stunning novel with the kind of psychological tension and high stakes that will keep readers guessing. The result is an undefinable look at the things that scare us.'

Coming in October 2025.

MARTINE KROPKOWSKI Everywhere We Look. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm - Newtown Review of Books Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women.

MARTINE KROPKOWSKI Everywhere We Look. Reviewed by Karen Chisholm newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/martine-krop...

I'm really proud to have a story among this excellent collection. Thanks again to Claire Corbett and @overlandjournal.bsky.social for publishing Tiger Moth

Friday essay: ‘A future of dust’ – Jeff Sparrow on Gaza and why, in evil times, writers have a responsibility to take sides Paradoxically, the very scale of the crisis in Gaza makes worthwhile even the tiniest gesture of solidarity.

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