How good's Murmur, eh? #MusicToWorkTo

And on the same day that @minon.bsky.social begins his quest for world literary domination with his @dublinlitaward.bsky.social nomination, his little *sideline* appears online, out in 2026! #MakeThemSayPoo www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Make-T...

Do keep an eye on MJ's thread here - this lady has taste! (There better be a @shawliterary.bsky.social book or two though!)

Thanks to Australian librarians for this exciting nomination!

So heartily deserved: @minon.bsky.social one of the OZ nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social with his debut novel, First Name Second Name! dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...

Art school problems

"Repentance and Prayer Day" ("Buß- und Bettag") here in Saxony today, though around half the population are atheists...

Just got back from the doctor's. The bad news is that tests have revealed I have Onomatopoeia. Naturally concerned, I asked, 'What's that?' 'I'm afraid,' he replied, looking up from his notes with a serious expression. 'It's exactly what it sounds like.'

Untitled, but so so beautiful... www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWZu...

Deutsch für Anfänger

Extra points for the butcher's MacBeth handwashing gestures: 'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine Making the green one red.'

Like this post if you would love to see @yoonkim.bsky.social back on Bluesky!

"Being asked “where do you ski?”, “what was your favourite opera growing up?” or receiving an email with the subject line written in Latin can get a bit draining..." www.thenerve.news/p/meg-molloy...

+1 !

Tidying over the weekend I came across the article where the photographer insisted I sit in a ditch. This would never have happened to Joan Didion.

Editors should get more shout-outs like this! #amazingeditors

Twitter's such a weird place now. I do still frequent, as 1 or 2 of my authors still post there, & sundry others I care about, but I rarely do: this one I did just because I know one or two folk there who've read it. But what is 2 likes here (= just fine!) - is over 200 there, & 178 bookmarks?!

Book lovers. Life lovers! Forthwith I shall post a book a day, books I’ve read this year. Books I’ve loved & have intrigued me, changed me, occasionally books I’ve wondered if I could marry. Maybe books YOU might love. And remember, dearests of the world, how GREAT books make for Christmas presents

Feel a bit sorry for Helen that she doubtless had to sign a gazillion of these for @readingsbooks.bsky.social, but I did want to read this! And a handsome production from @textpublishing.bsky.social too, with ribbon marker & all…

Where work has taken me this morning: "According to Google’s Ngram Viewer, the contraction ’tis was a fan favorite in the early 1700s. At this time, it was likely used more often than it’s." www.thesaurus.com/e/grammar/ti...

This weekend, the Australian Short Story Festival is on in Adelaide. It's always a great vibe, so get along if you can. I'll be moderating a couple of sessions. On Saturday night, there's a 'Complaint Letters' event that should be good fun. More here: australianshortstoryfestival.com/2025-program/

Deal news! So delighted to share that Mali Cornish’s second novel, the crazy-good psychological thriller The Missing Mother, will be appearing from Cate Patterson at @atlanticbooks.bsky.social / @allenandunwin.bsky.social in May next year!

Es gibt Bücherregale und es gibt Bücherregale

I didn't know the origin of the phrase "steal my thunder" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealin...

For those that know, what a reading memory

Bro I’m so sorry your novel came out at the exact point of i) death of novel ii) re-centring of masculinity in literary fiction iii) return of a robust critical culture - lousy timing, bro

Richard Flanagan on the Tasmanian genocide (& the great OZ silence that surrounds it) is hard to read, & will stay with you; the much-commented final chapter too is extraordinary (& harrowing) on his very-near death in a rafting mishap aged 21: little wonder he seized the day ever after…

Charlotte Brontë did not send out manuscripts for consideration, I learn, she ‘perseveringly obtruded’ them.

Gosh: "Two books by distinguished New Zealand authors have been ejected from the Ockham Book Awards because their covers were generated by AI." newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/17/o...

Good to see that Shayne Carter remains his irrepressible self… www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3608...

härter müller

Love this so much: "POV of a sheep being airlifted to a different field" (a poem by @molly-cri.bsky.social) www.sweetmammalian.com/issue-eleven...

Bit late to this @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social piece, but worth your time. In the latest @overlandjournal.bsky.social overland.org.au/2025/10/stra...

Must say I’m a paprika chips guy too since living here… www.katjahoyer.uk/p/an-acquire...

New Order released Movement on this day in 1981. Peter Saville's beautiful cover was based on Fortunato Depero's Futurismo design from 1932

trying to navigate the fine line between reading enough Epstein emails to be able to follow current affairs but not so many that my soul feels stained by cursed knowledge about the human experience until my dying days

i emailed a bunch of Australia's 'top' literary podcasts to see if they wanted to talk about NOCK LOOSE and every single one of them was pay for play. what an absolute farce.

Just went on Radio 4 to talk about Hitler’s genitals. So glad I trained as a historian for this

Fellowship opportunity for early career academics who can't work in the US anymore, do share: jobs.zeit.de/jobs/early-c...

I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!

Is your publisher reluctant to hype your novel? Shoot them a copy of Kathleen Norris's Motionless Shadows!

Musk's multi-day meltdown of the JCO tweet continues. Apparently he got the Grok team to reprogram it to claim he reads a lot

One of my authors sends me a typewritten postcard every year

I'm an English writer who moved to Montreuil four years ago – can't believe no one has tried to dismember and devour my puny body yet.

Thank you International Film and Entertainment Festival Australia (IFEFA) for awarding me the great honour of being recognised as the 2025 IFEFA Woman of the Year at NSW Parliament House today. Such an honour to be amongst those that champion our arts, film and cultural sectors!

A brilliant appointment in @jennifermills.net.au! www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-wel...

I swear to God this guy was ahead of me in the queue at Toad bakery today and he looked so head in the clouds but he took the last pain au chocolat

Attempting to rally myself and my agent into resending out an (edited, expanded) story collection. I would like my work to persist, even as the heat death of the planet nears. Like making a memento mori and throwing it in the smelter

Looking forward to talking to the great Swiss novelist Christian Kracht about confronting the dark legacies of twentieth century European history in his latest book, Eurotrash, at Waterstones West End. Tickets available here: www.waterstones.com/events/chris...

Oh this is really cool: I can finally go to Berlin & do sth in the evening and still get home at night (last train now around 11:30 pm instead of 10:30). (& no, before you say it, I’m WAY too old to be pulling all-nighters in Berlin anymore!)