Editor of @TheMonthly. Host of #readthis (https://teapawt.org/t.co/JDlc29gBwZ) Former artistic director @SydWritersFest. Former director of Melbourne's @wheelercentre.
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“Today has been an incredibly tough day for #trans and gender diverse students sitting in classrooms across the country, waiting to see what the Government is going to say about whether they should be protected from discrimination or not…” 1/6 from @ABCthedrum #auspol
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I love it when cultural warriors try to cancel someone because they are outraged by something that didn’t happen.
ALT Professor Sutton complaining about school curricula being changed to conform with Dark Emu
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If nothing else, Israel's ferocious violence has exposed the West as morally bankrupt. If televised ethnic cleansing and press towers being blown up isn't worthy of European condemnation, Europe has no role in the coming century.
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Where's Wallace, String? Where the fuck is Wallace? #Debates2020
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Here’s what Lindsey Graham, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, had to say in 2018 about a possible presidential election year SCOTUS vacancy
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This is the piece I never wanted to publish. nymag.com/intelligencer/2020…
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🙌You can still watch 2020 @edbookfest events on-demand, including @TheBookerPrizes-longlisted authors @efie41209591 Tsitsi Dangarembga, @hilarymantel, Colum McCann, @MaazaMengiste, and @Doug_D_Stuart👇
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👀for @TheBookerPrizes shortlist announcement today
ALT Maaza Mengiste talks with Jess Brough at the 2020 Edinburgh International Book Festival online.
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I think twitter could be filled with good reviews of Shuggie Bain. I would be happy to see that @john_self @TheTimes #memoir #bookerprize2020 thetimes.co.uk/article/shugg…
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I don't know about you but I think @edbookfest are totally knocking it OUT THE PARK with their online festival. Standing ovation!!! 👏👏👏
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Is there any other year (reminder it’s only June) when the ABC have consistently proven and reminded us how essential, crucial and relevant they are to people’s lives? This year, they have literally saved lives as an emergency broadcaster.
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Greeting the first visitor through our doors after the longest closure in the Library’s history. Welcome back, Jo! ☺️
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The news chopper highlights the huge volume of people who are currently at the #BlackLivesMatter rally in #Melbourne. Looks like many are quite spread out, trying to keep their distance from others.
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Applications for Year 3 of The Next Chapter are open. You have until August 10 to apply for: $15,000 to develop your writing/an amazing mentor to help bring your writing to life/a chance to connect with peers, publishers & readers. Go on, get in there: buff.ly/2AxJ1RN
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#JusticeForTanyaDay
Coroner finds that the V/Line officer who woke #TanyaDay up and called the police - rather than calling an ambulance - was influenced by unconscious bias and his decision making was influenced by her Aboriginality. First finding of racism in the case.