Stoked to announce that I have a new book coming 10 Feb 2026! 💀 NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 is the first in a new series, pitched as Dexter meets The Bourne Identity in 1987 NYC. It's my adult crime debut, releasing through Thomas & Mercer, and it's up for pre-order right freaking now. shorturl.at/8MPtP

In academic writing, positioning your work isn’t just about citing—it’s about mapping the debate. 📚 But how do you position your work within existing debates? 🤔 4 steps for mapping a debate in the literature, via @raulpachecovega.bsky.social #AcademicSky

🔍 Identify the core disagreement/discussion points 📝 Describe the debate type you find in the literature 👥 Trace the different arguments and authors 📊 Develop a table or visual to present the debates www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...

US pals: the ebook of Not Here To Make Friends* is only $1.99 for the month of September! I adore these two Machiavellian masterminds determined not to admit how obsessed they are with each other, and I hope you will too. *the one about a reality TV villain and her producer

Delighted that “Summer of Shipwrecks” by the fabulous @shivaun.bsky.social is shortlisted for the Queensland Children’s Book Award! Judges’ comment: “A quintessentially Australian coming-of-age novel with a huge heart.” #bookSky #UQP #childrensbookaward #MG #middlegrade

Applications are now open for the 2025 College Research Impact Grants, offering up to $2,000 to support paramedicine researchers in sharing their work through conferences, publications and more. Apply by Friday 10 October at bit.ly/Impact-Grants-Open

We are dismayed by the Productivity Commission report raising the prospect of a text and data mining exception to Australia’s Copyright Act that would enable Australian authors' work to be used for AI training, without permission or payment. www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-opp...

The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December. Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/

I've been working on some #AcademicWriting frameworks based on my work at GCU. SPARK is a self-assessment Paper SPARK: stephaniezihms.blog/2025/08/28/i... Thesis SPARK: stephaniezihms.blog/2025/09/04/i... @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social @academicaunties.com @academic-chatter.bsky.social

I’m so pleased to share that the launch issue of the Journal of Creative Research Methods (JCRM) is now live! 🎉 👉 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... Huge thanks to my wonderful Co-Editors in Chief Su-Ming Khoo, Harriet Shortt & Sophie Woodward. #CreativeMethods #JCRM

Real consequences for inappropriately using GenAI in a real job.

Does getting through ethical review in a creative practice discipline present a hidden curriculum? @sianvaughan.bsky.social shows us how it represents at least two... drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/t...

TWO tenure track jobs in #DisabilityStudies at the University of Buffalo! Teaching and research interests in gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or Indigenous cultures or methodologies preferred. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/57847

New writing! "I can has research culture? Using memes in researcher development" - @drmeagantyler.bsky.social's and my post on the Hidden Curriculum blog, published the other day. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/i... Do you use memes in your teaching? If so, why? #AcademicSky

The widely used diabetes drug metformin changes blood metal levels in humans. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

What good is science if it never leaves the lab? 🌿 Prof @euanritchie.bsky.social is turning research into action—advocating for stronger laws, better funding & evidence-based policy. His research also earned him the 2024 Eureka Prize! Learn about Euan's story: 50years.deakin.edu.au/story/profes...

Thanks @japanesetalk.bsky.social for curating resources and approaches for improving Japanese. I’m keen to try Satori Reader with its organic, natural language approach. #SatoriReader #読み書き　#日本語　#使えば使うほど

Thanks Pat, I need reminding of how to use little windows of time to write. Very useful breakdown, including segmenting tasks. “The key to segmenting is to maintain a running task list that categorises the work to be done by time requirement and intellectual demand.” #AcWri #AcademicSky

Happy to see this step forward by South Australian —> #singleuseplastic #ban

Translator Jesse Kirkwood on the the challenge of working with words like sensei and senpai: “translating can often involve coming to terms with, and working around, a brutal loss of meaning.” #lostintranslation #先生　#先輩 #translation

Spotted in the wild! This gorgeous title “Worst Perfect Moment” by the fabulous @shivaun.bsky.social was spotted at Melbourne Southland’s Cook & Young bookshop. Love the neon green signage. #worstperfectmoment #booksky #YA #ozYA

Nice coverage of our work on how to maximise benefits and minimise harms related to meditation 🧘 @contemplateuom.bsky.social

—> Free webinar exploring inclusive assessment and security, 9 Sept, 2pm (Melbourne time)

Just finished reading this wonderful book by @damonyoung.com.au in preparation for our conversation at Avid Reader (14th September! Come join us!) I have SO many thoughts and questions, I'm really looking forward to it.

Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast

Jo VanEvery is reminding us of ways to stay in touch with your project. It’s a reminder I need to hear! #AcWri #AcademicSky

This is an incredibly useful thread for those of us who are authors outside the US and thus did not think we were eligible to be part of the class action against Anthropic.

My PhD drew heavily on obscure documents from the BBC Written Archive. Memos, minutes, scripts, budgets, contracts, musical scores. They illuminated a remarkable, strange, complex set of attitudes to propaganda in WWII.

Excited by the launch of #AntoniaPont's book: "Plain Life". "We may not need to do more and be more..." #booksky #plainlife newsouthbooks.com.au/books/plain-... Ping: @kmoruzi.bsky.social @gilbertcaluya.bsky.social @rebeccacroser.bsky.social @jodimca.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Behold the majesty of the Sun, as photographed on my phone through a solar visor dished out by a chap from a local astronomy society.

Our fourth and final featured essay unlock from print issue #256 is a reflection by Antonia Pont on the politics of urgency, and what it means to “be present”.

#books are awesome.

Am enjoying “Why didn’t I tell you a million times?” on Netflix. A friendly ghost romance/crime story that goes to grim places but still lays on the schmaltz. Matsuyama Kenichi enjoys himself as a goofy police detective who inconveniently starts seeing ghosts. #松山ケンイチ #100万回言えばよかった

As always, thanks Pat for your insightful post: “Academic culture demands a pretty tricky balance: you must be humble enough to acknowledge your work’s limitations while confident enough to argue for its significance.” #academicsky #AcWri #trickyfeelings

What is someone doing a literature review looking for? 1) what has been done before 2) the foundations upon which their own work can be developed 3) any possible spaces where they can insert their own contributions, 4) a map of themes showing connections #RPVSky www.raulpacheco.org/2022/07/the-...

A list of annual children's & YA book festivals and events for schools, teachers and parents to look out for. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #kidlit #ukedchat

Last call for this survey, which closes next week! Men are currently under-represented in our sample, we'd love to hear your experiences!

Would you like to know some of Australia’s best places to see wildlife and tips for success and ensuring animals and their homes, and you, aren’t harmed? Well, @pattfinnerty.bsky.social, Rhys Cairncross and I wrote this 👉 in the @theconversation.com theconversation.com/want-to-see-...

Hot-desking as a standard workplace environment requires this new work tool.

Last chance to book! Fundamentals for fiction writers: the Writer's Toolbox. It's a short course with me, starts August 27, live online. Places are limited. newpagewriting.com/2025/07/29/w...

Hey @rebeccacroser.bsky.social #campusnovel

Who is this woman at the telescope on the cover of Popular Science, Jan. 1928? Based on the article inside, about women scientists working as federal employees, it’s Eleanor Lamson (1875-1932) of the U.S. Naval Observatory. I’ve not seen a woman scientist from that era on a magazine cover. 🧪🔭

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI. All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work. For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

Free online launch for the terrific book below at 5 pm BST on Mon 1 Sept - register here reuna.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

More Writing Cafe on campus today - so I’m going to make time this afternoon to re-visit this book as we plan for AY 25/26 and get to grips with our restructure #AcWri #ResearcherDevelopment

🔥 25 days until #ICRMC2025! Be part of a global community exploring creative ways to do and share research — in Manchester & online. 🎟 Final tickets here: creativeresearchmethods.com #ICRMC2025 #CreativeResearch #ResearchMethods #AcademicConference

I’m looking forward to exploring this title by @rachaelcayley.bsky.social and colleagues #writingtogether #socialwriting #AcWri #connection #community press.umich.edu/Books/W/Writ...

This is a post about what running my first ever 10K race taught me about writing intensively. Read on for stress dreams, medals, snacks, advice, and a chaotic spin cycle class.

Several companies, organizations and government agencies have been holding tours for female students in Tokyo this summer in the hopes of breaking down gender stereotypes in the fields of science and technology.

Posting this because I need gentle reminding too. #AcWri #AmWriting #AcademicSjy