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Today on the blog, my second #NovNov read, a powerful 2025 release from @vqbooks.bsky.social “All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks.” (Patrick de Witt) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/11/a...
“All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks.” (Patrick de Witt)
I don’t get many books sent to me by publishers, but I was really pleased to be offered Every Time We Say Goodbye from V&Q Books who specialise in writing from Germany. Ivana Sajko was born in …
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November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Today on the blog, my second #NovNov read, a powerful 2025 release from @vqbooks.bsky.social “All of my close friends are emotional train wrecks.” (Patrick de Witt) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2025/11/11/a...
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Whitlams legacy lives on
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Whitlams legacy lives on
A shoe says what
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A shoe says what
I asked ChatGPT what a Luddite was
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I asked ChatGPT what a Luddite was
HipVan retro style and a small Rothko print on the wall
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
HipVan retro style and a small Rothko print on the wall
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Our debut on The Point
Copyright is dead. When it comes to AI my property has been stolen all the same
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Our debut on The Point
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
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buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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“With the winter veil lifted, the colours around me explode in their vibrancy. Lime-green of the newborn leaves on the Mediterranean hackberry. The borage-blue sea in the Zadar Channel, the sky deep and powdery against the dandelion sun. “ #BookSky 💙📚
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Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
Written in English (the author’s second language), Slanting Towards the Sea is the debut novel by the Croatian writer Lidija Hilje – a new name to me, but one I will be looking out for again in the…
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November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“With the winter veil lifted, the colours around me explode in their vibrancy. Lime-green of the newborn leaves on the Mediterranean hackberry. The borage-blue sea in the Zadar Channel, the sky deep and powdery against the dandelion sun. “ #BookSky 💙📚
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jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s...
Three photos of Singapore from the roof top level of the National Gallery
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Three photos of Singapore from the roof top level of the National Gallery
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
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Who could have predicted that taxing an addictive product like tobacco so heavily could create an illegal market?
Imagine writing and enforcing a policy that compels people to act criminally due to their addiction?
Our government creating crime.
#AusPol
Imagine writing and enforcing a policy that compels people to act criminally due to their addiction?
Our government creating crime.
#AusPol
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Who could have predicted that taxing an addictive product like tobacco so heavily could create an illegal market?
Imagine writing and enforcing a policy that compels people to act criminally due to their addiction?
Our government creating crime.
#AusPol
Imagine writing and enforcing a policy that compels people to act criminally due to their addiction?
Our government creating crime.
#AusPol
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Just how I always pictured it
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just how I always pictured it
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Are you following us across our social media platforms? It really helps to engage with our posts, hit a like, drop a comment and share 🧡 Perking up engagement keeps us from disappearing 👀 Oh, and ask your friends to give us a follow 🙏
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Are you following us across our social media platforms? It really helps to engage with our posts, hit a like, drop a comment and share 🧡 Perking up engagement keeps us from disappearing 👀 Oh, and ask your friends to give us a follow 🙏
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A new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of the Frontier Wars — the violence, resistance and silence that defined Australia’s colonial past.
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option
~ Dr David Stephens
independentaustralia.net/australia/au...
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option
~ Dr David Stephens
independentaustralia.net/australia/au...
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option
A landmark new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of the Frontier Wars — the violence, resistance and silence that defined Australia’s colonial past.
independentaustralia.net
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of the Frontier Wars — the violence, resistance and silence that defined Australia’s colonial past.
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option
~ Dr David Stephens
independentaustralia.net/australia/au...
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option
~ Dr David Stephens
independentaustralia.net/australia/au...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I’d like to hear more about Australians going to NZ to live especially retirees
I’d like to hear more about Australians going to NZ to live especially retirees
As record numbers leave New Zealand, why are most people choosing Australia?
A weak economy is pushing more New Zealanders across the ‘ditch’ in hope of a better life – and higher wages
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I’d like to hear more about Australians going to NZ to live especially retirees
I’d like to hear more about Australians going to NZ to live especially retirees
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RIP to a homegrown radical: Peter Watkins
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
RIP to a homegrown radical: Peter Watkins
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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Giving this one another run, since it's rainbow bee-eater season again. We only see them here during the warmer months.
This one performed an unorthodox landing 😄
This one performed an unorthodox landing 😄
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Giving this one another run, since it's rainbow bee-eater season again. We only see them here during the warmer months.
This one performed an unorthodox landing 😄
This one performed an unorthodox landing 😄
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I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Meet the author who wrote a dictionary about Parramatta
Yumna Kassab, the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature, has used an unconventional medium to describe life in the suburb.
www.smh.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm proud to have been on the judging panel that selected Yumna Kassab as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature.
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
And I'm pleased she is getting recognition for an epic work. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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