the dumbest person you know who only reads Australiana suburban YA: “I’m thinking of writing a novel”

@cormacmccafe.bsky.social bought it, loved it

Long time coming and a long way to go to address the damage - but so grateful to everyone who has ordered a copy of Where It All Went Wrong (including through your library!) I’m still so angry - and I hope it makes you angry too (so we can fix it) x

this time a year ago my publisher told me they expected to sell 714 copies of NOCK LOOSE. I sold the first print run (1500) in under 2 months. Third print run out soonish. I think I coulda sold 5k in 3 months, easy. i had next to no marketing, release was wildly bungled etc. the book is just good.

BlueSky one of the worst websites I’ve ever had the displeasure of needing for work. Constantly drowning in self-righteousness and people treating posting on here like it’s a from of activism and not just a form of being 46.

the handgun used by neurodivergent creatives

I see people celebrating this like it’s some sorta justice. It’s like fining a serial killer $80.

Anthony Albanese looks like this to me

there’s a book I keep seeing about that’s like “how to dress when you’re a boomer” or something and the author’s dress like they are charging $459 a night for an airbnb that’s a converted potter’s shed in Hilton

new Battler out

auto-fiction is romantasy for people who slept with their PhD supervisors

Amazing piece on NOCK LOOSE and more by @nonwayne.bsky.social in the Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Check it out! openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/JASAL/articl...

can someone help me find that quote where Albanese described Herzog as "President of Jews" or whatever he said?

you get the sense that most Australian publishers only read the books they publish, which is why most of them are like that

they gotta invent a booktoker who doesn’t seem like they have a learning disability

i often think about this review

is 10k to ambitious a crowdfunding goal so i can self-publish my big novel and launch my small press? i thought a publisher would want it on the back of NOCK LOOSE success, but apparently not

i wrote about Australia's dumbest newspaper, my hometown rag etc substack.com/home/post/p-...

wrote about Herzog’s visit

This cartoon of his lives rent free in my brain.

-Cop grabs guy with his hands up by the shirt -Cop trips over his own bike, dragging guy with him by his bag -Other cops start viciously *punching* guy as the unco bike cop drags him along? Would almost be funny if it wasn't so disgusting. Psychos.

wrote about Herzog’s visit for YNR

Heartbroken to hear of Jon Kudelka’s passing. one of the funniest and kindest people I’ve ever known - a purely online friendship that always made me look forward to the day I’d meet him in Tassie and, hopefully, get a tour of his studio. A gentleman, a genius, and a saint. None like him.

I’d like to do some writers festivals this year. I thought your publisher applied for them, but apparently not. Critically acclaimed book, third print run - I’d love to talk about it if you’ll have me.

they should teach NOCK LOOSE in Montessori and Steiner schools to freak out the dweeb children - TOUGHEN ‘EM UP!!!

people are always posting this guy that looks like a #vanlife influencer and whenever I ask who he is they say he’s someone’s boyfriend and I’m like…ok? Who is that, but? He is everywhere and he gives awful freo NYE beach rave vibes

THE MASTERMIND good ending

reading Australian new releases will radicalise you. We let so much dogshit past the keeper. If you’re a good writer, it should make you angry.

being an NDIS support worker can be hard, but it's also rewarding. This is my friend Bilal. His family moved to Perth from Pakistan in 2003. We spend most sessions taking trips to the Lego Store. Here he is pitching his idea for a 'tenga x lego' collab. He is a dreamer! He inspires me! # able

Nick Cave will be fully Chinese by 2029

Nick Cave will be fully Chinese by 2029

a lot of young people have recently been asking me for advice re a career in the arts in Australia. Here’s the two biggest mistakes you can make: 1) live in Perth 2) live in Australia get that sorted and you’ll be right

Investigation from Lamestream, with fresh insight thanks to previously unpublished documents. Exclusive: The Night Kevin Rudd and Jeffrey Epstein Dined at a NYC Penthouse A lot of work has gone into bringing this into print. @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-th...

NOCK LOOSE is getting a third print run. Critics are raving about it. It’s a cult sensation. do YOU wanna review it or interview me about it? then hmu

believe it or not, I’m at a Best in Show themed 40th rn

the new Epstein docs actually make me feel insane. What kind of world are we living in?

Trump has met with Separatist Forces www.instagram.com/reel/DUIRgK8...

I, for one, welcome Isaac Herzog to Australia, and would like to go a step further than the Prime Minister and request The Good Herzog extend his visit to my own manor for a guided tour of my vast wine cellar, where I have a beautiful cask of amontillado I'd love him to sample.

shot in the dark but does anyone know any literary agents in the UK or US they think would love NOCK LOOSE?

Question for authors: how often are you meant to receive royalties? how long from the publication of the book is it normal to get them/some/any?

the rich kids who write product recommendations for The Strategist are living lives the rest of us can not imagine, let alone comprehend

I did not get a selfie but I got to go backstage and talk to my hero David Byrne tn I am floating on air god damn!!!

NOCK LOOSE is getting its third print run! To celebrate, we are putting it out as an Expanded Edition, which includes these sick as realisations of the Sukeban Yumi manga (from the novel) by my li'l cousin, Ned Beeson. thanks to everyone who bought NOCK LOOSE! Buy the expanded edition, it rips!

NOCK LOOSE out now

It’s cool seeing people share NOCK LOOSE like this It is, at its heart, an anti-colonial book that is pro revolutionary violence

I know the political situation in America is bad when all my alt comedy friends start sincere posting

whichever think tank got paid half a million dollars to come up with “social cohesion” needs to be fired into the sun