Emmett Stinson
@emmettstinson.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Creative Humanities, Edith Cowan University. Writing, publishing, literary culture, contemporary literature. Views mine etc.
I wasn't sure about this at first but I'm now 2/3rds through and enjoying it very much. I wish the writing was more stylish but could a novel even win the Miles Franklin if it weren't a little clunky in places?
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I wasn't sure about this at first but I'm now 2/3rds through and enjoying it very much. I wish the writing was more stylish but could a novel even win the Miles Franklin if it weren't a little clunky in places?
Carey is one of Australia’s greatest short story writers just from his two early collections. He could have been one of our best writers. Instead, he became an internationally successful novelist. Hard to fault him for it, but still a loss for literature. www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
Peter Carey says he’s done writing novels: ‘You have to know when it’s enough’
The Australian literary giant has confirmed there won’t be another novel from him.
www.theage.com.au
August 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Carey is one of Australia’s greatest short story writers just from his two early collections. He could have been one of our best writers. Instead, he became an internationally successful novelist. Hard to fault him for it, but still a loss for literature. www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
Helen Garner at the launch of HEAT in Perth
July 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Helen Garner at the launch of HEAT in Perth
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Brilliant dataset on literary prizes - and a way to track trends and changes over time - from Katherine Binhammer and colleagues : data.post45.org/posts/britis...
Digital humanities are go.
Digital humanities are go.
Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022) – Post45 Data Collective
The Selected British Literary Prizes (SBLP) dataset contains information on nine major literary prizes in the U.K. from 1990 to 2022 and demographic information on 682 prize winners and shortlisted au...
data.post45.org
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Brilliant dataset on literary prizes - and a way to track trends and changes over time - from Katherine Binhammer and colleagues : data.post45.org/posts/britis...
Digital humanities are go.
Digital humanities are go.
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“…while Solzhenitsyn suffered in the gulag, Amerena’s characters suffer in an environment even more soul-destroying: Melbourne literary dinner parties.”
Golden.
Golden.
May 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“…while Solzhenitsyn suffered in the gulag, Amerena’s characters suffer in an environment even more soul-destroying: Melbourne literary dinner parties.”
Golden.
Golden.
I reviewed Dominic Amerena's I Want Everything for Kill Your Darlings. www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/aust...
Australia’s Literary Impostor Syndrome
In the absence of a thriving avant-garde, I Want Everything conjures an alternate history.
www.killyourdarlings.com.au
May 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I reviewed Dominic Amerena's I Want Everything for Kill Your Darlings. www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/aust...
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Just finished doing some public policy analysis for a UK group. The UK has a lot of lessons to teach Australia - stay the absolute fuck away from every policy prescription the UK undertook on every area of public policy over the last two generations. And completely ignore their campaign brainworms.
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just finished doing some public policy analysis for a UK group. The UK has a lot of lessons to teach Australia - stay the absolute fuck away from every policy prescription the UK undertook on every area of public policy over the last two generations. And completely ignore their campaign brainworms.
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can't argue with this!
May 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
can't argue with this!
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gorgeous stuff out of Tasmania troth.bandcamp.com/album/an-unf...
An Unfinished Rose, by Troth
9 track album
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May 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
gorgeous stuff out of Tasmania troth.bandcamp.com/album/an-unf...
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RIP David Thomas from Pere Ubu. One of the outfits who made punk so great for me. youtu.be/KjzZSHPuZBA?...
My Dark Ages (Live)
YouTube video by Pere Ubu - Topic
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April 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
RIP David Thomas from Pere Ubu. One of the outfits who made punk so great for me. youtu.be/KjzZSHPuZBA?...
Pere Ubu - The Fabulous Sequel {1979}
YouTube video by Worried Tunes 2
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April 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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it's the halcyon days for me and my seven uncles who are manufacturing our own line of TVs in our backyard shed that can explode and kill you
April 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
it's the halcyon days for me and my seven uncles who are manufacturing our own line of TVs in our backyard shed that can explode and kill you
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Me, aged 13: In the future we’ll have jetpacks.
Me, aged 55: No jetpack, mate, but we might need to get a certificate from the Author’s Guild to prove we’re human.
Me, aged 55: No jetpack, mate, but we might need to get a certificate from the Author’s Guild to prove we’re human.
March 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
One of my favourite writers—a huge loss for literature. Buy one of his books today if you’ve never read him!
Dag Solstad er død. Vi deler her et intervju gjort av Arve Kleiva som sto på trykk i Vagant i 2011.
Det var ikke melk, det var ikke melk, det var ikke melk, det var ikke melk.
Utdrag fra en samtale med Dag Solstad.
Del dette:FacebookXLik dette:Lik Laster inn...
www.vagant.no
March 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
One of my favourite writers—a huge loss for literature. Buy one of his books today if you’ve never read him!
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I’m deeply affected by this review of Murnane’s Border Districts on Goodreads
March 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m deeply affected by this review of Murnane’s Border Districts on Goodreads
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who are THE Australian book reviewers who SHOULD review my upcoming debut novel, NOCK LOOSE???
March 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
who are THE Australian book reviewers who SHOULD review my upcoming debut novel, NOCK LOOSE???
Bought this lovely hardback copy of Camille’s Bread last week in an op shop for a fiver. Is the Amanda who signed it…um…you know…?
March 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Bought this lovely hardback copy of Camille’s Bread last week in an op shop for a fiver. Is the Amanda who signed it…um…you know…?
Starting off the work-at-home morning with some uh happy music
February 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Starting off the work-at-home morning with some uh happy music
top-notch op shop cop
February 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
top-notch op shop cop