giving the books in the shop a good squeeze to find out which ones are raw and urgent
08.03.2026 23:19
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giving the books in the shop a good squeeze to find out which ones are raw and urgent
Thanks Kate x
If you are in Our Nation's Capital or know someone who is. One month from tomoz.
events.humanitix.com/michael-wink...
The only one who could ever reach me /
Was the son of a…
Just take this here
piece of loose
and wobbly present
Details for the book launch of A Little Unwell by Kerry Jewell on Friday 1st March at 6pm, The Oratory at Abbotsford Convent. RSVP to publicity@hachette.com.au
Would love to see you there xx
Random folks sending me pics, so evidently there are now some copies of Griefdogg in the wild. Literally, in this case. (I'm thinking Blue Mountains?) Still 26 days til launch...
Oh, bless you mate. BH and Mildura are different beasts, but share the same sky, and you will recognise the landscape I hope. Delighted that Text has sent some copies out. Good to see it in the world, and thanks for the kind words.
A paper program for Constellations with lots of events listed. Beside it a newspaper opinion headline complains of “the sheer audacity of these whiny writers”
Constellations: Not Writers Week begins tomorrow. Over 100 authors are participating in more than 50 events across 20 venues. And we have raised enough donations to pay them all ASA rates, plus print these paper programs.
bit.ly/constellationsfestival for details
January Tiser oped for scale
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You have such a fierce talent.
It is!
Picked it up at Bunnings last night. On a quick scan couldn't see any other colour with a person's name. No idea who at Dulux is into decreation and the Durutti Column.
Dulux colour card which includes paint colour 'Simone Weil'
The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind While Painting the Front Fence.
Stunning!
Please listen to, and watch this. Several times. It is glorious. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
If only it were possible to wrest the microphone on Australian republicanism from the easy does it yacht club crowd at the ARM. The ARM promise that nothing would change in an Australian republic is yet another example of small target politics making itself irrelevant.
Cartoon. Person says to other person „We invented a robot that answers questions.“, adding, „we just have to feed it 10 baby giraffes a day“. The other person asks „But it answers the questions correctly?“ Person responds „Oh my goodness, no. No no no no no.“ By Aram J. French Appropriated due to missing alt text
Young Anton Chekhov, the playwright, looking super hot in his 20s
Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
[writing love letter] My darling, how i long to caress you. When I hold you tenderly in my arms I become [glancing at The Immortal Cinema of Tom Selleck dvd box set I keep on my escritoire at all times] quigley down under
It's clear that the group behind these calls has *already decided* that half the artists in the Biennale are problematic.
If they start cancelling exhibits this could easily destroy the Biennale.
In which the reviewer's labour brings rewards for the reader.
Erin Vincent, from the admirable Fourteen Ways of Looking.
Another excellent Upswell title, this memoir by Erin Vincent is mesmeric and moving. Recommended.
Shirl is a gem. Look forward to hearing your thoughts on Henry Goes Bush, Gordon.
Still three months until this beauty hits the shelves, so mark it on the calendar. Confident in saying it's a book no-one else on earth could write because no-one else has Wayne Marshall's wild brain. It's a stunner.