Annette Higgs
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Writer. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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Powder Room
Interior design fun
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/powder-room
7 days ago
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Status Update
Where are we at?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/status-update
14 days ago
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An Intriguing House
In the Blue Mountains
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/an-intriguing-house
21 days ago
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Stormwater
Who knew?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/stormwater
28 days ago
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The "CC Phase"
What does that mean?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-cc-phase
about 1 month ago
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Tiny Home
A Digression ...
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/tiny-home
about 1 month ago
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Neglected Books
about 1 month ago
Rose Macaulay's Personal Pleasures (1936), a sublime collection of 80 short essays on quotidian pleasures. You know you're going to love a book that subdivides the subject of "Bed" into "1. Getting into it" and "2. Not getting out of it." Reissued by Handheld Press in 2021.
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The Slab
Waffles and rafts
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-slab
about 2 months ago
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Sunshowers
That outdoor shower vibe
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/sunshowers
about 2 months ago
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Back to Council
S.4.55 Amendment
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/back-to-council
2 months ago
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Adam Keiper
2 months ago
I experienced something new yesterday. For the first time in my quarter-century career as an editor, I edited something in which the writer used a hyphen, an en-dash, and an em-dash all in one sentence—and used each one correctly. I was floored.
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Reflections
On the ceiling
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/reflections
2 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
2 months ago
It is scorching. Too hot to write Oh dear
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Air Quality
Fresh air indoors
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/air-quality
3 months ago
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Downsizing
Pros and cons
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/downsizing
3 months ago
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Construction
'It's not a race'
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/construction
3 months ago
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Wallpaper
A decorative interlude
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/wallpaper
3 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
4 months ago
I have marked our room with a x.
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Exterior Finishes
That corrugated iron look ...
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/exterior-finishes
4 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
4 months ago
I can't find a shop that sells bookmarks.
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Benjamin Dreyer
4 months ago
As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.
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Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers
To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …
https://lithub.com/against-ai-an-open-letter-from-writers-to-publishers/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLMJV5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6NFlSMzNpQjNaTjBZUmxKAR4BLxcm0fb6jny0qpbo7K_TDmG5sRNW-g6O-Hr6cmDIVezAaAfJQoDBVP6Ggw_aem_zpw9zi34ZwcD9xzuZU5Z9w
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Appliances
"Not included"
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/appliances
4 months ago
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The Toilet
To bidet or not to bidet
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-toilet
4 months ago
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Amending
Another approval required
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/amending
4 months ago
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What's happening at the block?
The neighbours get underway
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/whats-happening-at-the-block
5 months ago
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Tough & Beautiful
Corten steel for gardens
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/tough-and-beautiful
5 months ago
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'A Record High'
The cost of building a new house
https://open.substack.com/pub/annettehiggs/p/a-record-high?r=10j3qq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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'A Record High'
The cost of building a new house
https://open.substack.com/pub/annettehiggs/p/a-record-high?r=10j3qq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
5 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
Thanks very much for loan of anorak, am finding it invaluable.
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
We are in Austria, land of tarts.
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Peter C. Baker
6 months ago
The piece of fiction published last year that gave me the most surprising jolt of readerly pleasure was a 15,000-word novella published directly to Substack. This got me wondering what else was happening literature-wise on the platform -- the subject of my piece up today at
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Is the Next Great American Novel Being Published on Substack?
Professional writers and passionate amateurs are using the platform to experiment with new forms.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/is-the-next-great-american-novel-being-published-on-substack
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
The card is the scene of our Sunday lunch (sandwiches & beer outside in the garden) when 2 wasps fell in Rob's beer.
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The Seidler House
More great ideas from Harry
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/the-seidler-house
5 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
A certain loneliness, aloof. She swoons at the mention of Blackpool. You would love her.
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
English kids are hellish.
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Postcard From The Past
5 months ago
I wanted to see Gwen's grave but there are so many unmarked ones we couldn't find it.
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❤️ Helen Garner. And this is a great article
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6 months ago
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Postcard From The Past
6 months ago
Have had 5 today already.
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@Galleybeggars
6 months ago
A new article about differing attitudes towards two very different publishers, the evils of TikTok, and more:
samj.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...
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A tale of two publishers
On outrage, Booktok and the worst of times
https://samj.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-publishers?r=6yhew
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Postcard From The Past
6 months ago
I wasn't drunk.
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What I Learnt
on Sustainable House Day
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/what-i-learnt
6 months ago
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Dusk
#neighbourhood
6 months ago
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Martin Shaw
over 4 years ago
David Markson’s list of rejections for Wittgenstein’s Mistress (died 11 years ago today)
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Postcard From The Past
6 months ago
My senior moments are all joining up with each other.
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The New Yorker
6 months ago
From “Brian,” by Jeremy Cooper, to “Mornings Without Mii,” by Mayumi Inaba, Sigrid Nunez recommends her favorite books in which not much happens.
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Sigrid Nunez on the Beauty of Narrative Restraint
The award-winning author of “The Friend” explains why some of the recent books that she admires most are ones in which not much happens.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/sigrid-nunez-on-the-beauty-of-narrative-restraint?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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❤️ Janet Frame
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The Booker Prizes
6 months ago
Congratulations to Percival Everett for winning the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for fiction! Find out more about James, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024⤵️
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
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James | The Booker Prizes
A profound meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/james
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London Review of Books
6 months ago
‘“Monkey Grip” is beautifully under-plotted and immersive; marked by tonal variation and structural ease, the finished shape of the book affords the pleasure of musical completion.’ Anne Enright
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Anne Enright · I stab and stab: Helen Garner’s Diaries
The diaries filled me with nostalgia for all the bollocks we had to listen to back in the day; the interminable wrangle...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n08/anne-enright/i-stab-and-stab
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Cross-Laminated Timber
A 'fair-faced' alternative to SIPs?
https://annettehiggs.substack.com/p/cross-laminated-timber
6 months ago
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