Conor McCarthy
@hibernowombat.bsky.social
Director of Philanthropy, National Library of Australia. Recent books Love, Sex and Marriage in the Middle Ages (2022), Outlaws and Spies (2020). Views mine.
Seasonal donut (slightly squashed)
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Seasonal donut (slightly squashed)
Saw him play with Herbie Hancock in the 90s - a wonderful musician: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Jack DeJohnette, versatile jazz drummer known for Miles Davis fusion recordings, dies aged 83
Drummer played on Bitches Brew and other landmark recordings, as well as making numerous albums as a bandleader
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October 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Saw him play with Herbie Hancock in the 90s - a wonderful musician: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
Strong rebuke of spy agency on our local bus stop …
September 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Strong rebuke of spy agency on our local bus stop …
Pynchon novels ranked in the Guardian. I’m going to dissent on the placing for Against the Day … I loved it! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
From V to Vineland and Inherent Vice: Thomas Pynchon’s books – ranked!
With fans eagerly awaiting the reclusive author’s first book in more than a decade, the noir caper Shadow Ticket, we assess his best fiction of the past 60 years
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August 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Pynchon novels ranked in the Guardian. I’m going to dissent on the placing for Against the Day … I loved it! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Spotify now just playing Wagner …
a group of helicopters flying over a body of water at sunset
Alt: Helicopters from Apocalypse Now
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August 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Spotify now just playing Wagner …
New books coming from Thomas Pynchon, Olga Ravn, and George Saunders in the next 6 months … pretty excited for all of these!
July 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New books coming from Thomas Pynchon, Olga Ravn, and George Saunders in the next 6 months … pretty excited for all of these!
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‘An extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry’ ⭐
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed receives a full-page and full-hearted review in the Guardian today!
Read the full piece by Bec Kavanagh: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed receives a full-page and full-hearted review in the Guardian today!
Read the full piece by Bec Kavanagh: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed review – an extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry
A young woman grapples with the stories that shape her in this tightly crafted and complex portrayal of grief and growing up
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July 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
‘An extraordinary debut full of ritual and poetry’ ⭐
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed receives a full-page and full-hearted review in the Guardian today!
Read the full piece by Bec Kavanagh: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed receives a full-page and full-hearted review in the Guardian today!
Read the full piece by Bec Kavanagh: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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😲 George Saunders is releasing "Vigil" on 1/27/26
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
July 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
😲 George Saunders is releasing "Vigil" on 1/27/26
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
Call this a democracy sausage? (Actually quite tasty tbf).
May 3, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Call this a democracy sausage? (Actually quite tasty tbf).
Wonderful playing tonight by the great Ed Kuepper
April 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Wonderful playing tonight by the great Ed Kuepper
Can’t believe my innie was at work when the final episode of season 2 dropped …
March 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Can’t believe my innie was at work when the final episode of season 2 dropped …
RIP Dag Solstad …
March 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
RIP Dag Solstad …
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Hey man is everything OK? I noticed your falcon doesn't seem to be able to hear you
February 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hey man is everything OK? I noticed your falcon doesn't seem to be able to hear you
Projections on Mount Stromlo last night …
March 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Projections on Mount Stromlo last night …
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
‘The reason of the strongest is always the best; / As we shall shortly show.’ Derrida’s meditations on La Fontaine’s The Wolf and the Lamb seem terribly relevant to the grim direction of current events …
March 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
‘The reason of the strongest is always the best; / As we shall shortly show.’ Derrida’s meditations on La Fontaine’s The Wolf and the Lamb seem terribly relevant to the grim direction of current events …
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
A find at today’s Lifeline book fair …
February 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
A find at today’s Lifeline book fair …
Magritte selfie …
January 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Magritte selfie …
Pelican on Lake Burley Griffin today - a long way from the coast
January 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Pelican on Lake Burley Griffin today - a long way from the coast
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New essay! "The Hugo Awards" by Nicholas Whyte! https://buff.ly/3ZYcsUV
January 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
New essay! "The Hugo Awards" by Nicholas Whyte! https://buff.ly/3ZYcsUV
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Easily the most obscure and interesting bit of Dylan content to be posted this (or any) Christmas …
An exhaustive wrap up of a decade of careful scholarly study of one man’s approach to holiday lighting. Behold.
December 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Easily the most obscure and interesting bit of Dylan content to be posted this (or any) Christmas …