Rebecca Starford
@rebeccastarford.bsky.social
Writer, magazine publisher, bad gardener.
Based in France.
killyourdarlings.com.au
Based in France.
killyourdarlings.com.au
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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‘Haunted house stories tend to end in one of two ways: either the family flees, or the ghosts are soothed, and everyone – living and dead alike – is allowed to move on.’
Jon Day on the cultural history of haunted houses.
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Jon Day on the cultural history of haunted houses.
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Jon Day · Gloomth: Haunted Houses
Haunted house stories tend to end in one of two ways: either the family flees, or the ghosts are soothed, and everyone...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘Haunted house stories tend to end in one of two ways: either the family flees, or the ghosts are soothed, and everyone – living and dead alike – is allowed to move on.’
Jon Day on the cultural history of haunted houses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jon Day on the cultural history of haunted houses.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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@sarahweinman.com on the importance of librarians in dangerous times as seekers and keepers of truth.
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@sarahweinman.com on the importance of librarians in dangerous times as seekers and keepers of truth.
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ICYMI: Nigel Featherstone discusses the raw and honest 1990s memoir that became a beloved local queer classic in our latest podcast episode. Queer Critics is hosted by @rebeccastarford.bsky.social. Listen now: apple.co/4qpc91O
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ICYMI: Nigel Featherstone discusses the raw and honest 1990s memoir that became a beloved local queer classic in our latest podcast episode. Queer Critics is hosted by @rebeccastarford.bsky.social. Listen now: apple.co/4qpc91O
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absolutely loving this podcast series
ICYMI: Nigel Featherstone discusses the raw and honest 1990s memoir that became a beloved local queer classic in our latest podcast episode. Queer Critics is hosted by @rebeccastarford.bsky.social. Listen now: apple.co/4qpc91O
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
absolutely loving this podcast series
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We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books
UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.
www.thebookseller.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We're very proud to be the first publisher to have the Books By People stamp - and that it should be going to Telenovela, a book about the fight against authoritarianism and all the associated nonsense:
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...
Really loved working on this episode - Sumner Locke Elliott is such a fascinating writer. If you're interested in the arc of OzLit and queer voices, please have a listen to the series, I can't believe we're already up to Ep 4!
What was it like to be an Australian gay man in the 1930s and 40s? This week @samtwyfordmoore.bsky.social joins @rebeccastarford.bsky.social on the podcast to talk about a fictional insight into the Sydney queer scene and one man's lifelong journey to love.
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It’s Never Too Late To Come Out: Sumner Locke Elliott’s Fairyland
Episode 4 of the Queer Critics Podcast with Sam Twyford-Moore
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October 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Really loved working on this episode - Sumner Locke Elliott is such a fascinating writer. If you're interested in the arc of OzLit and queer voices, please have a listen to the series, I can't believe we're already up to Ep 4!
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Part Two of Karl Marx: in which Karl goes wild in Soho, Bakunin acts like a godforesaken fucking maniac and we do a crash course in Marxist economics. Everything you need to know about one if the most important ideas in history.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#marx #karlmarx #marxism #socialism #podcast #new #episode #originstory
Welcome back to Season Eight: The Story of Socialism as @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social conclude the story of Karl Marx and the birth of Marxism. Listen here 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#marx #karlmarx #marxism #socialism #podcast #new #episode #originstory
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Part Two of Karl Marx: in which Karl goes wild in Soho, Bakunin acts like a godforesaken fucking maniac and we do a crash course in Marxist economics. Everything you need to know about one if the most important ideas in history.
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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💪 *New* 30 Day Writing Boot Camp with @rebeccastarford.bsky.social
Gain immediate access to daily lessons, prompts, motivational tools and writing exercises designed to strengthen your craft, boost creativity and build a foundation for future writing projects.
Sign up: bit.ly/475C5XI
Gain immediate access to daily lessons, prompts, motivational tools and writing exercises designed to strengthen your craft, boost creativity and build a foundation for future writing projects.
Sign up: bit.ly/475C5XI
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
💪 *New* 30 Day Writing Boot Camp with @rebeccastarford.bsky.social
Gain immediate access to daily lessons, prompts, motivational tools and writing exercises designed to strengthen your craft, boost creativity and build a foundation for future writing projects.
Sign up: bit.ly/475C5XI
Gain immediate access to daily lessons, prompts, motivational tools and writing exercises designed to strengthen your craft, boost creativity and build a foundation for future writing projects.
Sign up: bit.ly/475C5XI
Really proud of this project! Please have a listen if you get the opportunity. Big shout-out of thanks to the smart-as critics joining me over the next six eps, my super colleagues @suzygracias.bsky.social & Mia Abrahams, wonderful producer @michellemacklem.bsky.social, and Copyright Agency! 🏳️🌈 📚
What was queer heartbreak like in 1950s Melbourne?
In episode one of KYD’s new limited podcast series, @madeleinegray.bsky.social discusses Beverley Farmer’s cult classic ‘Alone’. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Apple:
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In episode one of KYD’s new limited podcast series, @madeleinegray.bsky.social discusses Beverley Farmer’s cult classic ‘Alone’. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
The Kill Your Darlings Podcast
Books Podcast · Interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and beyond, brought to you by Kill Your Darlings magazine.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Really proud of this project! Please have a listen if you get the opportunity. Big shout-out of thanks to the smart-as critics joining me over the next six eps, my super colleagues @suzygracias.bsky.social & Mia Abrahams, wonderful producer @michellemacklem.bsky.social, and Copyright Agency! 🏳️🌈 📚
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🌈📚 Introducing our new limited series podcast: Queer Critics Series 🎙️
Launching Monday 29 September — listen to the trailer and subscribe now!
Launching Monday 29 September — listen to the trailer and subscribe now!
The Kill Your Darlings Podcast
Books Podcast · Interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and beyond, brought to you by Kill Your Darlings magazine.
apple.co
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🌈📚 Introducing our new limited series podcast: Queer Critics Series 🎙️
Launching Monday 29 September — listen to the trailer and subscribe now!
Launching Monday 29 September — listen to the trailer and subscribe now!
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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
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“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
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September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.
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Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement
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Middle East crisis – live updates
A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts.
It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry
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Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Banksy satirised the state silencing those opposed to Israel’s genocide.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
The state then inadvertently made his artwork genius.
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to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech
September 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech
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Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
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“Literary journals have never been a commercial enterprise, they have been a cultural enterprise ... To talk about the ‘problem’ of Meanjin as being a commercial one is to disavow the purpose of a university.” @sophtree.bsky.social
The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December.
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/
ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure - Australian Society of Authors
The ASA is dismayed by the news that Australia's second-oldest literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing in December 2025.
www.asauthors.org.au
September 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Literary journals have never been a commercial enterprise, they have been a cultural enterprise ... To talk about the ‘problem’ of Meanjin as being a commercial one is to disavow the purpose of a university.” @sophtree.bsky.social
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The closure of Meanjin is real blow to the Australian literary community. We're sad to see the loss of another place where writers, thinkers, and culture-makers have a voice and platform. Our thoughts are with staff and contributors.
Exclusive: “The death of Meanjin is a loss to the country’s cultural memory and a loss to those writers who might have been part of its literary present and future," said former Meanjin editor Jonathan Green.
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The closure of Meanjin is real blow to the Australian literary community. We're sad to see the loss of another place where writers, thinkers, and culture-makers have a voice and platform. Our thoughts are with staff and contributors.
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Introducing the first story in our New Short Fiction series, a new space for Australia’s best short fiction writers! Grief is a four-winged creature in this exclusive new story by award-winning author Melanie Cheng.
Australian Ghost Story by Melanie Cheng
Grief is a four-winged creature in this exclusive new story by the highly acclaimed author of The Burrow.
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August 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Introducing the first story in our New Short Fiction series, a new space for Australia’s best short fiction writers! Grief is a four-winged creature in this exclusive new story by award-winning author Melanie Cheng.
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An iPhone detox didn’t make me more productive, but I did feel free, writes Eloise Grills. I don’t want to wake up one day and realise that my most devoted relationship has been with a screen.
I Don’t Want to Die with a Smartphone in My Hand
An iPhone detox didn’t make me more productive, but I did feel free.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An iPhone detox didn’t make me more productive, but I did feel free, writes Eloise Grills. I don’t want to wake up one day and realise that my most devoted relationship has been with a screen.
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Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
Really proud of @kydmagazine.bsky.social's gorgeous new website! The animations, the buttons 😍 This upgrade has been months in the making. Special thanks to our head of digital strategy Mia Abrahams and editor @suzygracias.bsky.social for all their hard work as we got this over the finish line!
It's been a big few weeks at KYD! 🎉 We’ve been working behind the scenes to keep KYD your go-to for great Australian writing, as well as the place for practical, hands-on resources for writers. PS. We revamped our website, check it out: buff.ly/6PI5XM5
Home — Kill Your Darlings
I Don’t Want to Die with a Smartphone in My Hand
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August 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really proud of @kydmagazine.bsky.social's gorgeous new website! The animations, the buttons 😍 This upgrade has been months in the making. Special thanks to our head of digital strategy Mia Abrahams and editor @suzygracias.bsky.social for all their hard work as we got this over the finish line!