Luca Demetriadi
@lucambd.bsky.social
UniMelb PhD candidate, researching indie Australian publishers and contemporary coolness.
https://lucademetriadi.com
https://lucademetriadi.com
Another month of books :)
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Another month of books :)
by my count the best anglophone writer outside Australia at the moment
October 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
by my count the best anglophone writer outside Australia at the moment
Recent reading! Enjoyed some more than others (enjoyed Nock Loose hugely)
October 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Recent reading! Enjoyed some more than others (enjoyed Nock Loose hugely)
Buy Death Kit 2!
Support new lit mag!
Read my story!
Support new lit mag!
Read my story!
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Buy Death Kit 2!
Support new lit mag!
Read my story!
Support new lit mag!
Read my story!
Reposted by Luca Demetriadi
a letter from me and m'learned colleagues in support of @meanjin.bsky.social (@savemeanjin.bsky.social )
September 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
a letter from me and m'learned colleagues in support of @meanjin.bsky.social (@savemeanjin.bsky.social )
Belatedly got round to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Big Fiction. Very engaging for something so research-dense
September 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Belatedly got round to @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social ‘s Big Fiction. Very engaging for something so research-dense
Books I’ve read recently! And I found this duck at an op shop. No idea why anyone would get rid
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Books I’ve read recently! And I found this duck at an op shop. No idea why anyone would get rid
Reposted by Luca Demetriadi
Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
September 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Since our very first issue Meanjin and Overland have been comrades, mates, rivals, and drinking buddies. The UMP board’s decision is a shockingly myopic act of cultural vandalism which will grievously harm the Australian literary community.
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Meanjin Journal is 85 years old; older than the Sydney Opera House. Closing it down is cultural vandalism of the highest order, roughly equivalent to demolishing the above mentioned opera house.
I am disgusted
@meanjin.bsky.social
I am disgusted
@meanjin.bsky.social
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Meanjin Journal is 85 years old; older than the Sydney Opera House. Closing it down is cultural vandalism of the highest order, roughly equivalent to demolishing the above mentioned opera house.
I am disgusted
@meanjin.bsky.social
I am disgusted
@meanjin.bsky.social
After a such a strong start, it’s disappointing how quickly Nicki Minaj’s Starships drops off.
And having both beach and space as themes is a bit much
And having both beach and space as themes is a bit much
August 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
After a such a strong start, it’s disappointing how quickly Nicki Minaj’s Starships drops off.
And having both beach and space as themes is a bit much
And having both beach and space as themes is a bit much
heads up for fellow fans: the S-tier of ice cream sandwiches is currently half price at Princes Hill IGA
July 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
heads up for fellow fans: the S-tier of ice cream sandwiches is currently half price at Princes Hill IGA
Been on some trips! Lots of planes and trains and reading time :)
July 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Been on some trips! Lots of planes and trains and reading time :)
Qantas is the best airline. They gave out ice cream sandwiches after dinner
July 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Qantas is the best airline. They gave out ice cream sandwiches after dinner
Reposted by Luca Demetriadi
In response to the prompt of a publisher's campaign, Luke Horton offers an extended reflection on the value of literature and the work of writing (and reading) in the current moment.
Books are essential - Overland literary journal
Books are essential because — and yes, it seems now I dare to say it — they give us hope. But, more precisely, they give us the energy to seek new and better ways to understand, or to recognise. To se...
overland.org.au
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
In response to the prompt of a publisher's campaign, Luke Horton offers an extended reflection on the value of literature and the work of writing (and reading) in the current moment.
Scatter my ashes in the airport smoking area
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Scatter my ashes in the airport smoking area
👀 Young Tim Winton with unbelievable swag 👀
June 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
👀 Young Tim Winton with unbelievable swag 👀
Glad to get back to some Australian realist writing. More books with strikes please! (And surely due a new edition?)
June 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Glad to get back to some Australian realist writing. More books with strikes please! (And surely due a new edition?)
Delighted to get my hands on the latest novella (signed, no less!) from @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social
A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…
A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…
May 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Delighted to get my hands on the latest novella (signed, no less!) from @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social
A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…
A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…
Books I’ve read recently! Really really enjoyed Michelle de Kretser
May 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Books I’ve read recently! Really really enjoyed Michelle de Kretser
In love with Tim Winton’s letterhead fish
April 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
In love with Tim Winton’s letterhead fish
This article has made me grumpy. I don’t like when elitist and inauthentic things are paraded as the opposite
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Funny, sexy and a bit weird’: inside the new wave of literary parties
Fancy getting poetry performances and DJ sets all in one place? A growing number of event organisers across the UK are putting their own spins on literature readings – and there are queues out the doo...
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This article has made me grumpy. I don’t like when elitist and inauthentic things are paraded as the opposite
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I’m deeply affected by this review of Murnane’s Border Districts on Goodreads
March 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I’m deeply affected by this review of Murnane’s Border Districts on Goodreads
I’ve been on a Beverley Farmer binge of late. Delight to have found this 1st ed at Brunswick Secondhand Books
February 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’ve been on a Beverley Farmer binge of late. Delight to have found this 1st ed at Brunswick Secondhand Books