Voting for the Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award closes today. There are 8 finalists, please support any one of the authors. I have a few friends in that list, so I can't tell you who I voted for (NO it was not for myself). www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l...

When You Call My Name launch and exhibition Disappointed I'll miss this exhibition in Canberra (and Perth, Broome, Cowra), but thanks for sharing the link to the opening with me @psephy.bsky.social Looks incredible! www.nikkeiaustralia.com/wycmn-launch...

A brief sojourn in the nation’s capital. 首都キャンベラに行ってきました♪

‘Those who still put their faith… in war as the last resort of all foreign policy may well discover in a not too distant future that they have become masters in a rather useless and obsolete trade…’ H. Arendt ‘On Revolution’, 1963 Reading as I heard more AUKUS-babble on the radio. We can do better

Invitation Dhuluny 2025: Documentary screenings commemorating the 1824 declaration of martial law Thu, 25 Sep, 5:30pm - 9pm AEST Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre

Thrilled to announce that my latest acquisition as Publiser at Large for @bundyipublishing.bsky.social is BELLA’S JOURNEY by Rowena Lawrie. BELLA’S JOURNEY is a reimagining of the classic tale of Swan Lake. Due for release in late 2026. www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202... #mobsky

If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...

National summit tackles wide-ranging barriers to health equity – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/national-sum... By @mariemcinerney.bsky.social for Croakey Conference News Service

#WeekendReading www.croakey.org

Indigenous child isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Just booked my ticket! Jessica White in conversation with Ashley Hay about Jessica's new book Silence is my habitat THURSDAY 16 OCTOBER 2025 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins at Avid Reader Bookshop Book your ticket here: avidreader.com.au/pages/12049-...

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/

An Open Letter to the Vice Chancellor of The University of Melbourne on the Closure of Meanjin I've signed, will you?

Disgraceful decision. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Waitangi Treaty, Māori dropped from new English, maths curriculums, teachers say www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Tomorrow is Indigenous Literacy Day, and we've got a Great Book Swap at UQ. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Student Central, St Lucia. Love to see you there! If you can't make it but would like to donate, please click the link and share the love of reading. Thank you! go.greatbookswap.org.au/rap

I have a new hero, GOORRAMINDI THE CROCODILE! Congrats to Quinlan Jafftey & Jade Goodwin on bringing to life Goorramindi, the guardian of the river where the Gooniyandi people live. With vibrant illustrations & a fast-paced story, everyone will ❤️ the courage & determination of this colourful croc.

Voting is officially OPEN for Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century! Select up to 10 of your favourite books published between 1 January 2000 and 31 August 2025 Vote now! top100books.abc.net.au @austlit.bsky.social

A group of white people from immigrant backgrounds have demanded that people like them should "go back to where they came from" chaser.com.au/general-news...

Have you registered for the Indigenous Literacy Day Livestream celebrating this year's theme: Strength in our Stories: For now and future generations... Starts 10.30am on Wednesday, Sept 3, and can be watched on demand from 12pm onwards. www.sydneyoperahouse.com/schools/indi...

Here’s me talking cartoons with @mikepbowers.bsky.social yesterday www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

I'll be marching today with the Readers and Writers Against the Genocide, in Nipaluna / Hobart! Find our banner and join us. #endthegenocide #freepalestine

Reminder: Sunday 24 August 2025 Nationwide March for Palestine Please join a rally near you. #auspol #RecognisePalestine #FreePalestine #SanctionIsrael #EndArmsTrade

Register now for Indigenous Literacy Day and learn more at ILF.org.au/ild @austlit.bsky.social #ild2025 #indigenousliteracyday #readingopensdoors #mobsky

I think everybody should read this. Will not take long. #AI #chatgpt

Have men really stopped reading? The devil's in the data. Recent media coverage claims that 'Australians, especially men, are reading less' & 'young men have stopped reading books'. But is that true? Guardian Aust's data editor Nick Evershed does a deep dive into whether the stats back that reading

Just a reminder: we're an excellent list of your articles (provided they're within our scope!). Check your record on AustLit! (And email us if we missed something. We love that!*) *not sarcasm. We do!

This is an extraordinary story of what happened when a writer asked Chat GPT for a little help putting together a portfolio of her articles. It’s insane. And compulsive reading!! It’s not long, so do read through to the end. www.ourgreaterdestiny.ca/p/diabolus-e... @austlit.bsky.social

Official statement by Vernon Ah Kee regarding the 2025 National Portrait Prize. www.instagram.com/p/DNkAp9WTXe...

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...

NEW ARTICLE - The importance of Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, place & the social & emotional wellbeing of frontline workers in south-eastern NSW during the COVID-19 pandemic - www.lowitjajournal.org.au/action/showP..., The Lowitja Journal, 2025. #COVID19 #place #COVID

Register now for Indigenous Literacy Day and learn more at ILF.org.au/ild @austlit.bsky.social #ild2025 #indigenousliteracyday #readingopensdoors #mobsky

Join please join Amy Matthews/Barry, Stacey McEwan, Steffanie Holmes & me as we chat all things contemporary romance writing on Monday 25 Aug Starts 05:30PM Fullers Bookshop, 131 Collins St. HOBART TAS 7000 www.fullersbookshop.com.au/event/romanc... #romance #romcom #booksky

Still some spots left to today's event Avid Reader Bookshop AI Copyright and the Law - A free session for writers avidreader.com.au/pages/12247-...

Blowing up your small-town writers festival because your local university needs to crack down on free speech because there’s a genocide we can’t talk about is so utterly on-brand for Australian culture. Cowards and fools 3-deep at the canapés tray

Bookish in Bendigo have pulled out as Bendigo Writers Festival's bookseller - this principled move comes at great cost to them as an independent store. If you've been thinking of purchasing a book (esp. one by someone who's also pulled labour from BWF), consider going to them! +61 3 5406 0596

HAVE WE GOT A STORY FOR YOU! BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL LAUNCHES ITS 2025 PROGRAM newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/08/have...

Support Bookish in Bendigo, official Bendigo Writers Festival bookseller who would have spent months stocking books for the event and have pulled out in solidarity. Call them for your next book order if you can, or even pay it forward for one of their customers. +61 3 5406 0596

This is ghoulish nonsense from the Bendigo Writers Festival

The Brisbane Writers Festival program is officially launched! I'm looking forward to giving the 2025 First Word Keynote, speaking alongside Gillian Bowie, Sharlene Allsopp, Theophilus Kwek and artistic director extraordinaire, Jackie Ryan. Tix on sale soon, check out the program now. bwf.org.au

Calling all First Nations Australian authors! I'm taking pitches for Bundyi Publishing, either in person in Hobart, 22 and 23 August, or online. I'd love to hear from those writing romance but happy to hear any commerical fiction ideas & non-fiction. willorganise.eventsair.com/2025-romance...

Calling all First Nations Australian authors! I'm taking pitches for Bundyi Publishing, either in person in Hobart, 22 and 23 August, or online. I'd love to hear from those writing romance but happy to hear any commerical fiction ideas & non-fiction. willorganise.eventsair.com/2025-romance...

Speak up and say loud and clear, “Not In My Name” Add your name to this letter to Prime Minister Albanese and demand that Australia takes decisive action now to stop violence and breaches of international law. Because peace and justice for Palestinian people are possible.

Good morning, Keen to know if anyone is doing the Read Around the World Challenge, and if so, how are you going? readaroundtheworldchallenge.com #booksky

An actual crowd expert analysed drone footage after the march and calculated 225K in attendance based on a whole variety of factors that he analysed over many hours Some senior cop stands up *during* the march, claiming it was "about 90,000" And everyone everywhere prefers his word as gospel?

When will journos and others stop repeating propaganda like "90,000" people attended the March For Humanity? That's a NSW police alleged "estimate" New👏🏽South👏🏽Wales👏🏽Police You know, the ones against the march in the 1st place? Deliberately downgrading obvious public support, benefits their agenda

Lists are subjective, but there's a few in this one that are my faves too. Esp love Samuel Wagan Watson's SMOKE ENCRYPTED WHISPERS! "Australian Poetry Month: 10 essential Australian collections that will change how you read" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Congratulations to all those longlisted for the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. It's very special to be on the list alongside so many extraordinary authors, including my own Bundyi author, Tasma Walton. @austlit.bsky.social #dirrayawadha #riseup #nibliteraryaward #longlist