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Kerry McIlroy
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…living and reading in the tropics
Beautiful morning walk… Yunbenun
June 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Anohni and the Johnsons - Mourning The Great Barrier Reef… at The House ❤️
May 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Kerry McIlroy
Tomorrow on the #SundayShot, @instanterudite.bsky.social is joined by Jess Hill, @angelapriestley.bsky.social & @sudharmapala.bsky.social from @polipedia.bsky.social . Plus an interview with Ashlee Donohue from Mudgin-Gal.

Watch live or catch up at: youtube.com/@thesundayshot
April 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Reposted by Kerry McIlroy
We're amping up for this week's #SundayShot! A great line-up with panellists @punterspolitics.bsky.social & @crikey.com.au and Zee Feed's Crystal Andrews plus interviews with Damon Gameau and @dutyofcarecampaign.bsky.social's Anjali Sharma.

Join us and subscribe at www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
March 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Townsville Cinema Group early bird membership ends March 1 - do it now!

TCG is the longest continuously-running film society in Australia (established 1962).

Click on the link below and you’ll see the membership box:
townsvillecinemagroup.org.au?fbclid=IwZXh...
Townsville Cinema Group | A film festival all year round!
Townsville Cinema Group screen a quality, curated program of arthouse films, foreign language films & classic films at the BCC Cinema every fortnight.
townsvillecinemagroup.org.au
February 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Reposted by Kerry McIlroy
Tomorrow morning live on Youtube and Facebook, instead of complaining about Insiders, we are making a better version of it. #SundayShot

Featuring @davemilbo.bsky.social , @instanterudite.bsky.social , @janecaro.bsky.social , @joshbornstein.bsky.social and @sarahschwartz.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Reposted by Kerry McIlroy
What the fuck is going on with our national cultural institutions??

First Creative Australia and now the National Gallery betrays artists and their very raison d'etres with these utterly shameful acts of artistic censorship.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘This is censorship’: Palestinian flags covered up in major exhibition at National Gallery of Australia
Exclusive: Pacific Indigenous art collective claims NGA cited ‘high level’ security risk in direction to remove Palestinian flag from tapestry
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Good news!
February 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Little Litoria, Rowes Bay - Townsville
January 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The acquisition of Text Publishing by Penguin Random House is part of a worrying trend in Australian publishing
theconversation.com/the-acquisit...
The acquisition of Text Publishing by Penguin Random House is part of a worrying trend in Australian publishing
Mergers within the Australian publishing industry have significant implications for the literary culture.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Tove Jansson’s The Summer Book - one of my favourites… along with The Winter Book.

www.moomin.com/en/blog/summ...
A look at Summer Book film - official trailer released
"I dedicate this work to my mother" – Glenn Close reflects on starring in Charlie McDowell's film adaptation of The Summer Book.
www.moomin.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Re-reading sections of Hazzard and Harrower The letters
Edited by Brigitta Olubas, Susan Wyndham

A wonderful book, one I will continually return to.

#shirleyhazzard
#elizabethharrower
January 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"This constant discounting devalues the work that goes into a book, the effort that goes into writing a book, the process that goes into publishing a book, and you grow a generation of readers that think a book is only worth a few bucks," Michael Robotham, best-selling Australian crime writer
Australians love cheap books. Here's why that's a problem
Australians' love of cheap books is driving independent bookstores and writers out of business. These prominent authors believe there is a simple solution.
www.abc.net.au
January 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It’s hard to focus on my book…
January 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sad plate, Joyous gatherings
December 15, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We’ve done it again! 🎄 🧶 Sharing the JOY with Fibres + Fabrics Townsville, @mgbasketry @marywhobooks @umbrellastudiotsv

#community
#golocal
#booksandart
#buyart
#buybooks
#christmas
December 9, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Baking… my first Pandan Honeycomb Cake (Bánh bò nướng) …Soft, spongy, chewy, and… I like it!
December 1, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Every… 10 minutes, a woman is killed. #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women and Girls.

Every… year Soroptimist International Townsville Breakwater, Fibres + Fabrics in Townsville & Mary Who? Bookshop support the campaign - #16Days of Activism to end Violence Against Women and Girls.
November 26, 2024 at 12:28 AM