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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OUT NOW. Head to the link below to get your copy. bit.ly/46RjpuZ

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today we’re thrilled to publish the second piece in our TRIBUTE series — 'a degree in home o’ sexual orientation' by Ox Matiu. Have a read at enbylife.net/2026/09/29/a...

Graphic design image featuring a photo overlooking a valley of hills, green foliage, houses and cars, with a blue sea and sky on the horizon. Black text on a green background reads, ‘'a degree in home o’ sexual orientation' by Ox Matiu’.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A sequence of eight images showing a Strezlecki Koala moving to a lower branch at Morwell National Park last Sunday morning. The last image is a side on shot to more clearly show its face. Soon after I took these the Koala moved around to the shady side of the gum tree.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Check out the very first piece in our TRIBUTE series — 'Ode to Our Becoming' by A. L. Tilly. Head to enbylife.net/2026/09/22/o...

Photo taken from a rocky riverside with straggly green plants. The photo shows us the rippling Magandjin river, tall trees and high rises on the opposite side, and an orange and blue sunset with smatterings of clouds. Black text on a light orange background reads, “’Ode to Our Becoming' by A. L. Tilly.’

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We’ve made our nominations for the @genrepunkmag.bsky.social Awards! Shout out to our amazing creatives and wishing you all the best 💖🎉

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The music gods are sending us a rare and precious gift. dirtythree.bandcamp.com/album/ulteri...

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Ulterior Motives, by Dirty Three

8 track album

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Picked up a copy @paperbackbookshop.bsky.social this morning. They have more copies available.

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's Bandcamp Friday, which means you can get the audiobook of Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode (read by me) and all proceeds will go directly to tiny indie press Rough Trade Books roughtradebooks.bandcamp.com/album/goblin...

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GOBLINHOOD: GOBLIN AS A MODE // JEN CALLEJA, by Jen Calleja

19 track album

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This could be well worth a listen @causticcovercritic.bsky.social It's the newish album by Jacqui Hunt who was lead singer of Single Gun Theory. jacquihunt.bandcamp.com/album/deside...

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DESIDERIUM, by Jacqui Hunt

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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you're in Naarm / Melbourne this Sunday, come along at 3pm to The Wheeler Centre to see deadly Rachel Bin Salleh, Anita Heiss and Jared Thomas reflect on First Nations publishing. Hosted by Daniel James. Free, get tickets here: bit.ly/3Tf2fEh

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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This year Radio National is running a poll asking people to vote for their top Aussie books: People can vote for up to 10 different Australian titles. Let's get some Blak books on this list! Voting closes October 1 2026. Vote here: ab.co/4cm7aK1

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#EnbyLife Journal is open for submissions from non-binary and gender diverse creatives from 1-7 September 2026. September's theme is TRIBUTE. Send us your poetry, microfiction (under 100 words), and art. More info at enbylife.net/submissions/

Graphic design image featuring a textured painting of yellow lemons with green leaves, surrounded by the text, ‘#EnbyLife Journal. Tribute. 1-7 Sept 2026. a journal for non-binary and gender diverse creatives. enbylife.net.’ The background of the image has white and yellow vertical stripes, and there’s a yellow scalloped border around the edge.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We’ve made our nominations for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards! Shout out to our amazing creatives and wishing you all the best. (And we’ll be announcing our nominations for the Genrepunk Awards very soon!)

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our resident Little Raven perched on the chimney.

Image showing a Little Raven perched on a brick chimney with a deep blue morning sky in the background.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Burden and the Blessing by Edith Wright is one of two vitally important releases from Magabala Books in September. The other is The European Mind by Bruce Pascoe.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Voting is open for ABC Radio National's 100 favourite books. It only seems like last month that I was swearing at the last list.

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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Submissions for AIC Creative Grants are currently open! 2 x $10,000 Creative Grants will be awarded to First Nations storytellers, writers, illustrators and artists. We're proud to partner with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) to offer the AIC Creative Grants. Read more: bit.ly/4wSsoGC

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Life skill Gold Medal achievement. Fitting a doona back into the bag it came in.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We’ve made our nominations for Best of the Net! Shout out to our amazing creatives & wishing you all the best 🎉 @bestofthenet.bsky.social (And we’ll be announcing our nominations for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social & Genrepunk Awards @genrepunkmag.bsky.social soon!)

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Age/SMH have finally published the content of The Booklist email. Also included in the article are comments from Maxine Beneba Clarke, a Hachette author who condemned their crap behaviour this week, and Kris Kneen whose new novel, Rites of Spring, is distributed by Alliance.

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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Support Blak poets this #PoetryMonth 📝 If you're looking for recommendations, you can check out our deadly poetry list here: bit.ly/4sZrrej

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Have a read of the next poem in our LINEAGE series — 'A Girl With The Bits Cut Off' by Dandelion Jester. Head to: enbylife.net/2026/08/18/a... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Photo of the sea at night, with dark waves, cloudy sky and a glowing moon. Black text on a light grey-blue background reads, “And the water will close over my flesh / And will not know it either way / And the crabs will love every inch of me. 'A Girl With The Bits Cut Off' by Dandelion Jester.”

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For those who are not Age/SMH or trade pub subscribers this is a good précis of the current situation with the 'hack' which has affected Hachette and their distribution service, Alliance. I couldn't fit all of the second screen grab into the Alt text so I've added the last paragraph below.

It would be a bookseller’s nightmare to be on the verge of the crucial pre-Christmas shopping season − which believe it or not begins next month, with a bumper crop of books coming out − and not be able to get sufficient stock. But that’s what’s happening right now because of a problem with one of our major publishers.

A few weeks ago, something went awry at Hachette. There was what the publisher says was “unauthorised activity” on its computer systems.

The activity, which is said to have occurred on July 18, has played havoc with Hachette’s supply chains and distribution, leaving booksellers frustrated − and that’s putting it mildly.

According to a statement from the publisher, it has got in all sorts of experts who are working tirelessly to get to the bottom of what happened. And also to repair the damage to distribution. Because the “unauthorised activity” has severely disrupted its operations.

Hachette is owned by the French Lagardère Group and is the third-largest trade publisher in the world. In Australia, it also runs Alliance Distribution Services (ADS), which distributes its own titles as well as others, such those published by NewSouth Books and Magabala. Last year ADS shipped more than 16.5 million titles.

Supply is anything but smooth at present and booksellers are increasingly frustrated at the lack of information they are receiving from Hachette. Any communication they do get about the ongoing situation is apparently labelled “private and confidential”.

One who didn’t want to be named told me that while they have had some supply for mid-month releases, the cartons have come in without invoices, which makes things a bit tricky, and their daily re-orders, which replenish dwindling stock, were not being processed.

Hachette has suggested, as a temporary measure, that bricks-and-mortar shops buy stock from online retailer Booktopia, which another bookseller said was “egregious” and another said would be like buying “from the enemy”. Apparently, Hachette has supplied Booktopia with extra stock of about a thousand titles.

Some shops are trying to bring in stock from overseas. One independent bookseller said they were working with Gardners in the UK, which has 500,000+ titles in its warehouses and offers about 5 million ebooks. But establishing new business accounts and sorting out trade discounts takes time, as does getting the books into Australia.

“We are taking a bit of a hit on price and margin,” the bookseller said. “Other than what we’re getting from the UK, we can’t order stock.” They said it was an “insane situation and the lack of communication has been extraordinary … it has been massively disruptive for booksellers and consumers”.

Unauthorised activity is hardly the publisher’s fault and, to be fair, the situation must be a nightmare for Hachette. Among its current titles expected to rush out of the shops in the next few months are Maggie O’Farrell’s Land − one major independent bookseller told me they had been unable to get more stock and now had no copies at all − Andrew Sean Greer’s Villa Coco, David Sedaris′ The Land and its People, and Dr Norman Swan’s The Brain Cliff (due later this month).

In its statement, Hachette said: “Some ongoing limitations to normal distribution operations mean that some forthcoming Hachette Australia titles will require changes to their publication dates and we are in touch with all the authors impacted. We understand that delays create real challenges for authors, booksellers and readers. We apologise for the difficulty and inconvenience caused as we continue to do everything possible to resolve the situation.”

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Have a read of the next poem in our LINEAGE series — 'when they say you don't exist' by Jamez Terry. Head to: enbylife.net/2026/08/12/w... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Photo of white daisies in a field with the sun glinting behind them. Black text on a light green-brown background reads, “stand in your truth. / sink roots into it deep, then / blossom. take up space / with your big, bright, sun-soaking / blooms. make your ancestors proud. ‘when they say you don't exist' by Jamez Terry.”

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It's been wet overnight as you can see by the state of this Magpie. He's still singing away but flight isn't easy.

A very wet Australian Magpie standing on a lawn.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

She doesn't like winter mornings.

Image of a tortoise shell cat hiding under a maroon rug which is on top of a green striped doona cover. The rear paws of the cat are the only part of her which is visible.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Have a read of the next poem in our LINEAGE series — 'actually very sparkly when not always ill' by Jovy Lotus, also featuring artwork by the author titled ‘brain fog’. Head to: enbylife.net/2026/08/04/a... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Artwork of chaotic swirls and lines drawn in black pen. Black text on transparent coloured backgrounds reads, ‘disability disappearing / an impossibility materializing / everything captive inside is / breaking ground on the outside.’ 'actually very sparkly when not always ill' by Jovy Lotus.’

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"Under the trees light is a tissue, layers stuck to layers, light upon light." Song Cycle - Lughnasadh From The Well at Winter Solstice by Eleanor Rees.

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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

As #DisabilityPrideMonth comes to an end, we're sharing a reading list celebrating Magabala books created by Blak disabled artists. As we say goodbye to July, keep reading words from Blak disabled creators. Solidarity isn't seasonal 🖤 Check out the list here: bit.ly/4fItq1o

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Not long finished and I cannot recommend it highly enough, especially for anyone with a love of climate and nature fiction.

Passage from The Given World.

"The valley is a green crease sunk into England since forever, a place as old as anywhere, water-formed and still shaped by the river with its springs and tributaries and long-forgotten wells, its ford where horses and wagons once splashed through the shallows and now locals know to take their cars the long way round, by the road bridge, when the water's high. It is a place of wide, flat meadows, in summer sunlit and golden and now, in autumn, tangled and wet. On a hill and old stone priory watches over the little village below it, and can no longer atone for its sins."

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I'm a bit over halfway through The Given World by Melissa Harrison after starting it this morning and it was a wrench to put it down for the day. Will have to finish it tomorrow.

Image of the cover of The Given World by Melissa Harrison.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Have a read of the next piece in our LINEAGE series — 'A Queer History of Flowers' by Jack Anthony. Head to enbylife.net/2026/07/28/a... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Front cover of a zine with collaged text that reads ‘A Queer History of Flowers. At the bottom of the page is a vintage painting of Sappho embracing another woman, their faces close together, while they sit on a bench surrounded by foliage.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In the end a satisfying though nonetheless challenging read with a large caveat. Parts of Drift are set in 1820's Northern Tasmania with the violence of that time and its continued trauma today prominent. That is far from enjoyable and I sincerely wish I hadn't used that word in my earlier post.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Drift - Brian Castro I think I picked up this up for a dollar at the a second book sale. It’s shaping up to be one of the most enjoyable dollars I’ve ever spent.

Screenshot of a passage from Drift by Brian Castro.

Tell me, he said, lighting up a cigarette. The smoke he exhaled smelled differently to that which came from the cigarette … presumably carrying some pulmonary component. Tell me, he said again, do you use many words in your writing?

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A little audio recording of a Southern Superb Lyrebird on Fosters Gully Track at Morwell National Park. I've combined the audio recording with a still image of where I was setup to make it compatible with Bluesky.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Rainbow and Moon in the late afternoon winter sky.

Image shows the moon above a rainbow. The sky is mainly blue with a few wispy clouds. In the foreground there is flowering tree on the left, a large silver birch without leaves and a fruit laden kumquat tree on the right.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A Flirtation in Birds - Bruce Pascoe From No Hiding from the Woman in the Moon

Image of the poem, A Flirtation in Birds by Bruce Pascoe.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Small apology to those who followed it but… …THANK FUCK THAT BLOATED OVERHYPED WANKFEST IS OVER!!!

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The shite start to the week as been equalled by the finish with the passing of Brenda Fricker. I have no words to describe her reading of Voice by Majella Kelly. youtu.be/-uaOk62Y6mw

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Brenda Fricker performs 'Voice' by Majella Kelly | The Late Late Show | RTÉ One

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Crescent Moon and Venus in the late afternoon sky.

Image shows a crescent new moon just below venus in the centre top third of a clear sky. The colours of a sunset is visible in the bottom third of the image along with the tops of trees, roofs of houses and a single street lamp.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Stolen goods. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Two frames. 1. Scene at night outside a building at ground level where there’s a person visible in a room one floor up. Two black clad, hooded robbers with AI emblazoned on chest and back. Giant hole in the wall they’ve presumably made. Bricks and a tool bag to one side. One holds a large mallet standing by while another pulls a large crate marked “INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY” out through the hole in the wall.
2. The robbers are sprung in torchlight standing by the crate and the hole in the wall. One has pulled back balaclava and says, “Pay for it?! But we just happened to find it here on the street.”

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Have a read of the next poem in our LINEAGE series — 'The Word' by Michael Earp. Head to enbylife.net/2026/07/17/t... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Social media tile featuring a grainy analogue photo of pink and white flowers with green stems, a clear blue sky behind them. Black text on transparent coloured backgrounds read, “Was it that I didn't know / how to be queer / in front of her, / when I didn't know how to be / anything else? ’The Word' by Michael Earp”.

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Check out the next poem in our brand new LINEAGE series — 'In line' by Alex Dunkin @alexdunkin.bsky.social Have a read at enbylife.net/2026/07/14/i... Catch up on the full Lineage series so far at enbylife.net/tag/lineage/

Photo of a small white flower growing in dark green grass. Black text on transparent backgrounds reads, ‘The lushness on the prickling greens is trimmed and controlled in a perfect mask. An artificial boundary cuts off its natural reach. A single bud rises from the shadows. 'In line' by Alex Dunkin.’

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#EnbyLife Journal @enbylife.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Happy International Non-Binary People’s Day 💛🤍💜🖤 We can’t quite believe it - #EnbyLife Journal turns 10 this month! 🎉🤩

Celebratory graphic marking the 10th anniversary of #EnbyLife Journal. A green background with purple flowers frames a white rounded rectangle containing the text ‘#EnbyLife Journal’ and ‘Happy 10 Years!’ in large green lettering. The website ‘enbylife.net’ appears at the bottom.

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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Superb Lyrebird at Morwell National Park yesterday. When I came across the Lyrebird on the track it was only a couple of metres away. Amazingly it looked at me, calmly turned around, then wandered off the track and stopped a few metres away.

Image of a Superb Lyrebird in some low bush. It's facing away from the camera which allows a good view its ornate tail feathers.

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