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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 35m

It was only 50 years ago that mega sporting organisations such as #FIFA and the #IOC had nothing. buff.ly/0F5DFhr

Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't miss out! Be included on the Collector's Honour Roll of the Third Edition of the Encyclopedia of #Socceroos. Purchase by the end of today to be included. buff.ly/3LxP8cq

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

REMINDER #Socceroos fans. It's the last day tomorrow to have your name included in the Collectors Roll Call for the latest and best edition of the Encyclopedia of Socceroos. Out in November. #EoS3 #AUSBRA

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Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/long-befor... By Patrick Nally, the "godfather" of sports marketing

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Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square

Patrick Nally is known by many as the godfather of sports marketing, a man who took the IOC and FIFA from barely solvent to unbelievable riches.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Join our author Sue Woolfe at Readings State Library of VIC on Monday 05.10.26 to hear about her novel, 'The Girl Who Climbed on Rooves'. Register via the QR code. #literaryfiction #bookevents #statelibraryvic #suewoolfe

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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Find me an artist in Australia who wants to “opt in”? We are unified. We opt out. Full stop.” Ben Quilty on #copyright laws and AI. www.smh.com.au/national/nic...

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Nice work on the Medicare hack, Albo, but you’re still letting AI steal my art

Come to Australia, steal and plunder. That’s the prime minister’s message to the AI giants.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

REMINDER: Pre-Order the Third Edition of the Encyclopedia of #Socceroos before the end of this month to be included in the Collector's Honour Roll. buff.ly/MYX10wq

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Time to add another book to your TBR pile…

The only thing worse than buying too many books is not buying enough…

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

OUT SOON from Fair Play Publishing: HOSTING THE WORLD by James Johnson, the inside playbook on winning, building and delivering the most successful #WomensWorldCup in history, out November 2026. How do you actually host the world? He'll tell you. buff.ly/LI8ebtD

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Hosting the World

What does it actually take to host the world? Winning the right to stage a FIFA World Cup, an Olympic Games or a Commonwealth Games is just the beginning. The real work - the politics, the planning,…

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Mel Brennan @segunirora.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

He looked me in the eye and said "It'll get better, and soon." Then he grabbed me by both shoulders and said "If you MAKE it better." Yes George, only if we MAKE it better....

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"We could hear that a calamity was indeed happening, nearby, but elsewhere. The devastation sucked the soundscape out of the rest of the city, as if those not directly involved were surplus to requirements: which we were." @jeanolafc.bsky.social writing about being in #NewYork 25 years ago.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

How did sport get to where it is? Read this - out next month - and find out. buff.ly/ZzunXig

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citizenfra.bsky.social @citizenfra.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Adored her. She never lived in anyone’s shadow; even Bob’s. We have lost a gifted writer and kick arse Woman. Vale you unforgettable dame.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Blanche d’Alpuget. Blanche was a remarkable Australian writer, and it was an enormous privilege for Fair Play Publishing to publish her final novel, The Bunny Club, in 2025.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026

Good news: he lost.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Got a young bloke who loves football and adventure, but isn’t always quite so enthusiastic about books? Try RIPPA II: YOUNG PILGRIM by P.J. Laverty. Football ⚽ Travel 🌍 Adventure. And a young boy discovering a much bigger world. Out now from really good bookstores...or from us!

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Father’s Day: socks & jocks ❌ A cracking rugby league story ✔️ JUMPING JACK by Garry Jack with Adam Hawse. Balmain, Australia, Origin, 1989 and plenty of stories from behind the scenes. Available from really good bookstores (and us). 📚 #RugbyLeague #FathersDay

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Father's Day is a week away. Order by tomorrow (Sun 30 Aug) to be safe, and use DAD2026 for a little something from us. 🎁 buff.ly/RA7CRxf

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Put your name in Socceroos history. Order the third edition ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCCEROOS by 30 September and you'll be listed in the Collector's Honour Roll. $79.95, Australian postage included. New blog live now. buff.ly/i58klS6

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Encyclopedia of Socceroos (Third Edition)

The complete story of Australia's men's national football team. For more than a century, the Socceroos have represented Australia across continents, generations and eras. From the pioneers of the…

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Two clocks ticking: #BookWeek is here and #FathersDay is close. Our eight Father's Day picks ship in time if you order by Sunday 30 August. Code DAD2026 for a surprise. 🎁 buff.ly/RA7CRxf

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#BookWeek: stories of women who would not stay where they were put. RADICALISED BY FIFA, WOMAN OFFSIDE, WHATEVER IT TAKES, THE GIRL WHO CLIMBED ON ROOVES, GET YOUR T*TS OUT FOR THE LADS and THE RIM OF THE SKY. buff.ly/iJisi3y

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's Book Week! 🎉 For young readers who'd rather be on the field but might just be talked into a book. Start with RIPPA II! YOUNG PILGRIM and explore our whole junior list. buff.ly/jhBUgR5

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Everything we make is chosen, edited and shipped by a small Australian team who genuinely love these books. Backing an indie publisher makes a real difference - thank you. 📚 www.fairplaypublishing.com.au

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Fair Play Publishing

An independent publisher of really good non-fiction and fiction books about sport and life.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Memoir. Exposé. Manifesto. FIXING FOOTBALL is Mel Brennan's account from inside CONCACAF — and the case for reform that outlasts any tournament. buff.ly/9B74OxA

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Every #Socceroo. Every cap. Every goal. The third edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCCEROOS is coming. Order by 30 September to have your name in the Collector's Honour Roll. buff.ly/aUck00H (Cover to come).

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For readers who like their history with courage, intrigue and heart: THE RIM OF THE SKY follows a young woman confronting patriarchy and duty in revolutionary Russia. buff.ly/QqvUaHw

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

It's #FathersDay soon (6 September). Our eight picks (plus code DAD2026 for a little surprise) are ready when you are. 🎁 buff.ly/NDSVs2C

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The godfather of sports marketing you've never heard of. GAME CHANGER by Patrick Nally is the story of how one man shaped a global industry, and how his part was almost erased. Out 6 Oct. Pre-order now. buff.ly/Ld22JLz

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The #WorldCup is over. The questions about who runs football are not. FIXING FOOTBALL is Mel Brennan's view from inside CONCACAF - memoir, exposé and a reform agenda. buff.ly/jvy9v0R

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Midweek reminder: free shipping anywhere in Australia when you spend over $65 with Fair Play Publishing. Sport, life and lived experience. Have a browse at our shelves. fairplaypublishing.com.au

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Fair Play Publishing

An independent publisher of really good non-fiction and fiction books about sport and life.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tomorrow is International Youth Day. Meet the gifted young footballer who'd rather do almost anything than train: RIPPA II! YOUNG PILGRIM - for #teenage #football fans, and older ones who remember what it was like. ⚽ buff.ly/uK8W0y6

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Stuck for Father's Day? Our new blog rounds up eight books for the dad who has everything (except these). Use DAD2026 at checkout for a little surprise from us. 🎁 buff.ly/NDSVs2C

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#Weekend question. #Fiction or #nonfiction to unwind? We're no help at all. We publish both. 😄 fairplaypublishing.com.au

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Who invented modern sports marketing? A name most people have never heard: Patrick Nally. GAME CHANGER tells the story of the man the industry quietly wrote out. Out 6 October. Pre-orders open now. buff.ly/Ld22JLz

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Four very different new books, one independent publisher: THE CASTOFFS, RIPPA II! YOUNG PILGRIM, FIXING FOOTBALL and THE RIM OF THE SKY. Fiction, football and history. Which would you pick up first? fairplaypublishing.com.au

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

⚽📚 Great feature for PJ Laverty & RIPPA II Young Pilgrim in GT Magazine. Joey Rippa: a Perth surfer chasing a football dream in cold 1980s England, homesick for the waves. PJ's mission is to get young blokes reading, one "gateway" yarn at a time. fairplaypublishing.com.au #FootballFiction

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One of our very fine football novels hits the nail on the head of what sport is about - and it's not private equity. buff.ly/XuA2f58

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A veteran sports journalist facing redundancy. A mysterious red pigeon. A fox colony. An under-nine rugby team. THE CASTOFFS is a Sydney novel about everyone, and everything, living at the margins. buff.ly/5xYEtzm

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The Castoffs

Sydney, the early 2000s. Lou Spanner is a veteran sports journalist facing redundancy, a man whose world is shrinking just as he begins to notice the wild things living at its edges. When he kills a…

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New month, new reading. Four very different new books from one small independent Australian publisher - contemporary fiction, comic football fiction, a football exposé and historical fiction. Where would you start? 📚 buff.ly/qfzu0rF

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

What's it like trying to reform #football? Just ask Lise Klaveness from 🇳🇴⚽️ who has tried to so from within (spoiler alert: it doesn't work). Journalist & author, Marius Lien, spent a year following her as she tried to do so. buff.ly/fZ4NjTv

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Prof Jean Williams @jeanolafc.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New FIFA scandal, old FIFA scandal, writing about the failure to reform for nearly 30 years and can feel like on a loop. Read about how this poor governance has impacted the women’s World Cup since 1999 in Radicalised by FIFA, @fairplaybooks.bsky.social & t’will undoubtedly affect Brazil 2027.

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

OUT NOW: The Castoffs by Phil Wilkins. A fox killed on a pre-dawn drive. A fierce old man guarding a hidden colony. A schoolboy rugby team nobody wanted. And a mystery above the Harbour Bridge. Literary fiction with a sporting heart from one of Australia's finest sports writers. buff.ly/Y3wkhno

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