Very grateful for this principled stance. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Gleaning day.

“Beaked, furred, fanged, tusked, clawed, hooved, snouted, they will settle in us…” Revisiting Malouf’s An Imaginary Life. Queer ecofiction circa 1978

Well said, @jennifermills.net.au, I completely agree, post cancelled Writers Week: "the insult to books and writers and to readers in the state was very widely felt and I think you can’t underestimate the damage that has been done from that". www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...

I only met David Malouf on a couple of occasions; the last was at a recent Adelaide Writers Week. When he met my partner and found out she was a public school teacher in the northern suburbs, he told us a story: 1/2

Melissa Lucashenko on UQP’s actions: “It is not only silencing an Indigenous author, it’s caving in to the Murdoch press… it makes me want to put an ancestral curse on the lot of them.” Well, quite. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Absolutely disgusted by this appalling treatment of an author and an illustrator by UQP www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-un...

Sydney's much-loved community radio station 2SER-FM is under imminent threat. We've started a petition to go to UTS, (the uni that will make the call). WE DON'T WANT MONEY, just your support. Can you help? c.org/xnykpfBd7r Please share.

Work/loaf balance

So thrilled that @jennifermills.net.au is on the shortlist for the Age Book of the Year – "a marvel of speculative eco fiction that bucks tired tropes and draws you into its shifting realms of consciousness” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

Mt Posidonia

Freelance media workers! Share your experiences of pay and conditions with MEAA here: freelancers.org.au/2025-industr...

Chilling stuff from the premier’s dept www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

HCBs for breakfast (tho maybe i shoulda made TACOs)

I see Croesus has been consulting the Delphic oracle again

“This compendium interleaves its stories of allegiance and enmeshment, weaving its urgent cautionary impetus with the hope that wonder offers.” A very beautiful review of A Concise Compendium of Wonder in this weekend’s Saturday Paper (gift link) www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22838/...

“This compendium interleaves its stories of allegiance and enmeshment, weaving its urgent cautionary impetus with the hope that wonder offers.” A very beautiful review of A Concise Compendium of Wonder in this weekend’s Saturday Paper (gift link) www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22838/...

In Lebanese, we'd say Bibi and Trump are two butt cheeks in the same pair of knickers طيزين بفرد اللباس

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...