We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own. Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations! Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

We’re in a matryoshka doll of institutional failure, but we go on www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

Heading in to town again for a day of poetry, SA writers reading, and Blak and Arab writers - loving every minute of Constellations, and so proud of this community’s strength and defiance Bit.ly/constellationsfestival

For those who missed the incredible Constellations event at Adelaide Town Hall last night, some of Louise Adler’s words are published here. Appreciate her patience in putting some facts on the public record. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...

It's been a joy to contribute to Constellations/Not Writers Week. Over 100 speakers, 50 events, 20 locations around Adelaide & regional SA locations. Put together by community, bookshops, libraries and SA literature & publishing sector - in under 5 weeks with no prior budget. This is people power! >

It’s on! Constellations opening today at Burnside library & ballroom with kids & YA program www.indailysa.com.au/citymag/life...

Constellations: Not Writers Week begins tomorrow. Over 100 authors are participating in more than 50 events across 20 venues. And we have raised enough donations to pay them all ASA rates, plus print these paper programs. bit.ly/constellationsfestival for details January Tiser oped for scale

“I do not recommend drinking wine in the bath and listening to Mitski and crying and calling that a writing practice,” she added. Love this for Evelyn Araluen, love this for ozlit www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

“You can follow any faith you like, as long as you do it in a way that doesn’t block police access to people they want to tear gas.”

Australia should hand over limitless energy, water and intellectual property to AI scrapers while jettisoning our world-leading copyright framework: today’s AFR editorial puts its own neck on the chopping block, oblivious to the end of journalism it’s heralding. www.afr.com/policy/econo...

“If we don’t stand up for free expression, we will end up with a bland program that politicians think is palatable, which is very dangerous for artists and for democracy.” Good to see Sydney Writers’ Festival defending authors. www.theage.com.au/culture/art-...

@jennifermills.net.au on her writing habits in our latest What I Wish I'd Known. Read more: bit.ly/4aflqna

Triggering a by-election on your way out is a hilarious power move. Ley should go all in and run in her seat as a teal

So good watching all these Constellations/Not Writers Week events appearing like stars at dusk writerssa.org.au/event-regist...

More importantly, it’s past time we funded our lit journals to be enduring and to pay writers properly. Sure they are all flawed in some way, but they are essential infrastructure

A side note to the Meanjin news: it’s nice to see Brisbane retain its title as Secret HQ of Auslit

QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year. This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

For the first time in history i have received the exact same response here and on mastodon and it is the 8 likes on this post, thank you all

“Constellations is not just our response to censorship; it will also demonstrate the possibilities of collective, decentralised and artist-run festivals. We’re committed to paying writers properly, too – and if we can do it, anyone can.”

Long post here with a ton of upcoming event info jennifermills.net.au/2026/02/10/c...

Little garden gronks

I guess we just don’t find war criminals all that comforting.

Vale to an amazing man and legendary, brilliant cartoonist. The cartooning community is in mourning today.

Sad to see Meg’s close, just shows what a contribution great bookshops make to communities. Margie would drive hours for small events to support writers and readers. A great loss to the region & the state as well as to Port Pirie. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

A sneak peek of the artwork/branding for Rivers of Reason. Design by Ngarrindjeri artist Tiarnie Edwards. Promotional material, social media tiles, and ticketing page is almost ready. It's all happening!

Also today: stopped in at Dymocks, saw this heartening table of books by authors who withdrew from Writers Week, and signed the copies of #Salvage I found there

Dropped by the Pink Shorts Press office today to collect some author copies of A Concise Compendium of Wonder, launching in a few short weeks! 💖

With threats from culture wars, climate disaster and insecure funding, Australia's thriving writers' festivals face an uncertain future. Read more in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

Scoundrel time

It’s been a big day of Constellations media! Here I am being strident in the Graun www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Constellations first programming announcements are out! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

“Nuance is wonderful but sometimes you've got to kick them in the teeth." Words to live by www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyPF...

So an odd thing here is that if you say "an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume" your point is to communicate "it is not really Batman" but the problem is that the real Batman, within the fiction of the comic book "Batman", is also, literally, an unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume

More great coverage for Constellations / Not Writers Week, feat. special guest star Willow (who will not be appearing) www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Constellations not cancellations! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Constellations is going live! I am so proud of and impressed by the strength of this community www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

TDU and climate destruction both brought to you by Santos. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Had a word with The Conversation for this piece on the value of writers centres: theconversation.com/writers-vict... @asauthors.bsky.social

I’m in a fringe show. Will be what it says on the box

Great aurora in Greenland tonight!

“Devastated literary figures have been working hard behind the scenes” This community 📚❤️✊🏼 www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

Can’t stop hearing it as Board of Piss, hope somebody’s named a punk band that by now

The dog would like readers to note that her career is not toast and she is just getting started

Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.

I’m glad the new board has admitted this was wrong. What an utter waste of everybody’s time, energy and labour www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Spoke with ABC Arts for this great article on freedom of expression and writers festivals www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... @asauthors.bsky.social

For goodness’ sake Pete stop digging and start apologising

I spoke with @theconversation.com for this important piece on the Adelaide Festival disaster and the crisis in arts governance theconversation.com/masterclass-... @asauthors.bsky.social

As someone who has participated in efforts to get the SA premier to understand arts and culture since he was elected, this moment - Malinauskas looking lost in a crisis of his own making - has an eerie inevitability about it