Australian writers! The 2026 Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize will be open for entries 1 December 2025. This prize is for fiction and nonfiction manuscripts of 20,000 - 40,000 words in length, and winners will be published by one of Australia’s loveliest and most nurturing publishers. finlaylloyd.com

Last call for responses to my PhD reader survey on fiction about Jews. Thank you hugely to those who've already pitched in - you've far exceeded my quota and expectations with your generosity and honesty. limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/48...

"We don’t write to be published, paid, praised or win prizes. We write because it makes us feel better, think clearer and sleep more peacefully. We write because it makes our souls grow and our hearts glow." - Catherine Deveny

If you're an Australian author and your books have been caught up in the Meta AI theft (as mine have), fill out this Australian Society of Authors form, so they can measure the way this has affected us, and present findings. docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS....

‘The greatness of Shakespeare, Baldwin wrote, lay in his desire “to defeat all labels and complicate all battles”.’ | Kenan Malik

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Only a few weeks left to run on my PhD reader survey of fiction about Jews. All responses, all opinions, hugely valued. And it's completely anonymous, so you can say what you really feel. Thank you! limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/48...

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Australian readers! I need survey participants for PhD research into novels about Jews. All responses anonymous, confidential and hugely valued limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/48... Thank you!

Blayney hills. Angel-wing sky.

The Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize 2025 is open for submissions! An Australian publishing prize for work 20k-40k words long - fiction or non-fiction. finlaylloyd.com/20-40/

Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!

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Big anniversary: reflecting on 10 years of kidney transplantation gratitude. #organdonor #kidneytransplant kimkellyauthor.com/2024/12/02/t...

Another great review of The Thirty-One Legs of Vladimir Putin - from novella afficionado Bram Presser no less. #20/40Prize abookforants.substack.com/p/the-thirty...

‘No more hiring expensive editors.’ What could possibly go wrong? opentools.ai/news/spines-...

Earned and deserved, Duckie.

#selfrespect

Are you an Australian reader? I need survey participants for PhD research into novels about Jews. All responses anonymous, confidential and hugely valued limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/48... Thank you!