Do you work in #publishing #AusLit #OzLit #BookPublishingIndustry #BookPublishing? Then you are probably doing unpaid overtime, facing structural barriers to success and earning less than you’re worth!
@meaa is collecting data on pay & conditions in the book industry, have your say here:
https://meaa-bookindustry.carrd.co
(Not for authors - posting in #solidarity 🖤 & shared frustration)
#union #JoinTheUnion
#publishing #auslit #ozlit #BookPublishingIndustry #bookpublishing #solidarity #union #jointheunion
Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners, including @spacerookie @amandakool!
https://locusmag.com/2023/06/2022-aurealis-awards-winners/
#Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Fantasy #SpecFic #SpeculativeFiction #Australia #OzLit #AusLit
#auslit #ozlit #Australia #speculativefiction #specfic #Fantasy #SciFi #sciencefiction #bookstodon #Books
Indigenous author Debra Dank sweeps NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with memoir We Come With This Place:
#OzLit #Books #WomenWriters
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/nsw-premiers-literary-award-winners-debra-dank-indigenous-memoir/102375926
Australian authors: Guess what opens for applications today? The EMDG Grant program! Have you ever applied for a creative, SME or book marketing grant before? I've been working with Amra Pajalic on a new course all about how to successfully find & apply.
#Australia #AustralianWriters #AustralianAuthors #EMDG #writinggrants #writingcommunity #AuthorsofMastodon #AmraPajalic #literarygrants #AusLit #OzLit #AusWrites #AusWriters #amwriting #ampublishing #indieauthors #indieauthor #bookmarketing
#australia #australianwriters #australianauthors #emdg #writinggrants #writingcommunity #authorsofmastodon #amrapajalic #literarygrants #auslit #ozlit #auswrites #auswriters #amwriting #ampublishing #indieauthors #indieauthor #bookmarketing
🌿 So pleased to be on the shortlist and have my work included in the FUTURES story anthology with @glimmer_press - a small press based on Kaurna land in my old hometown Adelaide. Great to be among some familiar names on the list!
#shortstories #climatefiction #smallpress #ozlit @auslit @bookstodon #anthology #amwriting #shortlist
#shortstories #climatefiction #smallpress #ozlit #anthology #amwriting #shortlist
Congrats to everyone on the Aurealis Awards shortlist, including @spacerookie tanaudel@wandering.shop @garthnix @AlanBaxter @ScottSteensma @Fordwalker !
https://aurealisawards.org/2023/03/09/2022-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/
#AurealisAwards #OzLit #AusLit #AustralianAuthors #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #SFF #Books #Bookstodon
#bookstodon #Books #sff #Fantasy #sciencefiction #australianauthors #auslit #ozlit #aurealisawards
hell prolonged
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker), ‘Municipal Gum’ #poetry #ozlit #literature #oodgeroonoonuccal
#poetry #ozlit #literature #oodgeroonoonuccal
What makes a writer happy? A great series in The Guardian asks writers what brings them joy these days. This response from Helen Garner...wow.
Reading it makes me think that what would make me happy is being able to write like this.
#writingcommunity #HelenGarner #TheGuardian #writingcommunity #authors #author #onwriting #bookstodon #Australia #AustralianWriters #OzLit #AusLit #nonfictionauthors #nonfiction
#writingcommunity #helengarner #theguardian #authors #author #onwriting #bookstodon #australia #australianwriters #ozlit #auslit #nonfictionauthors #nonfiction
This memoir! 'Unknown'. An important, well written, inspiring, challenging, change-inducing gift to Australia and the world from Akuch Kuol Anyieth. From war-torn South Sudan, to Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, to Australia this 📕 will break your heart but also make it beat. It throws out a challenge to all Australians (and people of other nations) to think about how we can better support and welcome people who have experienced inter-generational trauma. It also throws out another challenge: how to finish it in one sitting because you won’t want to put it down. Real people, real places and experiences, a really worthwhile read. Published by Text Publishing.
#Australia #BookRecommendation #BookReview #refugeeexperience
#Melbourne #books #memoir #SouthSudan #Kenya #AkuchKuolAnyieth #AustralianWriters #AustralianAuthors #AusLit #AustralianPublishers #OzLit #memoirwriting @bookstodon
#australia #bookrecommendation #bookreview #refugeeexperience #melbourne #books #memoir #southsudan #kenya #akuchkuolanyieth #australianwriters #australianauthors #auslit #australianpublishers #ozlit #memoirwriting
Feet may fail
On the surface
of the waters
Yet let me walk
Amongst the waves
To test my doubt
Against my faith
Pencil on A5 paper
#Drawing #PencilDrawing #LineDrawing #Staedtler #StaedtlerPencils #MakeSomething #MakeArt #CreateArt #CreateSomething #TheDrumAndPage #writer #author #AusAuthor #OzLit
#drawing #pencildrawing #linedrawing #Staedtler #staedtlerpencils #makesomething #makeart #createart #createsomething #thedrumandpage #writer #author #ausauthor #ozlit
Jesica Au's beautiful novel Cold Enough for Snow about a woman going to Japan with her mother has won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. (Shown here with some of my old favourites of Japanese Literature.)
#jessicaau
#coldenoughforsnow
#ozlit
#australiannovels
#writingawards
#writingcommunity
#bookstadon
#essaysinidleness
#anthologyofjapanesliterature
#asicrossedabridgeofdreams
[ID: Pale green and dark green book with white text Jessica Au Cold Enough for Snow on stack of books against pale green wall.]
#jessicaau #coldenoughforsnow #ozlit #australiannovels #writingawards #writingcommunity #bookstadon #essaysinidleness #anthologyofjapanesliterature #asicrossedabridgeofdreams
For writers with disability or who are D/deaf who are based in New South Wales - Varuna Writers House is offering Writers Space residencies again online or in person. Contact Varuna for more info via the link.
#ozlit #nsw #disability #deaf #writers
Ahem - $12.9 million for lending rights to cover ebooks and audio books.
Excuse me while I got dance on some tables :) YIPPPPEEEEEEEEEE Hige thanks to the authors, librarians and others who joined us on this journey
#LendingRights #PLR #ELR #Libraries #Library #LIS #ebooks A#audiobooks #Reading #OzLit #LoveOzYA #Books #Bookstodon
#lendingrights #plr #elr #libraries #library #lis #ebooks #reading #ozlit #loveozya #books #bookstodon
Ahem - $12.9 million for lending rights to cover evooks and audio books.
Excuse me while I got dance on some tables :) YIPPPPEEEEEEEEEE Hige thanks to the authors, librarians and others who joined us on this journey
#LendingRights #PLR #ELR #Libraries #Library #LIS #ebooks A#audiobooks #Reading #OzLit #LoveOzYA #Books #Bookstodon
#lendingrights #plr #elr #libraries #library #lis #ebooks #reading #ozlit #loveozya #books #bookstodon
Travelling around recently I came across this street sign so I popped back with a copy of its namesake (although not the suburb the book or album is named after).
It's been two years since this little collection came forth and I am still super proud of it.
Now I'm waiting on @solkyri latest release.
#MountPleasantChapbook #MountPleasant #Solkyri #postrock #AustralianPostRock #writing #SuburbanRealism #OzLit
#mountpleasantchapbook #mountpleasant #solkyri #postrock #australianpostrock #writing #suburbanrealism #ozlit
Highly recommend Grace Chan’s Every Version of You if you like your SF super smart & full of heartache #bookstodon #ozlit #auslit
To bring in the new year, I've finally sorted out the issues with my newsletter system & started afresh. If you'd like to receive email updates about my books & projects, or if you were previously subscribed, you can sign-up to the revamped newsletter on my website!
#Books #Author #Newsletter #Writing #WritingLife #Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Solarpunk #Adventure #Novels #ShortStories #OzLit #AusLit #Fiction #Heart
#heart #fiction #auslit #ozlit #shortstories #novels #adventure #SolarPunk #sciencefiction #SciFi #Fantasy #writinglife #Writing #newsletter #author #Books
What’s you undiscovered Classic? Any of these on your list? https://stella.org.au/2022/12/ask-a-librarian-undiscovered-classics/ #Libraries #AustraliaReads #Reading #SummerReading #Books #OzLit
#libraries #AustraliaReads #reading #summerreading #books #ozlit
Book Mail and Certificate Day here at The Drum and Page
Thanks to @blacktowncitycouncil @blacktowncitylibraries and @westwordsws
It never gets old seeing your work in print. I feel very privileged to have succeeded thus far.
#WritingCompetition #BlacktownCouncil #WestWords #writer #author #OzLit #TheDrumAndPage
#writingcompetition #blacktowncouncil #westwords #writer #author #ozlit #thedrumandpage