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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sydney-based authors and illustrators - Sydney Children's Hospital School is looking for someone to visit their K–12 students around Book Week and beyond. Small groups K-6 and 7-12, flexible dates, volunteer role. Details 👇

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

'If you were guaranteed your next book would be published…would you produce the same book or would it be different?' (Richard Yaxley at GenreCon) When you go to a writing conference and there's way too many great takeaways so you pop it all into a blog to share with other authors.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Alliance of Independent Authors has launched the Indie Author Bookstore — a global discovery hub for independently published books across all genres. 📚

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

For some reason Test match cricket on in the background makes book editing soooo much easier.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The 2026 list of Australian Writers Festivals is here! All the latest dates, new festivals and your old favourites! Famous, debut and local authors to discover In glorious locations near and far. Which are your faves? annafeatherstone.com/writing-reso...

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List of Australian Writers Festivals and Writers Conferences updated for 2026

If you’re a writer or reader planning a holiday, make it one for your creative spirit by planning it around a writers festival or writers conference! Australia has so many wonderful writers festivals,...

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

So great to see! A win for writers and the community at large.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 24/07/2025

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Non-fiction authors: between AI, short reads and global opportunities there's plenty on the horizon. I had a great convo with Matty Dalrymple from ALLi about non-fiction trends and an indie author approach. 👉 annafeatherstone.com/the-future-f...

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The Future for Non-Fiction: Trends, Tidbits & Tactics for Indie Authors

As the Alliance of Independent Authors’ Non-Fiction Advisor, I recently sat down (across the world via Zoom) for one of my regular catch up sessions with ALLi Campaigns Manager Matty Dalrymple. We wer...

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Dr Annetta Mallon PhD @gdepau.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Got plans today at lunchtime? Join me today at 1pm AEST to learn what works for me and how to maximise your presence on this platform. FRIDAY 13 June, 1PM AEST – “Exploring Bluesky” Facebook link is here: lnkd.in/gX46ETtU On Zoom: Meeting ID 893 7026 9599 Invite Link lnkd.in/gmUteBgS 🧵 1/3

a green, black and white graphic poster inviting people to an online event for Exploring Bluesky with Dr Annetta Mallon. There is an inset picture of a smiling woman with white curly hair, a big smaile and a denim jacket to the lower left.

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

As @adambecker.bsky.social makes clear in his new book, More Everything Forever, we’re not going to colonize Mars. What’s underneath the desire of tech oligarchs to take us there is deeply disturbing. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...

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We're Not Going to Colonize Mars

On Adam Becker's new book and the people who are going to destroy the universe in the name of saving "humanity."

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"Authors shouldn’t have to always be so suspicious of unexpected outreach...That gushing out-of-the-blue review or fan letter may be exactly the day-brightening surprise it appears to be…but there’s also a non-zero possibility that it’s a prelude to a scam." writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/t...

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Two to Avoid: Book Order Scams and Fake Reviews - Writer Beware

Scammers are nothing if not inventive. As writers become wise to their techniques, they invent new ones. Here are two newish frauds that appear to be on the rise. As with most writing scams these days...

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Writers - there are some incredible pitching sessions, literary agent one-on-ones, signed books, manuscript appraisals & more up for auction today from the auslit and kidlit community…even a crocheted reading blanket by Hannah Kent airauctioneer.com/authors-and-...

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Crochet reading blanket, handmade by Hannah Kent, PLUS signed copy of any of her published books

Award-winning, best-selling author Hannah Kent will make you a crochet reading blanket in your colour preference PLUS send a personalised, signed copy of one of her books: Burial Rites, The Good Peopl...

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Any authors out there doing a 'climate edit', 'climate read' or 'climate pass' on their manuscripts? Loving this concept from albert and Sustainable Screens Australia - there's so much we writers can be doing to create a better world. Some info from the workshop...

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Who/what/how/when…tell me the creation story of #posterpit please. So fun to see all these books and manuscripts getting the movie poster treatment.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A human chain of books! Town of Tuplin wins the book lover award today, forming a 300m human chain to help a bookstore move 9,100 books, one-by-one, to a new shop location. Alphabetised too! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one

A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront

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Australian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Ahead of the federal election, the ASA is joining publishers, librarians, and booksellers in a shared election platform for the book industry. bookscreate.com.au

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Election platform for books and reading • Books Create Australia

Australia’s authors, publishers, booksellers and librarians urge candidates to back books and reading during this Federal Election.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Cannot work out if this is real, or if a disgruntled bar employee was having a joke (and printed and laminated multiple copies of said joke). Tasting notes of 'sea brine, brioche & mushroom'??? Is that a thing for a sparkling wine? Does that sound like something you'd actually want to drink?

A drink menu from a bar describes a sparkling wine as having hints of 'sea brine, brioche and mushroom'.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Ooh, foodies in Sydney...a cookbook fare this weekend! "Help save quality cookbooks and books about food and wine from landfill and be part of the feel-good care, circular and creative economies...the books are curated and some are highly prized and collectable

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Got out of my non-fiction comfort zone recently and hung out with writers of fantasy, romance, crime and sci-fi at a writers convention! Who knew you were all so fun...even with your scary (and sometimes kind!) dragons, vampires and shapeshifters! Highly recommend author cross-overs like this!

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

If you're in need of something pretty to look at right now, check out the 2025 longlist for The Australian Book Design Awards. I especially love checking out the series' covers to see how designers craft such strong brands. Which are your faves? abda.com.au/the-73rd-aus...

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The 73rd Australian Book Design Awards Longlist - Australian Book Designers Association

ABDA is thrilled to present the Longlist for the 73rd Australian Book Design Awards. This year’s longlist showcases the most original, beautiful and inspiring books published in Australia in 2024. Let...

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Author Steff Green at GenreCon giving perfectionist writers some breathing room. That doesn't mean permission to put out shoddy books, it means really working on your craft and getting the right mentoring, editing & proofreading support. Excellence doesn't need to lead to paralysis. #authorthreads

A creamy paper ripped exposing a lush purple pattern with the quote from author Steff Green: 'There's a balance between the absolute best product you can put out...and actually putting out books.'

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Am seeing more and more book deals being offered by traditional publishers to indie authors, and indie authors being able to carve out certain rights. It's great for publishers to get an injection of indie author marketing nous, great for authors to reach new readers, but...

A velvety purple background with a quote from author Steff Green aka Steffanie Holmes and the text: '10 years ago indie authors would not have had a chance with trad publishers, that has shifted because publishers know indie authors know their audience.'

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Love the encouragement at GenreCon from author Steff Green...here's to sticking to my happy writing lane! #authorthreads

A background comprising a creamy white paper ripped exposing a velvety purple background with a quote from author Steff Green aka Steffanie Holmes and the text: 'You want to enjoy what you're actually writing or otherwise you might as well be an investment banker'.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Great author workshop and wise words from the spookily creative Steff Green at #Genrecon

A velvety purple background with a quote from author Steff Green aka Steffanie Holmes and the text: You can't build a backlist out of books you haven't published'.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Audiobooks: how do you distribute them globally if you're a trad author buying back your rights, or an indie author ready for listeners to hit play? What are the best translation markets? How do you promote it? And what platforms do you want to be on? #Authorthreads

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Jo Case @jocaseau.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Gorgeous little piece on street libraries and the pleasures of discovery - and secretly getting to know your neighbours through shared books. 💓📚

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Because it matters to tiny organisms you don't even see, to the cute floofballs you love, to people you will ever know. Thank you @djspratt.bsky.social for all you do and for this clear-eyed report on #climatechange. 'Collision Course: How close are we to 3C?'.

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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

ICYMI this week's reviews: Braham Dabscheck on Todd Ley's memoir Smashed: Tennis prodigies, parents, and parasites Karen Chisholm on Catherine Jinks' new novel Panic newtownreviewofbooks.com.au @annafeatherstone.bsky.social @textpublishing.bsky.social @austcrimefiction.org #BookSky 💙 📚

Image of cover of book Smashed by Todd Ley, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

Image of cover of book Panic by Catherine Jinks, reviewed by Karen Chisholm in the Newtown Review of Books.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Random q for #booksky. Does anyone know of any whimsical novels written by artists or craftspeople…that includes a nod or a whole hug of their art/craft?

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Freelance Jungle @freelancejungle.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hey freelancer, always choose the person who chooses you back. How do you spot that person in a crowd? They: Are optimistic about your success Inspire you & increases your courage Feed possibility And when they give you advice, you can feel their belief, not their doubts, running through it.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

What happens to the kids who don’t make the final of a tennis grand slam when that was what they were raised to do? Excellent new behind-the-scenes memoir/expose: SMASHED by Todd Ley. #AustralianOpen

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Book index and book indexer appreciation post: There are hundreds of specialists around the world helping make books even more useful by crafting great indexes. On behalf of a book lover and author, thank you! #booksky

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

So much happening at the #AusOpen and so much goes on behind the scenes in tennis. I've had the extraordinary opportunity to work with former junior World #1 Todd Ley on his electric memoir/expose of the industry.

At the AusOpen tennis former world #1 junior Todd Ley (bearded, dark hair, sunglasses, white patterned shirt) holds his book SMASHED (the cover depicts an illustration of a tennis player trapped in/trying to escape the strings of a racket) in a crowded tennis stadium. Blue skies and shade cloth above.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Buzzing crowds and beautiful day at the Australian Open - and Todd Ley’s new book release shining some unfiltered light on the behind the scenes of the #tennis world. ‘SMASHED: Tennis prodigies, parents and parasites’ is out now.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The Australian Open #tennis is ready to get underway, have you a favourite sporting memoir?

The covers of 8 tennis memoirs and autobiographies featuring the faces of Jelena Jokic, Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Ash Barty, RAFA, Naomi Osaka, Arthur Ashe and also Conor Niland's book which features a broken racket and Todd Ley's book which is an illustation of a player trying to break free of and through the broken strings of a tennis racket.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Does anyone else read widely in memoir/autobiography but has never picked up a sport memoir before? That was me - until last year, but have found some crackers. annafeatherstone.com/game-set-mem... #tennis

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Melbournians, writers and visitors to the #ausopen, former world #1 junior champion, coach and author Todd Ley will be in conversation at Richmond Library speaking about his new memoir/expose 'SMASHED: Tennis prodigies, parents and parasites'. It's a fascinating and important read! Wed 15 Jan, 3pm.

A dark-bearded man stares directly at the camera. Below is a book cover with an illustrated male tennis player trying to break through/out of the strings of a tennis racket. The text is: Author talk - Todd Ley - Richmond Library.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

One for the authors: Is 2025 the year your book becomes more readily available in libraries? Join Mark Leslie Lefebvre and I on the latest ALLi podcast. We share how to give your books the best chance of being picked up by librarians locally & globally. selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-how-...

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How to Get Your Books into Libraries: The Self-Publishing with ALLi Podcast Featuring Anna Featherstone

Learn how to get your books into libraries as Anna Featherstone and Mark Leslie Lefebvre discuss distribution and working with librarians.

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Anna Featherstone @annafeatherstone.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

In addition to Lending Rights, another reason why it's great to be an author in Australia...NED. NED is not just a chant of 'Long live books!', it's an extraordinary framework created by great librarians. to ensure that they do.

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