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Narrelle M. Harris
@narrellemharris.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
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Writer, editor, lyricist, Melburnian. She/her. I live and work on Wurundjeri land and acknowledge its traditional owners. #Australia #writer #reader #CoffeeFiend

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A preview of a new chapter of 'Lost in a Bad Book' posted on my Patreon today. A librarian from the Library of Infinite Stories has had to enter a spellbook about rivers to rescue a lost wizard. The most dangerous thing about the book? Apart from the font? […]

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Part of an image for a Patreon post (Lost in a Bad Book Part 4) - visible are the rough waves of the ocean and capital letters Y and M in over-fancy fonts and a link to patreon.com/NarrelleMHarris
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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@timrichards Had a thoroughly wonderful time exploring the new stations yesterday! I’m especially enjoyed ANZAC station as I last saw it, still under construction, in March 2024.

#melbourne #trains #metrotunnel
Anzac station under construction in March 2024 Anzac station concourse in Dec 2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Best time of year to be working at Narrm Ngarrgu library in Melbourne. All the students have finished for the year and i can sit anywhere I like!
#library
A vast hall of empty chairs and tables at Narrm Ngarrgu library at the Queen Vic markets. It’s SO QUIET!
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Latte art on my oat latte foam at Udom House, North Melbourne.
Latte art in the shape of a swan (or phoenix) with wings spread.
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Melbourne spring is definitely making an effort to arrive! Here I am sitting in a sunbeam outside Journal cafe on Flinders Lane

#melbourne #spring #sunshine
Narrelle wearing her glasses sits under a sun umbrella on the outside seats of Journal Cafe, enjoying a sunbeam and her coffee.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The hazards at Mungo National Park are not what you’d think.

#mungo #australianwildlife #danger
A warning posted on the glass door of the Mungo Lodge warning visitors that the kangaroos and goats they see are wild. “Keep a safe distance and do not attempt to approach or feed them. Your safety is important!”
October 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Our 707 Operations Vinelander train weekend away has started well. A pleasant ride, we’ve got to see cattle, sheep, cockatoos, kangaroos and a wallaby in the paddocks, and the canola fields are vibrantly yellow and cheerful! @timrichards #trains #vintagetrain
Two trees standing in the middle of a canola field, with a patch of blue sky amid the clouds and hills in the distance. Taken through train window so it holds a reflection. A gum tree in the foreground with the yellow canola fields behind, with a cloudy sky and hills in the distance. Taken through train window so it holds a reflection.
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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View from the Oaks Sydney Hyde Park suites in February - one window looking out on hundreds of others. #Fensterfreitag #sydney
View of Sydney city buildings. A pale orange sunset glows behind the cityscape, and hundreds of windows glow with lights. In the foreground on the right, the illuminated ANZAC memorial is almost the same colour as the setting sun.
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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The excellent fire at South of Johnson in Collingwood. Come for the cosy hearth - stay for the amazing food. (Not pictured: the absolutely delicious Croque Madame which I ate before Photos could be taken. )
The enclosed fireplace with blazing logs at South of Johnson.
August 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The sale of three of my little books continues at Smashwords until the end of July! You can get ebooks for two of my Holmesian works - The Haunting of Baker Street and The Swordmaster's Secret and Other Stories, and short fantasy stories set in the universe of Kitty […]

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Promo image showing three book covers an "1-31 July 2025! Smashwords July Summer/Winter Sale"
July 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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It's almost 6 months since I released the ebook of The Haunting of Baker Street, about the spirits of Holmes and Watson continuing to solve crimes after death!

To celebrate, I'm participating in the Smashwords sale taking place from 1-31 July 2025! My three newest […]

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June 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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My Thai iced coffee at Udom House in North Melbourne. Delicious. I declare this a #democracycoffee #auspol #ausvotes
A glass of Thai iced coffee decorated with a coffee bean.
May 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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I have just this second found out that my novel "The She-Wolf of Baker Street" has been short-llisted for Best Fantasy Novel in the Aurealis Awards!!! Folks, I'm STOKED!!

Congratulations to all the other shortlisted folks in all the categories. I'm particularly […]

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The cover of The She-Wolf of Baker Street', green-themed, featuring Mrs Hudson, the silhouette of a wolf and, sideways, a silhouette of modern London,
April 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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If you're in Adelaide, South Australia, the launch of A Murder on the Cards by Katie Jay is happening at 3pm on 13 April 2025 at Beaumont Bowling Club, 71 Devereux Rd, Linden Park. I worked with Katie to edit the novel, which features a murder at a Bridge Club in […]

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Cover of A Murder on the Cards featuring a smartly dressed woman, a forensic inspector in booties, gloves and hazmat outfit, random playing cards falling around them, and crime scene tape winding between the people, on a two-tone blue background.
April 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A refreshing zero beer on a hot North Melbourne day which has the added bonus of a swoop warning. #zerobeer #summer
A can of Hop Nation Mind Ya Head alc-free XPA in green, white and black depicting two magpies cawing over a bicycle helmet bristling with zip ties.
March 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I was doing a site visit at the MCG last week for a current job and caught this slice of the pitch looking glorious.
A section of the MCG pitch showing a vivid green in the sun. The empty stands are jn shade and MCG staff or cleaning the seats and preparing for the new season.
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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This lady has brought her ragdoll cat to the cafe this morning. Kitty is observing the world rather contentedly
A fluffy chocolate-point ragdoll cat sits in an enclosed cat-pram at Operator San cafe, peacefully regarding the world while their person has coffee.
February 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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@timrichards I Newtown harder than anyone, baby! I also bought a piece of art! I really like Docsta’s style - so much energy and controlled chaos. :)
Art by Docsta geometric outlines reminiscent of pipes or machines, over vivid stripes of orange, blue, red and purple paint on white paper.
February 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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If you're looking for some light reading this holiday break, you might like to try one of these!

Find these books at online retailers, or get the ebooks directly from me at my Ko-Fi shop!

https://ko-fi.com/narrellemharris/shop

#bookstodon #books #reading […]

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Promo picture on a glittery backround that reads "quick and easy holiday reads" at the top and "Ko-Fi.com/NarrelleMHarris/shop" at the bottom. In between the texts are 3 books covers: Tales of the Minstrel Tongue (a black raven with an ice-blue eye on a background of winter trees and a music score overlaying it), The Haunting of Baker Street, showing an illustration of two modern women on the steps of a 3-storey Georgian house in London, with two silhouettes in an upstairs window, and The Swordmaster's Secret and Other Stories: The Further Adventures of the Colonial Boy", which has two men in fencing gear crossing swords, on a beige background with a floral border and golden silhouettes of Holmes and Watson.
December 17, 2024 at 4:17 AM
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I'm so delighted with my first review for Tales of the Minstrel Tongue, posted at The Book Muse!

"Everything in these short stories is cleverly used and manipulated to create what might feel like a dark story, but it is exquisitely done, and I wanted more, because […]

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Promotional image showing the cover of Kitty & Cadaver (red background with a headshot of a young, dark-haired woman. Below her, zombie hands are reaching up like a concert crowd in front of a live band) on the left. On the right is the cover of the new book, Tales of the Minstrel Tongue, showing a black raven with an ice-blue eye on a background of winter trees and overlain with a music score.
December 17, 2024 at 3:25 AM