Angela Meyer
@literaryminded.bsky.social
Author: JOAN SMOKES, A SUPERIOR SPECTRE, MOON SUGAR ✨ writing & publishing lecturer ✨ former publisher & bookseller✨ bi ✨ https://linktr.ee/AngelaMeyer
Love this book! See my words below. Excited that it’ll be out in the world soon! 🧟
My book has a back! Thanks so much for the blurbs, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social @ktidbeck.bsky.social @literaryminded.bsky.social and Suzan!!
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Love this book! See my words below. Excited that it’ll be out in the world soon! 🧟
Haven’t published an at-length review for a while & certainly laboured over this one! Thanks, Cordite, for having me back. cordite.org.au/reviews/meye...
Angela Meyer reviews Louis Armand and Sarah Temporal
Louis Armand’s Infantilisms and Sarah Temporal’s Tight Bindings (both Puncher & Wattmann, 2024) are disparate collections which overlap in their ability to make the parts speak for the whole. …
cordite.org.au
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Haven’t published an at-length review for a while & certainly laboured over this one! Thanks, Cordite, for having me back. cordite.org.au/reviews/meye...
A weirdly good combo: pregnancy + a nihilistic mum writing in ‘snatches’ + Lestat: ‘You and your malady of mortality, your malady of goodness’ (as says Nicolas)
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
A weirdly good combo: pregnancy + a nihilistic mum writing in ‘snatches’ + Lestat: ‘You and your malady of mortality, your malady of goodness’ (as says Nicolas)
The work kitchen is full of hideously thin forks
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The work kitchen is full of hideously thin forks
Much to fuel anxiety in the middle of the night at the moment, but that doomsday clock… so specific. I can hear it ticking down.
January 29, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Much to fuel anxiety in the middle of the night at the moment, but that doomsday clock… so specific. I can hear it ticking down.
Exploring how conflict and tension operate in literary fiction via MJ Hyland’s excellent novels (very much with teacher voice on here) 📖 text + audio 🎧 angelameyer.substack.com/p/an-uneasy-...
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Exploring how conflict and tension operate in literary fiction via MJ Hyland’s excellent novels (very much with teacher voice on here) 📖 text + audio 🎧 angelameyer.substack.com/p/an-uneasy-...
Oh, disgusting apple.news/ALtAbydSiTD-...
Renowned author accused of engaging with pedophiles, sharing child abuse material — SBS News
Craig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material between 7 and 9 of January.
apple.news
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Oh, disgusting apple.news/ALtAbydSiTD-...
Took P outside for a bit once the cool change came through but realised there were tiny particles of ash raining down on our skin. Had thoughts exactly like this below. And just thinking of the people fighting the fires, in such extreme conditions. Awful & devastating.
The sky is tinged pink as Victorians literally breathe in our cremated land and wildlife. I feel so sad and angry on days like these and all I can think of is the NW Shelf extension approval, the new coal and gas projects, the absolute cowardice and contempt of Australian governments on climate.
January 9, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Took P outside for a bit once the cool change came through but realised there were tiny particles of ash raining down on our skin. Had thoughts exactly like this below. And just thinking of the people fighting the fires, in such extreme conditions. Awful & devastating.
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Richard Flanagan on point: "But with this act of utter folly and appalling weakness, the Adelaide Festival board – and the politicians who direct it – have, by scapegoating a Palestinian writer, now destroyed Adelaide Writers Week for the foreseeable future..." www.smh.com.au/national/if-...
If Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be too
Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.smh.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Richard Flanagan on point: "But with this act of utter folly and appalling weakness, the Adelaide Festival board – and the politicians who direct it – have, by scapegoating a Palestinian writer, now destroyed Adelaide Writers Week for the foreseeable future..." www.smh.com.au/national/if-...
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Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
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And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
I’m a scientist who studies how climate change impacts our lives and the places we love.
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
Most of us are worried, but many feel stuck on what to do. If that's the way you feel, check out this list below!
We can’t fix it alone, but I know we can together. 💚
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered:
Mostly Aus lit in the list this year, and many more on the tbr! Also soft launch of some personal news in this post… 😊
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Mostly Aus lit in the list this year, and many more on the tbr! Also soft launch of some personal news in this post… 😊
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December 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Haven’t been able to read much lately for various reasons but an Alex Cothren story from Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere once or twice a week is cutting through the fog. Bloody excellent short fiction.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Haven’t been able to read much lately for various reasons but an Alex Cothren story from Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere once or twice a week is cutting through the fog. Bloody excellent short fiction.
I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!
Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing
Hi everyone, I’m excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and …
literaryminded.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!
Sarah Gory and I wrote for B+P about incorporating sustainability research into the RMIT Master of Writing and Publishing program this year, w broader insights into the benefits of W&P programs getting students involved in industry/global(!) issues, and partnering w industry on these.
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sarah Gory and I wrote for B+P about incorporating sustainability research into the RMIT Master of Writing and Publishing program this year, w broader insights into the benefits of W&P programs getting students involved in industry/global(!) issues, and partnering w industry on these.
On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)
A great grinding noise
A short memoir piece on recurrence, resurrection, regeneration
angelameyer.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)
Meanjin 66.1, 2007, ordered in at a regional bookstore and enthusiastically pored over by a baby writer discovering the incredible landscape of Australian literature. Meanjin 82.4, 2023, author copy received when a mid-career writer published a short story, The Station, in her dream journal.
September 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Meanjin 66.1, 2007, ordered in at a regional bookstore and enthusiastically pored over by a baby writer discovering the incredible landscape of Australian literature. Meanjin 82.4, 2023, author copy received when a mid-career writer published a short story, The Station, in her dream journal.
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I think we should agree that the explanation proffered yesterday by the MUP board chair for Meanjin’s axing (“purely financial reasons”) is a nonsense. Which begs the question: what was the real reason? This is a scandal.
I worked with meanjin a few years ago on supporting its sales to close the incredibly small gap between its revenue and costs.
It had made progress. The small amount needed to subsidise could be found if UofM saw literary culture as important.
It clearly doesn't.
It had made progress. The small amount needed to subsidise could be found if UofM saw literary culture as important.
It clearly doesn't.
September 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think we should agree that the explanation proffered yesterday by the MUP board chair for Meanjin’s axing (“purely financial reasons”) is a nonsense. Which begs the question: what was the real reason? This is a scandal.
My novel/novella in progress instinctively seems to have five parts; I’ve just finished drafting part four. Have some vague notions of how it all comes together and I hope I can nail it over the summer once classes are done! It might involve moss, childbirth, a house disappearing into a forest.
September 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My novel/novella in progress instinctively seems to have five parts; I’ve just finished drafting part four. Have some vague notions of how it all comes together and I hope I can nail it over the summer once classes are done! It might involve moss, childbirth, a house disappearing into a forest.
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Strewth, finished copies of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s debut novel emerge! Out very soon from Adelaide’s Wakefield Press! #HereAreMyDemands
July 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Strewth, finished copies of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s debut novel emerge! Out very soon from Adelaide’s Wakefield Press! #HereAreMyDemands
Help give gorgeous Jess a proper celebration of her life 🩵
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Donate to In memory of Jessica Knight, organized by Giselle Nguyen
On July 7, 2025, we very suddenly lost our dear friend Jess Knight.
Jess was a wonderfu… Giselle Nguyen needs your support for In memory of Jessica Knight
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July 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Help give gorgeous Jess a proper celebration of her life 🩵
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Gorgeous reading night @ Bibliotheca Bar: Nicholas Jose, Jen Mills, Danielle Clode, Lisa Hannett, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Amelia Walker, Lauren Fuge. What a treat 📖 #StoryandtheSelf
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Gorgeous reading night @ Bibliotheca Bar: Nicholas Jose, Jen Mills, Danielle Clode, Lisa Hannett, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Amelia Walker, Lauren Fuge. What a treat 📖 #StoryandtheSelf