Sarah J
@sarahjmelb.bsky.social
Novelist, playwright, cookbook author, gardener and all round fab-u-lous individual
Flowers from the garden
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Flowers from the garden
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The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The neurologist Oliver Sacks found that the social-media era resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale.
Just checked my calorie intake for the day so far. I do love a day when 50% of my calories are from booze instead of empty food calories 🤣
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Just checked my calorie intake for the day so far. I do love a day when 50% of my calories are from booze instead of empty food calories 🤣
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What’s the real reason it’s being shut down?
It sure ain’t a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Did the university council not like what it had been publishing, per chance?
This was one of the handful of publications in Aus that published Randa Abdel-Fattah or Max Kaiser.
It sure ain’t a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Did the university council not like what it had been publishing, per chance?
This was one of the handful of publications in Aus that published Randa Abdel-Fattah or Max Kaiser.
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 1:34 AM
What’s the real reason it’s being shut down?
It sure ain’t a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Did the university council not like what it had been publishing, per chance?
This was one of the handful of publications in Aus that published Randa Abdel-Fattah or Max Kaiser.
It sure ain’t a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Did the university council not like what it had been publishing, per chance?
This was one of the handful of publications in Aus that published Randa Abdel-Fattah or Max Kaiser.
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.
Are you concerned about big tech stealing your work to train AI or reproduce without permission? Be sure to join your relevant organisation (e.g. in Australia - ASA, APRA and alike) and stay informed.
Check out this links (it goes for an hour but is worth the listen) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXtA...
Check out this links (it goes for an hour but is worth the listen) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXtA...
Burning Platforms - Stolen Property with Peter Garrett
YouTube video by Per Capita Australia
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August 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Are you concerned about big tech stealing your work to train AI or reproduce without permission? Be sure to join your relevant organisation (e.g. in Australia - ASA, APRA and alike) and stay informed.
Check out this links (it goes for an hour but is worth the listen) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXtA...
Check out this links (it goes for an hour but is worth the listen) www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXtA...
Great day at the Ballarat International Foto Festival
August 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Great day at the Ballarat International Foto Festival
Ran into Elwood the Epworth Hospital cat this morning. He was really, really pleased to see me. (Nothing wrong - standard medical check up for Henry)
July 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ran into Elwood the Epworth Hospital cat this morning. He was really, really pleased to see me. (Nothing wrong - standard medical check up for Henry)
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A 2024 study found that 58 per cent of English majors at two Midwestern universities had so much trouble interpreting the opening paragraphs of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens that “they would not be able to read the novel on their own.”
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A 2024 study found that 58 per cent of English majors at two Midwestern universities had so much trouble interpreting the opening paragraphs of “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens that “they would not be able to read the novel on their own.”
Martin Grant exhibition, NGV Australia
June 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Martin Grant exhibition, NGV Australia
Print copies of “Marvelous Muffins” by T. Bateman & S.Jackson are in stock now. Order your copy (print or ebook) via Amazon!
June 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Print copies of “Marvelous Muffins” by T. Bateman & S.Jackson are in stock now. Order your copy (print or ebook) via Amazon!
Someone has been following me around in the hope that I will serve him something other than dry food for dinner🤣 no dice fur goblin!
June 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Someone has been following me around in the hope that I will serve him something other than dry food for dinner🤣 no dice fur goblin!
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If you’re renewing your ASA membership or joining before 1 July, you can enter our member giveaway for a chance to win one of 12 literary prize packs. To find out more, including entry details, visit www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-member-giveaway
ASA member giveaway - Australian Society of Authors
We're running a giveaway for new and renewing ASA members! Ensure your membership is set to renew or join us before 1 July 2025 to enter.
www.asauthors.org.au
June 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM
If you’re renewing your ASA membership or joining before 1 July, you can enter our member giveaway for a chance to win one of 12 literary prize packs. To find out more, including entry details, visit www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-member-giveaway
Pickling the olives from my garden
May 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Pickling the olives from my garden
Someone is not satisfied with the breakfast service (extreme tail movement)
May 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Someone is not satisfied with the breakfast service (extreme tail movement)
“I’m too sexy for my fur” Leroy’s XXX centrefold spread!
May 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“I’m too sexy for my fur” Leroy’s XXX centrefold spread!
Leroy made it outside - looking vast
May 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Leroy made it outside - looking vast
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PEN Melbourne partners with the Melbourne Writers Festival 2025.
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss: Unsettling Australian Stories
Sunday 11 May, 10.30am at the State Library Victoria
penmelbourne.org/pen-melbourn...
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss: Unsettling Australian Stories
Sunday 11 May, 10.30am at the State Library Victoria
penmelbourne.org/pen-melbourn...
PEN Melbourne partners with the Melbourne Writers Festival 2025 - PEN Melbourne
PEN Melbourne partners with the Melbourne Writers Festival 2025 Sunday 11 May, 10.30am at the State Library Victoria Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss:
penmelbourne.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
PEN Melbourne partners with the Melbourne Writers Festival 2025.
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss: Unsettling Australian Stories
Sunday 11 May, 10.30am at the State Library Victoria
penmelbourne.org/pen-melbourn...
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss: Unsettling Australian Stories
Sunday 11 May, 10.30am at the State Library Victoria
penmelbourne.org/pen-melbourn...
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PEN Melbourne partners with Melbourne Writers Festival 2025
State Library Victoria
11 May, 1030am
Unsettling Australian Stories:
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss are award winning authors who will take a personal, political and cultural look at writing frontier histories during this upcoming event.
State Library Victoria
11 May, 1030am
Unsettling Australian Stories:
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss are award winning authors who will take a personal, political and cultural look at writing frontier histories during this upcoming event.
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
PEN Melbourne partners with Melbourne Writers Festival 2025
State Library Victoria
11 May, 1030am
Unsettling Australian Stories:
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss are award winning authors who will take a personal, political and cultural look at writing frontier histories during this upcoming event.
State Library Victoria
11 May, 1030am
Unsettling Australian Stories:
Kate Grenville and Anita Heiss are award winning authors who will take a personal, political and cultural look at writing frontier histories during this upcoming event.
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For Melbourne friends, I'm SUPER EXCITED about yarning with my dear tidda Shelley Ware at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival.
We'll be talking about RED DUST RUNNING.
So if you're keen, get your boots and fringes on and join us on May 10.
Tix here: mwf.com.au/program/anit...
We'll be talking about RED DUST RUNNING.
So if you're keen, get your boots and fringes on and join us on May 10.
Tix here: mwf.com.au/program/anit...
2025 Program
mwf.com.au
April 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For Melbourne friends, I'm SUPER EXCITED about yarning with my dear tidda Shelley Ware at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival.
We'll be talking about RED DUST RUNNING.
So if you're keen, get your boots and fringes on and join us on May 10.
Tix here: mwf.com.au/program/anit...
We'll be talking about RED DUST RUNNING.
So if you're keen, get your boots and fringes on and join us on May 10.
Tix here: mwf.com.au/program/anit...
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Join Leonie Norrington and Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs to learn about understanding and implementing respectful storytelling practices when working with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples or ICIP.
www.asauthors.org.au/events/consultation-and-consent-writing-australian-historical-fiction
www.asauthors.org.au/events/consultation-and-consent-writing-australian-historical-fiction
Consultation and consent: Writing Australian historical fiction - Australian Society of Authors
Authors of Australian historical fiction are expected to understand and implement respectful storytelling practices when working with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples or Indigenous Cultura...
www.asauthors.org.au
May 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Join Leonie Norrington and Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs to learn about understanding and implementing respectful storytelling practices when working with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples or ICIP.
www.asauthors.org.au/events/consultation-and-consent-writing-australian-historical-fiction
www.asauthors.org.au/events/consultation-and-consent-writing-australian-historical-fiction
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program, offered thanks to the support of the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania.
Find out more and apply ✏ www.asauthors.org.au/award/tasmanian-writers-and-illustrators-mentorship-program
Find out more and apply ✏ www.asauthors.org.au/award/tasmanian-writers-and-illustrators-mentorship-program
Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program - Australian Society of Authors
We're pleased to announce that eight award mentorships will be offered in 2025 to help creators develop their work to a publishable standard.
www.asauthors.org.au
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Applications are now open for the 2025 Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program, offered thanks to the support of the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania.
Find out more and apply ✏ www.asauthors.org.au/award/tasmanian-writers-and-illustrators-mentorship-program
Find out more and apply ✏ www.asauthors.org.au/award/tasmanian-writers-and-illustrators-mentorship-program