Sian C
@s-camp.bsky.social
Writer/Tutor/PhD-doer at RMIT's non/fictionLab
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Kevin Clash picking up his "thrown" Grover royalties check
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Kevin Clash picking up his "thrown" Grover royalties check
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i emailed a bunch of Australia's 'top' literary podcasts to see if they wanted to talk about NOCK LOOSE and every single one of them was pay for play.
what an absolute farce.
what an absolute farce.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
i emailed a bunch of Australia's 'top' literary podcasts to see if they wanted to talk about NOCK LOOSE and every single one of them was pay for play.
what an absolute farce.
what an absolute farce.
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ICYMI the good news yesterday! We're thrilled to announce the shortlist for the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
ICYMI the good news yesterday! We're thrilled to announce the shortlist for the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025.
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✏️🗓️ Mark it in your calendars! Issue 1 of Exhume is officially launching on December 2.
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
✏️🗓️ Mark it in your calendars! Issue 1 of Exhume is officially launching on December 2.
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Long live Guilloteen Vogue
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Long live Guilloteen Vogue
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I've had the week+ from hell but the universe has really come thru in my time of need with Louvre robbery memes I'll say that much x
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I've had the week+ from hell but the universe has really come thru in my time of need with Louvre robbery memes I'll say that much x
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“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
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For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
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 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.
We can’t afford to NOT do it.
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Going to tell me students this was Baudrillard.
October 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Going to tell me students this was Baudrillard.
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"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
I was the Archives Editor at Meanjin – its closure is baffling
As Archives Editor, Emma Sutherland had ‘read everything’ in Meanjin's past, but was unprepared for its troubled present.
www.artshub.com.au
October 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"It took more than an hour after the story broke, and was covered by several mastheads, to receive official notice from MUP; a group email confirming Meanjin’s immediate closure." ~Emma Sutherland, Archives Editor at Meanjin in @artshub.bsky.social this weekend.
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
www.artshub.com.au/news/opinion...
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That she's cool as fuck?
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
That she's cool as fuck?
When the Scrivener app updates and is now purple instead of black and white: crying, screaming, throwing up
I'm a Taurean and allergic to change; please spare a thought for me in this trying time
I'm a Taurean and allergic to change; please spare a thought for me in this trying time
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
When the Scrivener app updates and is now purple instead of black and white: crying, screaming, throwing up
I'm a Taurean and allergic to change; please spare a thought for me in this trying time
I'm a Taurean and allergic to change; please spare a thought for me in this trying time
If Stephen is pronounced Steven shouldn’t Stephanie be pronounced Stevenie? Ok have a good day everyone
October 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If Stephen is pronounced Steven shouldn’t Stephanie be pronounced Stevenie? Ok have a good day everyone
“This is where Zionists and liberals love to remain: in conversation, doing nothing, going nowhere, talking for the sake of talking and loving how good and necessary the discussion is”
I wrote a 7k essay about the vile Zionist rhetoric vomited out by Christos Tsiolkas. While the pertinent half is pay-walled because this took a long damn time to write, what’s free to read is, in many ways, more important. sakr.substack.com/p/christos-t...
Christos Tsiolkas Is Switched Off In the Genocide
Amid the massacres, he moans
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“This is where Zionists and liberals love to remain: in conversation, doing nothing, going nowhere, talking for the sake of talking and loving how good and necessary the discussion is”
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The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.
Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.
Please watch and share widely.
youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be
Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.
Please watch and share widely.
youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be
Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, 'Judgement Day'
YouTube video by The Palestine Festival of Literature
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September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza.
Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.
Please watch and share widely.
youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be
Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection.
Please watch and share widely.
youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be
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A collective statement from my University of Melbourne Creative Writing Program colleagues and I about the closure of Meanjin - and thank you to Julienne and Bec for representing us at the rally!
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A collective statement from my University of Melbourne Creative Writing Program colleagues and I about the closure of Meanjin - and thank you to Julienne and Bec for representing us at the rally!
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Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
RFK Jr: We had lots of guns when we were kids. Kids brought guns to school and were encouraged to do so. And nobody was walking into schools and shooting people. There are many things that could explain this. One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs.
September 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funniest possible person to say nothing bad happened when he was a kid as a result of everyone having guns
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So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
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FYI MEAA Rally: Save Meanjin!
Thursday 11 September, 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
Thursday 11 September, 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
September 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
FYI MEAA Rally: Save Meanjin!
Thursday 11 September, 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
Thursday 11 September, 9am
Outside the Melbourne University Publishing office, 715 Swanston St, Carlton.
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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.