For the industry types, there is an insanely good easter egg embedded here as well!

this, from the brain of perfect genius @radiomoderation.bsky.social , whips, as one would expect

Really proud of @kydmagazine.bsky.social's gorgeous new website! The animations, the buttons 😍 This upgrade has been months in the making. Special thanks to our head of digital strategy Mia Abrahams and editor @suzygracias.bsky.social for all their hard work as we got this over the finish line!

I interviewed Amy Heckerling, director of my favourite movie, Clueless, for its 30th anniversary this week www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/w...

I came close to writing a hatchet job once, writes Declan Fry. I was amused, confused and a little disturbed by how popular the piece became. Criticism should offer more than a cut-throat execution. bit.ly/3Ti0hQ7

Scarlett Harris on making a living as a freelance writer in Australia. Read more: bit.ly/4kV7BNG

New: It’s absurd and embarrassing in a liberal democracy to have to say this, but people shouldn’t be punished for protesting against genocidal oppression, or speaking about it. So many cultural institutions have done this very thing though - and damaged themselves in the process.

Also v happy from 1 July @kydmagazine.bsky.social will increase our min payments to nonfiction writers to $700 per piece. KYD members, @suzygracias.bsky.social and I have also created 'How to Pitch' for you, designed to turn your pitches into publication! www.killyourdarlings.com.au/how-to-pitch...

Sad that @kydmagazine.bsky.social will no longer be a publishing partner or judge in the SLQ Young Writers Award as we believe in supporting early-career writers but we reject political interference and censorship of the library's award processes and have to call it out.

I have never read a book by a man. They don’t publish them.

wrote something very silly about one of the less soul-crushing ways to spend time online

LE MONDE asked me to write an article about American literature in the age of Trump, but then decided it didn't like what I wrote. Oh well. Here it is in LitHub: "Most American literature is the literature of empire."

We're delighted to announce the winner of the KYD Flash Fiction Prize 2025! buff.ly/QfamiAV

Growing up with an absent father has its unique challenges. In this tender piece of memoir, Isla Croft explores how a tragic accident forced her to reckon with the dad-shaped hole in her life. buff.ly/jj5UWP5

KYD commissioned me to take a look back on The Book Club (2006 - 2017) and what I found was a long storied history of film, book and cultural criticism on ABC TV, but a complete dearth of that sort of coverage today, when it should be easier and cheaper to make than ever.

ABC TV’s 'First Tuesday Book Club' brought the literary salon to Australian television screens. Seven years since it was taken off the air, Sam Twyford-Moore uncovers what we’re missing in the absence of regular televised arts criticism. buff.ly/qIqlvBz

Co-sign 👇

Month-old baby girl pulled from rubble in Gaza after air strike kills parents

The collective punishment of Gaza must end. We call on the Australian government to take substantial action pressuring Israel towards an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

Cosy reads from Japan and Korea are booming and Western publishers are cashing in. Nina Culley explores why there is much more to this multifaceted genre than cats, cafes and bowls of steaming ramen. buff.ly/JLUXuUY

Diana Reid burst onto the literary scene with her bestselling award-winner 'Love & Virtue'. In our latest Show Your Working interview, she talks about finding inspiration, cultivating multiple work streams and her latest novel, 'Signs of Damage'.

In this episode, Tenille chats with essayist and critic Cher Tan about her book Peripathetic, what makes a great book review, the impact of the internet on writing and culture, and producing art in the era of late capitalism.

Jess Scully, founder of Vivid Ideas and former deputy lord mayor of Sydney, on the importance of arms-length arts funding. Read more: https://buff.ly/4klIiEH

“The leadership and board should know better than most that culture wars don’t end with one scalp” - Jess Scully at @kydmagazine.bsky.social www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/who-...

Today in KYD, Jess Scully, former deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, on why Creative Australia's failure to uphold artistic freedoms is an issue for all Australians—not just the arts community. https://buff.ly/4klIiEH

Enjoyed reading and writing about this memoir. Sent me back to Porter’s verse novels too and made me wish I had a big sis.

The irony of this whole debacle is that much of Sabsabi’s body of work has been about precisely this - about the demonisation of Arabs and Muslims in western media. Sabsabi’s words from a week ago keep replaying in my mind. “Because of who I am.”

Suzy Garcia at @kydmagazine.bsky.social has been doing some great things with the publication, & this interview with David Ryding of the City of Literature Office is one of them: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/pub-...

10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...

Creative Australia ditching Khaled Sabsabi as our representative at the Venice Biennale is an extraordinary denial of artistic freedom by our supposedly leading & independent arts advocate. A week ago Sabsabi said he thought the honour "wouldn’t happen because of who I am.” Turns out he was right.

#BREAKING All five artistic teams shortlisted for the 61st Venice Biennale have released a joint statement in support of winning duo Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino who were dumped by Creative Australia following media and political pressure. The group calls for them to be reinstated.

Footscray West Writers Fest program is up: fwwf.com.au It’s full of ace things! Like Helen Garner & Bob Murphy in conversation at Whitten Oval; writers sharing stories set at Footscray Savers, Cheaper Buy Miles, the dog park, under the Westgate Bridge; or a shit drawing workshop. We’ve got it all!

The ABC (my employer) needs to stop defending this case against Lattouf and settle - including an apology and reinstatement. They should not have taken her off air in such a manner. Her colleagues stand with her.

I wrote about PRH's acquisition of Text Publishing and my skepticism about the reach of Charters of Independence and such like. And yet again, I express despair at the ALP's reluctance to put their money where their mouth is on funding AU arts and culture. www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/30/t...

HNY! 🎉 To celebrate the new year, we’re offering a special discount on all KYD online writing courses! Enjoy 20% off with the coupon code 20OFFNY. Or, become a KYD member to enjoy 30% off. Offer ends at 11.59pm (AEDT) on Friday 31 January 2025. Browse all courses here: https://buff.ly/3WlBn3N

Today in KYD, Sam Elkin writes: A doctor’s warning and some off-brand Ozempic led me into a state of pharmacological nirvana, extinguishing my hunger for almost everything.  https://buff.ly/42gkOKm

Today in KYD, Mx Sly writes: In Melbourne’s queer dating scene, I face the pitfalls of trying to integrate all of one‘s sexual connections into a cohesive social experience. www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/poly...