People in the publishing industry are weirdly quiet about money. But as Wes Enzinna points out, every literary career is underwritten by some sort of capital, be it from a wealthy family member, a fellowship, or a dubious side gig.

Very excited that some of my research has been published by Media International Australia. It looks at McPhee Gribble's publishing parties in 1980s Melbourne to show the pursuit of capital beneath a disinterested veneer: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Recent reading. Hyper is so so good

Books I’ve read recently!

Very happy to have a story in the new issue of Debris alongside some wonderful writers (including π.o. (!!)). And grateful for @mxcreant.bsky.social ‘s editing.

November / early December reading

Another month of books :)

by my count the best anglophone writer outside Australia at the moment

Recent reading! Enjoyed some more than others (enjoyed Nock Loose hugely)

The Nobel going to a writer in Hungarian? #murnane

Buy Death Kit 2! Support new lit mag! Read my story!

a letter from me and m'learned colleagues in support of @meanjin.bsky.social (@savemeanjin.bsky.social )

Belatedly got round to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Big Fiction. Very engaging for something so research-dense

Books I’ve read recently! And I found this duck at an op shop. No idea why anyone would get rid

Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.

Meanjin Journal is 85 years old; older than the Sydney Opera House. Closing it down is cultural vandalism of the highest order, roughly equivalent to demolishing the above mentioned opera house. I am disgusted @meanjin.bsky.social

After a such a strong start, it’s disappointing how quickly Nicki Minaj’s Starships drops off. And having both beach and space as themes is a bit much

heads up for fellow fans: the S-tier of ice cream sandwiches is currently half price at Princes Hill IGA

Been on some trips! Lots of planes and trains and reading time :)

Qantas is the best airline. They gave out ice cream sandwiches after dinner

In response to the prompt of a publisher's campaign, Luke Horton offers an extended reflection on the value of literature and the work of writing (and reading) in the current moment.

Scatter my ashes in the airport smoking area

👀 Young Tim Winton with unbelievable swag 👀

Glad to get back to some Australian realist writing. More books with strikes please! (And surely due a new edition?)

Delighted to get my hands on the latest novella (signed, no less!) from @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…

Books I’ve read recently! Really really enjoyed Michelle de Kretser

In love with Tim Winton’s letterhead fish

This article has made me grumpy. I don’t like when elitist and inauthentic things are paraded as the opposite www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Recent books :)

I’m deeply affected by this review of Murnane’s Border Districts on Goodreads

I’ve been on a Beverley Farmer binge of late. Delight to have found this 1st ed at Brunswick Secondhand Books

Also I tried reading Richard Mahoney but couldn’t do it. I gave it a few weeks but wasn’t enjoying it. Looked up the plot on Wikipedia instead. It’s very long. Maybe next year

Recent books! Enjoyed them all, pretty much. I LOVED Rushdi’s Hospital and struggled again with Ernaux