Kirsten Krauth
@kirstenkrauth.bsky.social
Author, podcaster, poet, 80s tragic. Latest novel, Almost a Mirror - The Guardian's 20 Best Books of 2020, shortlisted Penguin Literary Prize, SPN Book of the Year. Commissioning editor, Spinning Around - The Kylie Playlist. Blake Poetry Prize - runner up.
My Sat Paper article about Carly, babysitter for Bobbie and Brian Houston, and one of Hillsong's inner circle. She reveals deeply disturbing stories of how young women were treated at the church including being cultivated in the flirt-to-convert approach.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/08...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/08...
I was Hillsong’s babysitter
A decade after the Hillsong Church was founded, Carly worked as a babysitter for Bobbie and Brian Houston. She recalls a culture of sycophancy, sexualisation and shunning.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
August 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
My Sat Paper article about Carly, babysitter for Bobbie and Brian Houston, and one of Hillsong's inner circle. She reveals deeply disturbing stories of how young women were treated at the church including being cultivated in the flirt-to-convert approach.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/08...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/2025/08...
Listened to Hottest 100 all day. Enjoyed the memory lane travels but kept expecting my #1 song Wide Open Road to be there - and it wasn't. Was also shocked by the omission of Archie Roach + Courtney Barnett, Australia's finest songwriters. And (I'm) Stranded too. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
Episode 4 - Wide Open Road by The Triffids & David McComb
Podcast Episode · Almost a Mirror · S1 E4 · 1h 29m
podcasts.apple.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Listened to Hottest 100 all day. Enjoyed the memory lane travels but kept expecting my #1 song Wide Open Road to be there - and it wasn't. Was also shocked by the omission of Archie Roach + Courtney Barnett, Australia's finest songwriters. And (I'm) Stranded too. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/e...
Reposted by Kirsten Krauth
Great @kirstenkrauth.bsky.social piece on the Warren Ellis doco Ellis Park www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20902/...
Violinist Warren Ellis is confronting his demons
The documentary Ellis Park follows musician Warren Ellis from regional Victoria, where he faces his childhood trauma, to a wildlife sanctuary in Sumatra.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great @kirstenkrauth.bsky.social piece on the Warren Ellis doco Ellis Park www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20902/...
Reposted by Kirsten Krauth
Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
Finished this wonderful novel BAD ART MOTHER by Edwina Preston. I've loved her earlier writing. Her style is so cool + sophisticated + the voice of Owen beguiling + full of pain. Her ability to write across genres so convincingly is rare. How to balance motherhood + art? Great topic to wrestle with.
March 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Finished this wonderful novel BAD ART MOTHER by Edwina Preston. I've loved her earlier writing. Her style is so cool + sophisticated + the voice of Owen beguiling + full of pain. Her ability to write across genres so convincingly is rare. How to balance motherhood + art? Great topic to wrestle with.
I'll be chatting at CLUNES BOOKTOWN FESTIVAL on 22 March at 3.30pm. Spinning Disks: Writing About Music with @thuyon.bsky.social, Jordan Prosser + Daniel Burt from @3rrrfm.bsky.social - writing fiction in #almostamirror + the Kylie/Nick anthologies. Tix here: tickets.clunesbooktown.com.au/Events
February 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'll be chatting at CLUNES BOOKTOWN FESTIVAL on 22 March at 3.30pm. Spinning Disks: Writing About Music with @thuyon.bsky.social, Jordan Prosser + Daniel Burt from @3rrrfm.bsky.social - writing fiction in #almostamirror + the Kylie/Nick anthologies. Tix here: tickets.clunesbooktown.com.au/Events
And my fave #kylieminogue song of all time. I’ve heard it’s Kylie’s too. SLOW ...
February 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
And my fave #kylieminogue song of all time. I’ve heard it’s Kylie’s too. SLOW ...
And more KYLIE! Check out the book SPINNING AROUND for @thuyon.bsky.social's wonderful take on this song!
February 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
And more KYLIE! Check out the book SPINNING AROUND for @thuyon.bsky.social's wonderful take on this song!
After editing the anthology SPINNING AROUND - THE KYLIE PLAYLIST, @angelasavage.bsky.social and I were THRILLED to see #kylieminogue in Melbourne. She was absolutely brilliant; the lights, dancers, visuals - wow! Woke up to glitter on my pillow. Here were my fave Kylie songs from the night ...
February 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
After editing the anthology SPINNING AROUND - THE KYLIE PLAYLIST, @angelasavage.bsky.social and I were THRILLED to see #kylieminogue in Melbourne. She was absolutely brilliant; the lights, dancers, visuals - wow! Woke up to glitter on my pillow. Here were my fave Kylie songs from the night ...
So much fun with a Hollywood action flick taking over the streets of my small town, Castlemaine. Liam Neeson in The Mongoose. The smell of burning rubber and stunts close enough to touch. The attention to detail - even planting real geraniums at a fake cafe. #castlemaine #liamneeson #themongoose
February 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So much fun with a Hollywood action flick taking over the streets of my small town, Castlemaine. Liam Neeson in The Mongoose. The smell of burning rubber and stunts close enough to touch. The attention to detail - even planting real geraniums at a fake cafe. #castlemaine #liamneeson #themongoose
I've decided to only call the President 'Rump' from now on - given his penchant for removing important letters of the alphabet like 'T' from necessary places I'm sure he won't mind.
February 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I've decided to only call the President 'Rump' from now on - given his penchant for removing important letters of the alphabet like 'T' from necessary places I'm sure he won't mind.
Well it’s been a big day! I got fed up with DM's from haters + decided to stop posting at FB + Insta. Will get cosy here instead + when I saw the Gulf of America on Google, I installed DuckDuckGo as my browser + got myself a duck email. It’s time to put the social back into social media. HELLO!
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Well it’s been a big day! I got fed up with DM's from haters + decided to stop posting at FB + Insta. Will get cosy here instead + when I saw the Gulf of America on Google, I installed DuckDuckGo as my browser + got myself a duck email. It’s time to put the social back into social media. HELLO!
The Saints doing Stranded at Theatre Royal. I did an #almostamirror podcast about this song + was excited to see it live + new incarnation of the band. Missed the soul + humour of Chris Bailey but it still felt raucous and exciting. For a deep dive head here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
November 23, 2024 at 4:22 AM
The Saints doing Stranded at Theatre Royal. I did an #almostamirror podcast about this song + was excited to see it live + new incarnation of the band. Missed the soul + humour of Chris Bailey but it still felt raucous and exciting. For a deep dive head here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
Reposted by Kirsten Krauth
Back in 2012, a bunch of us decided we'd had enough of the way Alan Jones talked about women. We decided to #destroythejoint. Much love to all those women and men who helped. www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
I took on Alan Jones. I survived, but the backlash terrified me
Everyone knew that Alan Jones was the most powerful man in media. But how he wielded that power created fear - real fear.
www.smh.com.au
November 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Back in 2012, a bunch of us decided we'd had enough of the way Alan Jones talked about women. We decided to #destroythejoint. Much love to all those women and men who helped. www.smh.com.au/national/i-t...
Look what I discovered when I went to my local bookstore Stonemans! All indie bookstores in Oz will be using SPINNING AROUND: THE KYLIE PLAYLIST paper gift bags so hopefully you’ll take some Xmas books home in one! Beautifully designed + very cool.
#spinningaroundthekylieplaylist #books #ozlit
#spinningaroundthekylieplaylist #books #ozlit
November 19, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Look what I discovered when I went to my local bookstore Stonemans! All indie bookstores in Oz will be using SPINNING AROUND: THE KYLIE PLAYLIST paper gift bags so hopefully you’ll take some Xmas books home in one! Beautifully designed + very cool.
#spinningaroundthekylieplaylist #books #ozlit
#spinningaroundthekylieplaylist #books #ozlit
What a great photo. A wonderful reading by Lucy and all of our brilliant writers: Grace Chan, Christos Tsiolkas, Thuy On, Nathan Curnow and Nick Gadd... #booksky #authors #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Yesterday’s launch of Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist was a blast! We had Q&A, music videos on the big screen, readings. Love this photo of authors in the front row reading along with @lucytreloar.bsky.social from her glorious story ‘Into the Blue’ #SpinningAroundTheKyliePlaylist
November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
What a great photo. A wonderful reading by Lucy and all of our brilliant writers: Grace Chan, Christos Tsiolkas, Thuy On, Nathan Curnow and Nick Gadd... #booksky #authors #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Reposted by Kirsten Krauth
@danr69.bsky.social Thank you for coming on board the Kylie love train for yesterday’s launch of #SpinningAroundTheKyliePlaylist
November 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
@danr69.bsky.social Thank you for coming on board the Kylie love train for yesterday’s launch of #SpinningAroundTheKyliePlaylist
Our book launch at Cinema Nova went off! SPINNING AROUND - The Kylie Playlist is officially launched! Hosted by @angelasavage.bsky.social, authors in the collection donned a pink sash & Grace Chan, Thuy On, Christos Tsiolkas, Nathan Curnow, @lucytreloar.bsky.social, Nick Gadd + moi did readings.
November 16, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Our book launch at Cinema Nova went off! SPINNING AROUND - The Kylie Playlist is officially launched! Hosted by @angelasavage.bsky.social, authors in the collection donned a pink sash & Grace Chan, Thuy On, Christos Tsiolkas, Nathan Curnow, @lucytreloar.bsky.social, Nick Gadd + moi did readings.
Howdy, everyone! Looks like I'm flying in blue skies here. Say hello - I'm interested to know how this all works and hopefully engage in some meaningful discussion away from all the fear mongering...
November 14, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Howdy, everyone! Looks like I'm flying in blue skies here. Say hello - I'm interested to know how this all works and hopefully engage in some meaningful discussion away from all the fear mongering...