Just gunna repost this everyday until the rally to save the State Library of Victoria. Do try to come. I will draw you a Hermoine the Modern Girl if you ask me nicely at the rally. For ID purposes, this is a photo of me:

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 7/30

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 6/30

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 5/30

What an appalling and inappropriate over-reach by #PIRSA. They need to pull their head in and let environmental experts and independant organisations adhere to the science - not force them to spout industry propoganda. Clearly they are not fit to manage these permits.

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 4/30

Yes. A thousand times yes. The library board needs to be replaced. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 3/30

Save the State Library of Victoria - it's already been gutted by poor managenent and bungling bureaucracy. It needs investment in good quality staff who know how to run a library - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 2/30

30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen 💙📚 1/30

It's always exciting to do the final #coverreveal of a new #book, but this one is a real corker. I think it really captures the essence of the book, and #echidnas. With many thanks to WA #wildlife artist #CatherineScartaccini for permission to use her beautiful #drawing.#wildlifeart #naturewriting

Exquisite images from this years BirdLife Australia #Photgraphy Competition. So lucky we still have such a rich abundance of #birds in Australia. Let's make sure we keep it that way. #australianwildlife www.birdlifephotoaward.org.au/gallery-winn...

Devoted dog - to the last sausage.

Investment in R&D in Australia is at a historic low. If this recent / current trend continues, within five years Australia will be among the lowest of OECD countries.... www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

A great week with Christele Maizonniaux in Hobart presenting school sessions on French explorers and developing materials to support students learning French. With many thanks to our hosts at The Friends, Fahan, Lambert. Bellerive and Taroona Schools and to @createsa_ for funding the trip.

Thrilled to see this big fat #platypus (check out that tail) foraging in #Hobart Rivulet. Wildlife in cities is a wonderful thing - we need to make all cities more #wildlife friendly (as well as protecting large areas of intact #native bush). Yay for #monotremes! #naturewriting #australianwildlife

Good to hear there is some discussion about protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.

Newly hatched kookaburra chicks in the specially designed kookaburra nest box. Been waiting five years for this! What gorgeous little monsters. #australianbirds #australianwildlife #wildlife #birds

Brilliant news that Australia stands its ground on #copyrighttheft and rejects TDM exceptions for #AI. That will clear the way for a #fairpay licensing model for #authors and #artists and hopefully help keep us afloat on the growing tidal wave of toxic AI sludge. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

For AI. you are what you steal "More than just getting “dumber”..though, the researchers found the inclusion of junk also resulted in an interesting effect: it led to changes in the model’s “personality,” succumbing to what the researchers called “dark traits”" gizmodo.com/clickbait-gi...

"The first 6 months of 2025 saw wind & solar together pass a historic milestone, generating more power than coal for the 1st time & making renewables the world’s leading source of electricity. The driving force..was the growth of solar" www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

Some good news.

“Washington has been eyeing off First Nations critical minerals ever since our PM agreed to allow the US to designate this country as a domestic source […] for military purposes in 2023.” I’d wager it’s been eyeing them off a LOT longer than that. www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/albanes...

Minister for the Environment of Mining magnates and Real Estate developers. On a par with Abbott being Minister for Woman. What do you get when you put foxes in charge of the chook house? Carnage. @australianlabor.bsky.social

Wanting to read the recent #AustraliaReads report on barriers to #reading on my phone but I have to download a pdf. So there's one! Will have to compete with work once I get to my PC. #writingcommunity #nonfiction #timetoread

In 1963 Britain controlled Australian publishing, paying authors half price for books sold in Australia. In 62 years, the ASA has radically changed the landscape of Australian publishing for the better. Stayed tuned for how. #AusArts National Giving Day Oct 23. creative.gov.au/ausartday?ar...

More baby numbats! That's what I want to see. #wildlife #australianwildlife #conservation #cuteanimals www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Save the date #AusArts day is coming up! So many fabulous creative arts activities worthy of support - including the ASA backing book creators. Check them out on the wwe.creative.gov.au/ausartday (search for literature). And Save the Date - 23 October - for making your donations. #writers #arts

This article is interesting because it illustrates the underlying factors that bedevil writing as an artform and as a job. Writers will write regardless of pay, suppressing payrates. And commercial writing both supports and undermines writing as an artform. It's unsustainable and inequitable.

Love it.

Less than 2 weeks until our arboretum open days! Here's a few of the eucalypts flowering at the moment. These free open days only occur biannually. Currency Creek Arboretum is about an hour's drive south of Adelaide in SA. Open details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...

I'm not sure the fact that pharmaceutical companies rort the hell out of the US health system should be a justification for letting them do so elsewhere. A lot of medical innovation is from publicly funded research. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Delighted to have Edith Coleman featured on the Science History Institute page. A great resource for schools and teachers too. #naturewriting #sciencewriting #womeninscience #australiannature #historyofscience www.sciencehistory.org/education/sc...

What a childish rant from Peter Malinauskas over "eco-purists" and Nimbys objecting to gas projects (like they have any say). Some rational evidence based discussion around energy transition would be more helpful than name calling. Guess this is why Susan Close is retiring. A great loss for SA.

During the Black Saturday fires the automated backup for when the 000 system is overloaded did not work. No explanation why not and wasn't queried by the Royal Commission. Telcos don't seem interested in being an essential service.

A lovely Adelaide launch for Grace Notes by Jennifer Liston. Bringing to life the famed Irish Pirate Queen Gráinne Mhaol, reconnecting oral and written histories with poetry, song, and resolute rigour. A master class in literary historical reconstruction.

Trees are always a relief after people. 💚 -David Mitchell #ForestFriday #nature #scape #treescape #EastCoastKin #trees #photography

Late to this, but it means: that's it, isn't it? Game over red rover... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Conflict of interest?! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Got my new #author #website up and running - adding web developer to my skill set! Check it out. New skills in html coding and github. Took a week but saved $$ on annual web builder fees and have a custom website built for #books. #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction www.danielleclode.com.au

Fossil fuel boosters want to keep us from sourcing the cheapest energy on the planet. Renewables are not only cleaner, they cost less! Fossil fuel fealty is insane. #EnergyTransition www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Don't forget to vote in RN's Top 100 Books! (Reminder to self) #bookvote #top100 #aussiebooks

Has learning #html coding this week. Poor product and massively increased costs have lead me to drop #GoDaddy webbuilding service and have a go at DIY (with help from a #ColorLib template). Easier than I thought and a better end result. No more dodgy image scaling! Fingers crossed for the upload.

Creating a new landed gentry - I really hadn't thought about it like that but yes - that's it!

I don't understand why this is not more obvious to politicians and businesses. The writing is on the wall. We need sustainability and efficiency - not growth and productivity. theconversation.com/were-still-n...

So happy to see these epicormic shoots emerging from the trunks of some Mt Lofty cup gums. This tiny forest of gums form a tiny forest was badly impacted by the long dry spell last summer. These buds are a drought (and fire) adaptation. A relief to see them appear. #naturewriting #inspiration

I often sit outside and listen to the quiet which is never as quiet as you think. Where I live, I mostly hear native birds and insects and just now frogs, but underneath I'm always struck by the incessant distant hum of the city, trucks, trains and chainsaws. Humans are so damned noisy.

Wonderful readings last night to celebrate the new issue of Coastlines literary magazine. Pretty happy to be included in this great line-up. coastlinesjournal.com/issue-10 #writing #writingcommunity #nonfiction #booksky