📡The complete eligible submissions list of books received for this year's Clarke Award.

117 titles submitted. Only 6 can be shortlisted! 🚀

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#sciencefiction #books

Rafah is being decimated and Zadie Smith is not our focus.

Off the back of crippling job loses & unaffordable housing when third spaces are vital, it looks like Te Whanganui-a-Tara will lose Arapaki. Since the central library closed options for being warm & safe during the day are limited. This possibility has done me in a bit today.

Why shut down a reputable news outlet like Al Jazeera unless there is something you don't want the public to see?

More awards news for Grace Yee (Grace Yee) and her brilliant book, Chinese Fish!

Yee’s debut work won the 2024 Victorian Prize for Literature, and is currently shortlisted for #theockhams poetry prize, announced next week.

giramondopublishing.com/books/grace-ye…

Such a pleasure today to publish this The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece drawing on research into 40 years of Australian government responses to domestic violence by Zora, Ann Curthoys & Cath Kevin.
What lessons can this history teach us?

theconversation.com/groundhog-day-…

Great to see new data on the creative industries.
One thought, writers' average wages have dipped at the same time the # of writers has increased. I'd wager part of the average wage decrease is because of more people doing work for a small (or no) fee
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To understand Zadie Smith, you have to understand Cambridge. And its special brand of self-regarding gaslighting.

Off to Canberra tomorrow for the Crisis talks on missing and murdered women. I'm thinking about Mum & reconnecting with the intent of my advocacy. I haven't been writing as regularly as I would like to, but I'm hoping to get my thoughts down & share in a few days.

jfc where does Israel get off? And why do representatives of Australia seemingly have nothing to say about the way Palestinian civilians are being treated? Murdered, starved, harried from pillar to post. And all in contravention of international law amirite Anthony Albanese Senator Penny Wong

Alexis Wright on winning the 2024 Stella Prize.

Read more → buff.ly/44wrrHt

Australian writers: our annual ELR/PLR payments are about to drop into our bank accounts. With e-books now included! I know many of us rely on these payments but please consider donating to support Palestinian people/organisations. If you're confused how to, check out Gaza Funds

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This is such an incredible session: Anna Krien and Stephanie Wescott on 'Malevolent Influence: Schools and the Shadow of Andrew Tate' with Victorian Women's Trust vwt.org.au/watch-malevole…

Keegan Payne continues to shine.
“A mum has described the “absolutely amazing” moment Million Dollar Fish winner, Keegan Payne, stopped and helped her young family after a car crash left them stranded on the side of a dark, rural road.” au.news.yahoo.com/mum-praises-mi…

Today in KYD, we have an extra special interview with Alexis Wright! Read about about her record-setting win of Stella, why she writes big books with big ideas and how her publisher Giramondo Publishing stopped her from putting down her pen for good.

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I’m thinking of the family of the 16yo boy in WA. What a huge loss to the family. From Kumanjayi Walker to Cleveland Dodd police shouldn’t have the powers to kill children and teenagers.

Overwhelmed with responses from Australia and globally to last night's abctv film, Not In My Name, on my work and life and speaking out for Palestine.
Thanks to the massive number of people who've messaged me on various platforms, I'll try and respond to you all ASAP, and to the…

I'm going to edit the 'Getting to Net Zero' article series for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand for the next wee while.

It examines how, and whether, Australia can meet its net zero emissions target by 2050.

Academics, pitch me! [email protected]

theconversation.com/au/topics/gett…