Shelley Burr
@shelleyburr.bsky.social
Australian author. WAKE, Ripper, Vanish out April 2025
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, I highlight my favourite Australian books from the first half of 2025, including novels from @longlukearnold.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social @shelleyburr.bsky.social and more.
unseenlibrary.com/2025/07/29/t...
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Top Ten Tuesday – My Favourite Australian Books from the First Half of 2025
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature that currently resides at The Artsy Reader Girl and features bloggers sharing lists on various book topics. The official topic for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday w…
unseenlibrary.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, I highlight my favourite Australian books from the first half of 2025, including novels from @longlukearnold.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social @shelleyburr.bsky.social and more.
unseenlibrary.com/2025/07/29/t...
unseenlibrary.com/2025/07/29/t...
My publisher: Could you promote your book that's out at the end of April a little bit? A smidge?
Me: No, I'm very busy organising the Rotary firewood raffle and helping at the ag expo
Anyway we raised nearly $5000 for community projects and now I can focus on minor things like (checks notes) my job
Me: No, I'm very busy organising the Rotary firewood raffle and helping at the ag expo
Anyway we raised nearly $5000 for community projects and now I can focus on minor things like (checks notes) my job
April 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My publisher: Could you promote your book that's out at the end of April a little bit? A smidge?
Me: No, I'm very busy organising the Rotary firewood raffle and helping at the ag expo
Anyway we raised nearly $5000 for community projects and now I can focus on minor things like (checks notes) my job
Me: No, I'm very busy organising the Rotary firewood raffle and helping at the ag expo
Anyway we raised nearly $5000 for community projects and now I can focus on minor things like (checks notes) my job
I'm recording voice notes today for the audiobook narrator on the pronunciation of character names, a process that frequently involves me finding out for the first time too
March 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I'm recording voice notes today for the audiobook narrator on the pronunciation of character names, a process that frequently involves me finding out for the first time too
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“Just as parents may struggle to prioritise their children’s privacy and wellbeing when household income is at stake, platforms can’t be relied on to exclude their most profitable creators.”
Isabel Prior on the gap in our child labour laws.
Isabel Prior on the gap in our child labour laws.
Family vloggers, kidfluencers, and the commodification of childhood - Overland literary journal
For all the trite, alarmist laments that three times as many children want to be influencers as astronauts, the fact is that countless Australian children are already engaged in the work of influencin...
overland.org.au
February 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Just as parents may struggle to prioritise their children’s privacy and wellbeing when household income is at stake, platforms can’t be relied on to exclude their most profitable creators.”
Isabel Prior on the gap in our child labour laws.
Isabel Prior on the gap in our child labour laws.
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Hey fam, We are on the hunt for some narrators! We need a mature female australian-chinese/australian for a 3k word story & a West coast US young male or NB voice for a 4k LGBTQ+ story - its paid - if interested please send a short audio clip of you narrating something to backstage@escapeartists.net
February 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hey fam, We are on the hunt for some narrators! We need a mature female australian-chinese/australian for a 3k word story & a West coast US young male or NB voice for a 4k LGBTQ+ story - its paid - if interested please send a short audio clip of you narrating something to backstage@escapeartists.net
My final corrected version of VANISH is due today, but there's a brown snake under my writing pod. I can't get to my laptop.
February 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My final corrected version of VANISH is due today, but there's a brown snake under my writing pod. I can't get to my laptop.
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Bundyi Publishing announced today the Bundyi Writing Prize that will be awarded to an outstanding unpublished manuscript of adult fiction by an emerging Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander writer.
www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr...
@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social
Torres Strait Islander writer.
www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr...
@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social
February 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Bundyi Publishing announced today the Bundyi Writing Prize that will be awarded to an outstanding unpublished manuscript of adult fiction by an emerging Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander writer.
www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr...
@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social
Torres Strait Islander writer.
www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr...
@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social
Someone posted some second hand books on our local buy sell swap, including mine. I left a comment complimenting one of the other books.
She deleted the post.
Trying to be funny and making people uncomfortable is like my superpower
She deleted the post.
Trying to be funny and making people uncomfortable is like my superpower
January 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Someone posted some second hand books on our local buy sell swap, including mine. I left a comment complimenting one of the other books.
She deleted the post.
Trying to be funny and making people uncomfortable is like my superpower
She deleted the post.
Trying to be funny and making people uncomfortable is like my superpower
We acquired five extra goats last year, and we can now distinguish them enough for names. The doe has been Latte for a while, and Miss 9 has dubbed a smaller but otherwise identical goat Cawfee*
*In our house we pronounce coffee like Edie Falco in the Sopranos
*In our house we pronounce coffee like Edie Falco in the Sopranos
January 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We acquired five extra goats last year, and we can now distinguish them enough for names. The doe has been Latte for a while, and Miss 9 has dubbed a smaller but otherwise identical goat Cawfee*
*In our house we pronounce coffee like Edie Falco in the Sopranos
*In our house we pronounce coffee like Edie Falco in the Sopranos
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Assumedly due to some clerical error, DESIRE PATHS does not feature on this list.
But it can be pre-ordered right here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
But it can be pre-ordered right here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
January 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Assumedly due to some clerical error, DESIRE PATHS does not feature on this list.
But it can be pre-ordered right here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
But it can be pre-ordered right here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...
I seem to have packed for our move like I was trying to stage the house for an inspect em up mystery game. I just opened a drawstring bag that contained an Instax picture of my daughter and her friend in a Noh mask, a velour hood to help you sleep on planes, and a key to a house we sold 4 years ago
January 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I seem to have packed for our move like I was trying to stage the house for an inspect em up mystery game. I just opened a drawstring bag that contained an Instax picture of my daughter and her friend in a Noh mask, a velour hood to help you sleep on planes, and a key to a house we sold 4 years ago
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c/o @australia.theguardian.com : "Australian books to look forward to in 2025."
#TheThrillofIt March 2025. #thethrillofit #mandybeaumontwriting #newbook #newbookstagrammer #books #2025 #writer #writerscommunity #book #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #australianbooks #crime #crimebook
#TheThrillofIt March 2025. #thethrillofit #mandybeaumontwriting #newbook #newbookstagrammer #books #2025 #writer #writerscommunity #book #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #australianbooks #crime #crimebook
January 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
c/o @australia.theguardian.com : "Australian books to look forward to in 2025."
#TheThrillofIt March 2025. #thethrillofit #mandybeaumontwriting #newbook #newbookstagrammer #books #2025 #writer #writerscommunity #book #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #australianbooks #crime #crimebook
#TheThrillofIt March 2025. #thethrillofit #mandybeaumontwriting #newbook #newbookstagrammer #books #2025 #writer #writerscommunity #book #books #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #australianbooks #crime #crimebook
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"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape - Overland literary journal
The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name...
overland.org.au
January 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_."
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.
Texting friends to see if they're safe from the fires in California, they text back asking if we're safe from the fires in Victoria. Absolutely surreal
January 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Texting friends to see if they're safe from the fires in California, they text back asking if we're safe from the fires in Victoria. Absolutely surreal
The English dialects that don't commonly use the word 'porch' need to come up with their own term for package thieves. I would like to formally propose 'verandah vikings' for Australia
December 19, 2024 at 1:48 AM
The English dialects that don't commonly use the word 'porch' need to come up with their own term for package thieves. I would like to formally propose 'verandah vikings' for Australia
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The last fortnight rolling coverage on AustCrimeFiction:
tinyl.io/BoNl
Highlights were reviewing Present Tense, Cutler & The Chilling. Plus some of the new books that arrived - feels like Christmas has arrived early. The list is mouthwatering :)
#CrimeFiction
#Books
#AustCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
tinyl.io/BoNl
Highlights were reviewing Present Tense, Cutler & The Chilling. Plus some of the new books that arrived - feels like Christmas has arrived early. The list is mouthwatering :)
#CrimeFiction
#Books
#AustCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
Last Fortnight on AustCrime | AustCrimeFiction.org
tinyl.io
December 4, 2024 at 1:40 AM
The last fortnight rolling coverage on AustCrimeFiction:
tinyl.io/BoNl
Highlights were reviewing Present Tense, Cutler & The Chilling. Plus some of the new books that arrived - feels like Christmas has arrived early. The list is mouthwatering :)
#CrimeFiction
#Books
#AustCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
tinyl.io/BoNl
Highlights were reviewing Present Tense, Cutler & The Chilling. Plus some of the new books that arrived - feels like Christmas has arrived early. The list is mouthwatering :)
#CrimeFiction
#Books
#AustCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
Scrolling back through my texts with my publisher and its mostly me providing increasingly bizarre explanations for why I forgot to respond to emails
I wish they were lies, I am just that much of a disaster
I wish they were lies, I am just that much of a disaster
December 4, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Scrolling back through my texts with my publisher and its mostly me providing increasingly bizarre explanations for why I forgot to respond to emails
I wish they were lies, I am just that much of a disaster
I wish they were lies, I am just that much of a disaster
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not to sound like the absolute bore I am but it would be great to see more widespread rage—ie not just from NDIS participants, their loved ones, or NDIS providers—about Labor’s continued dismantling of NDIS supports, including music and art therapies. here’s a low-effort start: sign this petition ⬇️
Sign the Petition
Creative and Experiential Therapies Belong in the NDIS
www.change.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:11 AM
not to sound like the absolute bore I am but it would be great to see more widespread rage—ie not just from NDIS participants, their loved ones, or NDIS providers—about Labor’s continued dismantling of NDIS supports, including music and art therapies. here’s a low-effort start: sign this petition ⬇️
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I was just told that my horror writing class's enrollment is low enough that it might get canceled 💀
If you or anyone you know is interested in getting to know the genre in a fun and accessible way, please check it out! www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
If you or anyone you know is interested in getting to know the genre in a fun and accessible way, please check it out! www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
Thrills & Chills: Horror Story Writing With Nino Cipri
In this four-part seminar, trace the roots of the horror genre and begin crafting a story of your own.
Course Description
The horror genre is a funhouse mirror, offeri...
www.atlasobscura.com
September 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I was just told that my horror writing class's enrollment is low enough that it might get canceled 💀
If you or anyone you know is interested in getting to know the genre in a fun and accessible way, please check it out! www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
If you or anyone you know is interested in getting to know the genre in a fun and accessible way, please check it out! www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...
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Yes yes yes! Submit your poetry manuscripts!
We really do want to see what you've got for us, wildlings😍
Submissions are FREE - yes, really. So read our guidelines (carefully, please) and polish up your manuscript for Monday!
#poetry #submissioncall
animalheartpress.net/submissions/
Submissions are FREE - yes, really. So read our guidelines (carefully, please) and polish up your manuscript for Monday!
#poetry #submissioncall
animalheartpress.net/submissions/
December 27, 2023 at 5:23 AM
Yes yes yes! Submit your poetry manuscripts!
Me: When we build the house, I want a Zoom Cupboard. Like a soundproof booth with the background already staged and a camera mount always in the right position and great lighting
Husband: I don't want to be contrarian, but that's an office. You're saying you want your own office
Husband: I don't want to be contrarian, but that's an office. You're saying you want your own office
December 13, 2023 at 10:59 PM
Me: When we build the house, I want a Zoom Cupboard. Like a soundproof booth with the background already staged and a camera mount always in the right position and great lighting
Husband: I don't want to be contrarian, but that's an office. You're saying you want your own office
Husband: I don't want to be contrarian, but that's an office. You're saying you want your own office
New writing buddy. This one likes to climb on top of the hotplate brooder then complain because it's cold up there.
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December 10, 2023 at 2:26 AM
New writing buddy. This one likes to climb on top of the hotplate brooder then complain because it's cold up there.
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Successful visit to the monthly food swap today 🌱
December 2, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Successful visit to the monthly food swap today 🌱