Asked today about the far right thugs storming the shrine - a building dedicated to those who died at war - LNP Sen Amanda Stoker said it reflected lockdowns and heavy handed approaches. Retweet if like me that disgusts you.

Thrilled to be on here and in such wonderful company 🙏🏽

'I’ve reread it several times and with each reading…I am floored.' Mary Costello is a guest on Backlisted Podcast, discussing J.M. Coetzee’s ELIZABETH COSTELLO backlisted.fm/episodes/146-j…

Retweet if you really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really believe 2050 is way, way too fucking late.

On this day in Oct. 1969, Zelda D’Aprano chained herself to the Commonwealth Building to protest for equal pay for women workers. RT if you think this act of courage should be commemorated in a memorial in ⁦City of Melbourne⁩

Big shoutout to the HNS Australasia team who have put together an incredibly professional virtual conference for this weekend. While it would have been amazingly do this in person, this is the next best thing. #HNSA2021

Want your ABC News privatised? Institute of Public Affairs does. I’m the presenter of a little vid taking on their “evidence” today on behalf of abcalumni. youtu.be/PT9UOdr-sqs Please retweet! ABC Friends #theirIPA #itsyourABC

#bookaday A Million Things @SpurrEmily Loved this book abt Rae whose mom has disappeared and she is left to fend for herself. Lettie, a lonely hoarder, from next door befriends Rae and the two help each other out in many ways.

ICYMI: BookBrowse.com released their list of the 20 Best Books of 2021 and we're so pleased to see that The Personal Librarian by #MarieBenedict and @VictoriaECM, and A Million Things by @SpurrEmily were included! Check out the full list here: bit.ly/31n5vCf

Retweet if you've seen an Australian TV show, film or play, listened to an Australian band, or read an Australian book in the last year. And if you'd like to see more. We're campaigning for investment in Australian arts this election. If you agree, give us a follow. #fundthearts

I had a customer stop me in the supermarket car park today to thank me for making them read Bodies Of Light by spooky spice To know that you’ve helped someone discover a writer, and their particular worldview, was a nice moment in a frantic 🎄 time. Text Publishing

how many times did you try to abolish ARENA, tim? i lost count but maybe you can remember the number.

This beautiful human launched THE COMPETITION at Readings tonight. It was an in person event (faints). Launched superbly by Mandy Brett & Bram PrYESser under the guidance of events maestra Chris Gordon. Such a perfect night for katherine collette Brava! Text Publishing

For many years @sianprior desperately wanted to have a baby. It never happened, and Sian had to decide what to do with the freedom that was hers: ab.co/3Ly4Ak6 #podcast

Elizabeth Macarthur’s Letters, edited by Kate Grenville review – a fascinating dialogue theguardian.com/books/2022/apr…

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Second floor bathroom, Monday morning. There’s still two inches in that bottle. Gonna say it didn’t come from our office…

Thanks Cora Roberts - it's a great book! Mark Lamprell

The real ‘history war’ is the attack on our archives and libraries : a call for the government to end the history wars and protect our cultural institutions, by ⁦Frank Bongiorno⁩ and I smh.com.au/national/the-r…