Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mum, I have ten rainbow hearts in my body. (Shows me where they are in a line from her head down to her toes.) 140
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Baby C has arrived & the fog I carried through pregnancy has lifted. I am HUNGRY for books again, reading in every small moment I can. Audiobooks, ebooks, print, a friend’s manuscript. So relieved to feel like myself again, even in the messy, tiring early postpartum period. 4130
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Meniscus 14.1 is out with a new poem by me about Kafka at work (preview below). Delighted to be in such excellent company. Check out the issue: www.meniscus.org.au/_files/ugd/7... 021
Reposted by Angela MeyerEmma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Naarm Melbourne people, I am having a physical launch for GRIEF EATER! Come hang! events.humanitix.com/book-launch-...events.humanitix.comBook Launch: Grief Eater by Emma OsborneA rageful zombie rising. A blood-soaked road to vengeance. Join Emma Osborne in conversation with Suzanne J Willis to launch GRIEF EATER. 3147
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 23/03/2026New article in Journal of Writing in Creative Practice. I hope I’ve contributed something useful in thinking about both the creation and reception of artworks (particularly when those works are engaging w the climate crisis). JWCP is available via uni libraries but hit me up if you don’t have access 051
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Judge EOI is open for the Nib Literary Award for research-based literature. Two positions open – one for the usual 3-year term and one covering my maternity leave. Happy to answer qs in my DMs. haveyoursay.waverley.nsw.gov.au/nibliterarya...haveyoursay.waverley.nsw.gov.auMark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Judge EOIWaverley Council invites experienced and emerging writers, academics, literary critics, and industry professionals to join Award Judging Panel for a two-year tenure 010
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Omg the first bite of food after you do the pregnancy blood glucose testmedia.tenor.coma man with his eyes closed in a dark room with blue lights behind himALT: a man with his eyes closed in a dark room with blue lights behind him 150
Reposted by Angela MeyerEmma Osborne 🍉 @redscribe.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I have just joined my “international stores” thread to this one, would love a boost! Thanks in advance 🥰 051
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Love this book! See my words below. Excited that it’ll be out in the world soon! 🧟 141
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Haven’t published an at-length review for a while & certainly laboured over this one! Thanks, Cordite, for having me back. cordite.org.au/reviews/meye...cordite.org.auAngela Meyer reviews Louis Armand and Sarah TemporalLouis Armand’s Infantilisms and Sarah Temporal’s Tight Bindings (both Puncher & Wattmann, 2024) are disparate collections which overlap in their ability to make the parts speak for the whole. … 042
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A weirdly good combo: pregnancy + a nihilistic mum writing in ‘snatches’ + Lestat: ‘You and your malady of mortality, your malady of goodness’ (as says Nicolas) 140
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The work kitchen is full of hideously thin forks 130
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Much to fuel anxiety in the middle of the night at the moment, but that doomsday clock… so specific. I can hear it ticking down. 040
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Exploring how conflict and tension operate in literary fiction via MJ Hyland’s excellent novels (very much with teacher voice on here) 📖 text + audio 🎧 angelameyer.substack.com/p/an-uneasy-... 020
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Oh, disgusting apple.news/ALtAbydSiTD-...apple.newsRenowned author accused of engaging with pedophiles, sharing child abuse material — SBS NewsCraig Silvey has been charged with possessing and distributing child exploitation material between 7 and 9 of January. 140
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Took P outside for a bit once the cool change came through but realised there were tiny particles of ash raining down on our skin. Had thoughts exactly like this below. And just thinking of the people fighting the fires, in such extreme conditions. Awful & devastating. 053
Reposted by Angela MeyerMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Richard Flanagan on point: "But with this act of utter folly and appalling weakness, the Adelaide Festival board – and the politicians who direct it – have, by scapegoating a Palestinian writer, now destroyed Adelaide Writers Week for the foreseeable future..." www.smh.com.au/national/if-...smh.com.auIf Tony Abbott is welcome at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Randa Abdel-Fattah should be tooAustralia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah. 512936
Reposted by Angela MeyerDr Susie Walsh @susiewalsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer. If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't. You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy. If you have been instructed to leave. Leave early. #Bushfire 318490
Reposted by Angela MeyerKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/01/2026And if you’re thinking, “I’m just one person, what difference can I make?” my pinned post has you covered: 310530
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Mostly Aus lit in the list this year, and many more on the tbr! Also soft launch of some personal news in this post… 😊 272
Reposted by Angela MeyerHenry @maxiedoggie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025www.lifeblood.com.au Urgent need for blood #auspol #bondibeach #bondi #sydney 013
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 30/11/2025apple.news/AtHCvaMClQoa...apple.newsChernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability — ScienceAlertIt's thriving. 120
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Haven’t been able to read much lately for various reasons but an Alex Cothren story from Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere once or twice a week is cutting through the fog. Bloody excellent short fiction. 0102
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 13/11/2025I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!literaryminded.com.auCall for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book PublishingHi everyone, I’m excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and … 065
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Sarah Gory and I wrote for B+P about incorporating sustainability research into the RMIT Master of Writing and Publishing program this year, w broader insights into the benefits of W&P programs getting students involved in industry/global(!) issues, and partnering w industry on these. 140
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/09/2025On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)angelameyer.substack.comA great grinding noiseA short memoir piece on recurrence, resurrection, regeneration 161
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Meanjin 66.1, 2007, ordered in at a regional bookstore and enthusiastically pored over by a baby writer discovering the incredible landscape of Australian literature. Meanjin 82.4, 2023, author copy received when a mid-career writer published a short story, The Station, in her dream journal. 0192
Reposted by Angela MeyerMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I think we should agree that the explanation proffered yesterday by the MUP board chair for Meanjin’s axing (“purely financial reasons”) is a nonsense. Which begs the question: what was the real reason? This is a scandal. 1186
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/09/2025My novel/novella in progress instinctively seems to have five parts; I’ve just finished drafting part four. Have some vague notions of how it all comes together and I hope I can nail it over the summer once classes are done! It might involve moss, childbirth, a house disappearing into a forest. 070
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 24/07/2025www.endalznow.org/resources/ne...endalznow.orgResearch Continues to Strengthen Connection Between Routine Vaccines and Lower Dementia RiskThe flu and shingles vaccines provide protection to individuals against these illnesses. Research also indicates that these and other routine adult vaccinations may lower the risk of dementia. Read on to learn how a recent study strengthens this link with the shingles vaccine and why these findings are significant. 010
Reposted by Angela MeyerMartin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Strewth, finished copies of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s debut novel emerge! Out very soon from Adelaide’s Wakefield Press! #HereAreMyDemands 3226
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Help give gorgeous Jess a proper celebration of her life 🩵 gofund.me/e6daa029gofund.meDonate to In memory of Jessica Knight, organized by Giselle NguyenOn July 7, 2025, we very suddenly lost our dear friend Jess Knight. Jess was a wonderfu… Giselle Nguyen needs your support for In memory of Jessica Knight 027
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Gorgeous reading night @ Bibliotheca Bar: Nicholas Jose, Jen Mills, Danielle Clode, Lisa Hannett, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Amelia Walker, Lauren Fuge. What a treat 📖 #StoryandtheSelf 050
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 01/07/2025At the IABA (International Auto/Biography Assoc) x ASAL (Assoc. for the Study of Aus Lit) #StoryandtheSelf conf in Adelaide, speaking this morning on rereading Garner’s The Spare Room after life experience (accumulation & loss) & thinking about rereading as a practice in general 060
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 11/06/2025To him, music was like breathing. So genuine an artist & a huge inspiration for me. I’ve loved the Beach Boys through all eras of my life. Was so lucky to see the Pet Sounds tour ❤️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...theguardian.comBrian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82Musician, who suffered from mental health problems, wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds – seen by many as the greatest album of all time 030
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 04/06/2025‘I rested the breast pump on top of Gender Trouble and pale milk pooled on its cover.’ I love this so much islandmag.com/read/a-natur...islandmag.coma natural sort of being – by Miriam Jones | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLANDAt home we were a newborn, a toddler, a man, and a non-binary me. For three months we lived outside of normal time and normal social life. The privatised home is not known for nurturing gender improvi... 020
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Well, the fight has been lost. Watched these huge old red gums begin to be fed into the wood chipper this morning and sobbed. dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-04...dandenong.starcommunity.com.auGum trees' fate in council's hands | Dandenong Star JournalThe fate of two towering gum trees controversially approved for removal in central Noble Park seemingly remains in Greater Dandenong […] 020
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Am reading a recently published Aus narrative nonfiction book in which every piece of dialogue is incorrectly punctuated. All punct. is outside quote marks & if there’s punct. within (like a !) they’ve added an EXTRA FULL STOP on the outside. How does this happen? 250
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The emergency vehicles on the way to the CFA protest was a sight to see this morning! So loud! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...abc.net.auCalls for Vic premier to 'hold a hose' as firies rage against new levyVolunteer firefighters and farmers say the Victorian government's new tax is "totally unfair" and will send communities to the wall. As the budget looms, they are in the state capital to raise their v... 010
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 11/05/2025When I became a mum I was already a carer for my own mum (& with my dad already gone) but we’re in a golden period, with her illness progressing slowly & her living close by. Three generations getting to spend time together, mostly walking the dog, snacking & colouring in. Highlight of my weeks ❤️ 180
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Kaliane Bradley on The Ministry of Time w Claire Nichols. I loved when she spoke about a novel’s relationship with/representation of time, deepening the time travel chat: you decide ‘what is history, what’s narrative, how your reader will travel through your story’. #mwf2025 070
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Writer as Witness, Evelyn Araluen, Amy McQuire, Hasib Hourani, Micaela Sahhar. Writing in response to complicit (imperial) media, how writing can inform activism & how certain practices & methodologies (especially relational, communal, etc.) can subvert dominant or prescribed norms. Moving. #mwf2025 0101
Reposted by Angela MeyerJodi McAlister @jodimca.bsky.social · 03/05/2025of *course* on his very last election Antony Green would have all his technology fail him and have only his little notebook to guide him, this is the hero's journey but for psephologists #AusVotes 0405
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 07/04/2025‘Some of her earnings were spent on riotous living, but Kerry gave a lot of it away without fanfare to those who really needed it: fellow authors down on their luck, impecunious neighbours and, above all, to charities.’ What a legend. Vale, KG. 4296
Reposted by Angela MeyerAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 21/03/2025❗️Authors and illustrators: have your books been used to train AI? Today the Atlantic published a search tool allowing authors to search for their books in the LibGen dataset, which has been used to train Meta's AI system. Search here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comSearch LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AIMillions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration. 14634
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Loved this one, JB open.substack.com/pub/aliensid... @birmo.bsky.socialopen.substack.comTemu Tony Stark does not feel your pain.“Empathy is for losers”, says the guy whose lack of empathy has lost him about 250 billion dollars in the last couple of weeks. 110
Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Reading w Penny on the train & a man said, You must spend a fortune on books! I said, They’re from the library. We stock up every week. He said, Libraries still exist? They must be empty, no one knows! I said, Our local is busy! 📚 Strange the parallel worlds we live in. Glad he knows now 😊 0251