This time of year can feel demoralising for authors and also in general, so it was lovely to see Salvage pop up on another summer reading list this morning, along with stacks of other great recs! www.indailysa.com.au/inreview/boo...

Come for authors at your peril! Srsly, great to see this mature reflection on what went wrong for Bendigo WF. Let’s all do better in 2026 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Good. The outrage at the SLV has been justified. Another win for collective action from writers! ✊🏼 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I look forward to this “Australia bravely stands up to regulate big tech” energy being applied to AI theft!

Reviews, recommendations, and requesting these books for purchase by your local library.

Gadigal/Sydney based authors & readers, support the Berkelouw/Harry Hartog bookshop workers strike this weekend! Image via RAFFWU

Calling all Melbourne & Victoria #bookgroups & #readinggroups! Rally together this Saturday to help save the State #Library of Victoria, on its steps, at 12.30. (Here's a pic of the poet Edith Sitwell & big reader Marilyn Monroe: reading makes friends.) #StateLibraryofVictoria #ReadingMakesFriends

My first seal sighting since the algal bloom. Very moved to see them back

Decided it was time to clean out the pond. An hour of hacking away at it and I have decided I need to make my will before i try again It is only the size of a bathtub but there is some @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social shit going on in there

Great work @commsdeclare.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Imagine these corrupt warlords awarding each other peace prizes— forever

A lovely shout out for Salvage here. “The perfect book to read on your summer holidays. It’s pacey and keeps you turning the pages, while you reflect on how you’re cooking on a heating planet” theconversation.com/best-books-o...

What's your best book of 2025? If you share today, you might end up in our newsletter tomorrow. (Also, I just want to know!) theconversation.com/best-books-o...

Climate change will ‘create’ lots of jobs, eg 2000 extra jobs to process the claims from Brisbane floods Time for new thinking re what kind of jobs we want, not just how many…building new gas & coal doesn’t just cause disasters it diverts workers from useful tasks thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

you will be visited by 12 ghosts: the ghost of christmas past, the ghost of christmas past continuous, the ghost of christmas past perfect, the ghost of christmas past perfect continuous, the ghost of christmas future simple, the ghost of christmas future continuous, the ghost of future perfect, the

I reviewed the latest Trent Dalton for ABR. Hoo boy! www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...

Salvage has spent six months in the world today! I’m so grateful for all the critical attention and love this book has received so far. As always, personal words from readers are the most treasured part for me. Thank you for reading and sharing my work ❤️ jennifermills.net.au/salvage/

Speaking of theatre - tix are selling fast for The Childhood of the World! Fairytale agitprop for all ages www.adelaidefestival.com.au/whats-on/sea...

How did I not know that Stoppard worked on Indiana Jones? Must be due for a rewatch m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOYY...

Good result but have you thought about making men take responsibility for their behaviour? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

It’s being reported that the new laws will require large emitting projects to disclose their carbon emissions. Good news.

This is a beautiful story. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Passed out mid roll 💙

I read the Szalay and now feel terrible for any commentator who described it as being “about masculinity”

Catching up with this incredible conversation between Peter Greste and Omar El Akkad from Canberra Writers Festival last month www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The impacts of the algal bloom are still evident along our South Australian shores, dead fish scattered as far as the morning walk. To face the climate change driven causes behind this national disaster Australia needs a firm commitment to stopping the expansion of fossil fuels.

We’re back! After pestilence, after pain, after wholeness, after emptiness, after life, after death, after a long hiatus, Southerly, Australia’s oldest literary journal, has returned with issue 80.1 ‘First, The Future’. Purchase a copy of Southerly today: southerlylitmag.com.au/shop-subscri...

Everybody look at this cool moth

The tide has turned against AI theft. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A privilege and a joy for my first public duty as new Chair of @asauthors.bsky.social to MC our annual celebration, the Colin Simpson Memorial Keynote, held in Naarm last night.

Some news! www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-wel...

It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.

A rallying cry for my fellow journalists to put their boots on and grow a backbone. drilled.media/news/media-b...

I liked the springsteen movie, it was endearingly flawed. Mostly I loved jeremy strong’s scene-stealing landau. What a study

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

My secretary has had it

“Aunties! Yes, Aunties!”

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

I love working longhand. The rough draft happens by accretion, almost unseen. A physical process, embedded with the marks of mood and energy and memory. More like carving or knitting something than typing.

“Lessons have been learned” - I hope so. And if so, it’s only because writers stood together for a colleague, and spoke up against this ridiculous overreach by a festival sponsor. That collective power is the more important lesson. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Renewed my subscription to @overlandjournal.bsky.social for another year. Always essential reading. Please subscribe/donate if you can - overland.org.au

Got out of the sea because of approaching thunderstorm and was unlocking my bike just as it hit. Must have looked like a gleeful witch bcos some dude walking past pointed at me and said “you did this didn’t you”

It’s the happiest day of the year! Samhain/Oíche Shamhna baking 2025 feat. special guest star, Karenia mikimotoi 🦠💀👻

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

There's been endless talk about an AI bubble, but less about exactly how, why, and how much it's a bubble. So I turned to the framework put forward by scholars Brent Goldfarb and David A. Kirsch, authors of "Bubbles and Crashes," for assessing tech bubbles. Spoiler: On a scale of 1 to 8, AI is an 8

We look forward to continuing to consult with the Attorney-General's Department and the Copyright and AI Reference Group on appropriate mechanisms to ensure creators are compensated for the theft of their work, and that AI developers seek permission for future use of copyright work for AI training.

Thank also to every single creator who shared the news with their networks, wrote to their MPs and loudly backed our sector. Nothing we do is ever possible without you.

The ASA welcomes the Albanese Government’s decision to rule out a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to Australian copyright law, which would have allowed for AI training on authors’ work. aapnews.aap.com.au/news/copyrig...