Julia Holland
juliah1.bsky.social
Julia Holland
@juliah1.bsky.social
Writer - books and corporate/brand stories. Published YA fiction with UQP in 1990s, and 'Searching Everywhere for God' memoir in 2018. Interested in the meeting point of spirituality and science. Love India, bees, beach and family. Living Qld Australia.
How is this fair or logical? A Palestinian author dropped because it's culturally sensitive?? Shame on Adelaide Writers Festival. I can't believe it's come to this.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi
Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been dropped from the Adelaide Writers' Week line-up by the Adelaide Festival Board, citing the festival's role in "promoting community cohesion".
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Happy Birthday Dalai Llama. We need more leaders like him - a man of integrity, spirituality and, above all, kindness.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The Dalai Lama turns 90 and delivers Tibetan Buddhists an answer
To Tibetans all over the world, His Holiness is a hugely important spiritual and political leader.
www.abc.net.au
July 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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When should you quit?

A framework for life's toughest decisions from Annie Duke, a poker champion turned decision scientist.

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When to quit: A simple framework for life's toughest decisions
Annie Duke, a poker champion turned decision scientist, talks with Big Think about how to choose well under uncertainty.
bigthink.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I was just thinking today how everything in life is only partly our choice and partly a whole lot of circumstances beyond our control. Not an original thought but sometimes we act as if it was all within our control.
June 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The excruciating posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published | Abi Stephenson
Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’
The posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published
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June 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Oh to be the sort of writer that compels descendants and publishers to ransack your old notebooks! But a great review from Abi Stephenson (full disclosure: my daughter) that questions whether profit should have trumped privacy in Joan Didion's Notes to John.
www.themonthly.com.au/june-2025/no...
Joan Didion’s ‘Notes to John’
The posthumous collection of psychiatric summaries regarding the American writer’s tragically doomed daughter that should never have been published
www.themonthly.com.au
June 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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June 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A timely reminder
May 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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‘Consciousness is illumination. As the light of a blazing lamp brightens a dark room, so consciousness lights up life.’ Delve into the depths of selfhood through the lens of classical Indian philosophy
How classical Indian philosophy helps us understand the self | Aeon Essays
Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality
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April 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
2. "Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper."
Ursula Le Guin.
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-few-words-...
Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula on Writing: A Few Words to a Young Writer
www.ursulakleguin.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A couple of great writing quotes today:
1. "A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight..."
–Ursula K. Le Guin (Photo Wikimedia)
April 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
12 years ago I was at the #KumbhMela - one of the most amazing experiences on earth! Life has conspired to make a return almost impossible for the one that is on now. Yet still I'm thumbing my renewed passport and wondering if it would really be so stupid.
January 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
What an interesting creative life Eileen Kramer had. I would love to see this production if I lived nearer.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Eileen Kramer died aged 110 in November. Now she stars in her last dance
Eileen Kramer taught Sue Healey what it means to be close to death. She's turned that insight into a new dance work, Afterworld, with composer Laurence Pike.
www.abc.net.au
January 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Happy New Year. May the doors we open in 2025 lead to greater peace, a healthier planet and more contented people. #NewYear
January 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Christmas songs? Only this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYqI...
Paul Kelly - How To Make Gravy (Official Video)
YouTube video by Paul Kelly
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December 21, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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It's Official..!!! The very first World Meditation Day in history will happen this Saturday, Dec-21. Spread the word be ready to #meditate together. And, checkout our latest newsletter for all the details. #meditation #mindfulness #worldmeditationday
Top Meditation News (Dec-14-2024)
It's OFFICIAL..!! The U.N. designates December 21st as World Meditation Day...
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December 15, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Two of Australia's creative geniuses gone within a few days. Both #JohnMarsden and #Leunig were bold and original thinkers. Both show the power of words to create positive change.
December 19, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I've joined Bluesky and followed a few areas of interest but almost all I'm seeing is #cats. Better than vitriolic right-wing politics and I do like cats but when will the algorithms start putting other topics in my feed?
December 17, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Had a lot of fun reviewing this gorgeous biography of Madrid for the December edition of the Australian Book Review. It’s behind a 💲 paywall but the mag is brilliant and well worth the subscription 🗞️

www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
December 6, 2024 at 12:29 AM