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RJL's 2025 wrap up is now available!
Top 10 favorites from 2025 *and* notable JLit publishing trends.
(To the best of my knowledge, there was more translated Japanese fiction published in English than any previous year EVER.)
Top 10 favorites from 2025 *and* notable JLit publishing trends.
(To the best of my knowledge, there was more translated Japanese fiction published in English than any previous year EVER.)
10 Favorites From 2025 and Year in Review - Read Japanese Literature
Picking my favorite new translations from the year and noting trends in what publishers are putting out.
readjapaneseliterature.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
RJL's 2025 wrap up is now available!
Top 10 favorites from 2025 *and* notable JLit publishing trends.
(To the best of my knowledge, there was more translated Japanese fiction published in English than any previous year EVER.)
Top 10 favorites from 2025 *and* notable JLit publishing trends.
(To the best of my knowledge, there was more translated Japanese fiction published in English than any previous year EVER.)
December 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
December 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
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Sussan Ley: I’m going to give the most opportunistic, unhinged press conference to try and get political gain from the tragedy that is the Bondi shooting. I’m even going to Criticise Penny Wong for not crying enough.
Michael McCormack: most unhinged? Hold my beer.
Michael McCormack: most unhinged? Hold my beer.
December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sussan Ley: I’m going to give the most opportunistic, unhinged press conference to try and get political gain from the tragedy that is the Bondi shooting. I’m even going to Criticise Penny Wong for not crying enough.
Michael McCormack: most unhinged? Hold my beer.
Michael McCormack: most unhinged? Hold my beer.
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Police quietly drop all charges against Bondi F*** Israel t-shirt man, Andrew Brown after a year of legal hell
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/charges-drop...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/charges-drop...
Prosecution or persecution? Charges dropped against Bondi 'F*** Israel tee-shirt man - Michael West
Police have quietly dropped all charges against Andrew Brown, the man arrested for wearing a Fuck Israel tee-shirt. Michael West reports.
michaelwest.com.au
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Police quietly drop all charges against Bondi F*** Israel t-shirt man, Andrew Brown after a year of legal hell
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/charges-drop...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/charges-drop...
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This is such a wonderful, uplifting story.
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is such a wonderful, uplifting story.
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years
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Schnauzer shenanigans 2
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Schnauzer shenanigans 2
Pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah cleared of wrongdoing after investigation into research grant www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah cleared of wrongdoing after investigation into research grant
A suspension on the grant was lifted earlier this month, after a 10-month investigation into potential conflicts of interest
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
An interesting read about Philip Pullman and the Dark Materials books
An interesting read about Philip Pullman and the Dark Materials books
Truth in fantasy: what Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials taught us over its 30-year run
The ‘religious atheist’ author held a reputation as CS Lewis’s opposite. But his two trilogies – which came to a close this year – were a celebration of humanity and imagination
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
An interesting read about Philip Pullman and the Dark Materials books
An interesting read about Philip Pullman and the Dark Materials books
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Tellingly; not journalists… readers.
Some brutal take downs 😂
Sussan Ley sets a new low with her confected cheap shot at Penny Wong as the public writes in.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Sussan Ley sets a new low with her confected cheap shot at Penny Wong as the public writes in.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Sussan Ley sets a new low with her confected cheap shot at Penny Wong
The opposition leader continues to complain that she hasn’t yet seen Penny Wong shed a single tear, but has she seen tears running down the faces of any other politician?
www.smh.com.au
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Tellingly; not journalists… readers.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The last hurrah of the Anglo-Celt Australians who have given up on appealing to the rest of us
The last hurrah of the Anglo-Celt Australians who have given up on appealing to the rest of us
Coalition attacks Penny Wong for not shedding ‘a single tear’ after Bondi shooting, says ‘multicultural nirvana’ has failed
Coalition MPs also, without evidence, link government’s decision to recognise Palestinian state to Bondi terror attack at extraordinary press conference
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The last hurrah of the Anglo-Celt Australians who have given up on appealing to the rest of us
The last hurrah of the Anglo-Celt Australians who have given up on appealing to the rest of us
The Prime Minister was there representing Australia
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The Prime Minister was there representing Australia
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So close now! I can't wait for readers to have this beautiful edition by @pressassembly.bsky.social in their hands.
📣 Coming January 2026 📣 Vessel: The Shape of Absent Bodies by @dani-netherclift.bsky.social is a lyric bricolage of memoir, image, literature, history, and translation that wrestles with the shape death takes.
Add this one to your new-year book stack! 📚
Add this one to your new-year book stack! 📚
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
So close now! I can't wait for readers to have this beautiful edition by @pressassembly.bsky.social in their hands.
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Sussan Ley is beneath contempt
Penny Wong attended a multifaith vigil held in Adelaide's Catholic Cathedral. In the State she represents as a senator. Where she stood with Andrew Steiner and Rabbi Franklyn Salzman.
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sussan Ley is beneath contempt
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Have to admit, the shortening of daylight from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice is not easy on me. I so welcome the return of light.
Forget Christmas. I'm calling the more important calendar date: Solstice.
Now our southern hemisphere days start getting shorter, and those poor light-deprived folks in the north can have a few extra minutes each day.
Now our southern hemisphere days start getting shorter, and those poor light-deprived folks in the north can have a few extra minutes each day.
the sun shines brightly over the clouds in the mountains
ALT: the sun shines brightly over the clouds in the mountains
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Have to admit, the shortening of daylight from the autumnal equinox to the winter solstice is not easy on me. I so welcome the return of light.
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New on the blog today, Part 2 of my BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2025 - favourites from a year of reading.
Featuring books by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Comyns, Anita Brookner, Leonora Carrington, John McGahern & more! #BookSky 💙📚 #BooksOfTheYear
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/m...
Featuring books by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Comyns, Anita Brookner, Leonora Carrington, John McGahern & more! #BookSky 💙📚 #BooksOfTheYear
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/m...
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
New on the blog today, Part 2 of my BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2025 - favourites from a year of reading.
Featuring books by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Comyns, Anita Brookner, Leonora Carrington, John McGahern & more! #BookSky 💙📚 #BooksOfTheYear
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/m...
Featuring books by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Comyns, Anita Brookner, Leonora Carrington, John McGahern & more! #BookSky 💙📚 #BooksOfTheYear
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/m...
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If you’re booing someone at funeral, you should probably take a look at yourself
December 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If you’re booing someone at funeral, you should probably take a look at yourself
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What a one-two punch to finish the year!
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What a one-two punch to finish the year!
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏