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Andrew Roff

@roffwrites.bsky.social
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Unprofessional word arranger. Debut novel, 'Here Are My Demands', out now via Wakefield Press. Rugby enthusiast in a town full of Aussie Rules fans. More at www.roffwrites.com

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Jake Dean @jake-dean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huge if true: my debut book will be published by Wakefield Press in 2027! www.wakefieldpress.com.au/blog/2026/09...
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press acquires Jake Dean’s debut short story collection
Wakefield Press is delighted to announce the acquisition of Australian and New Zealand rights to Jake Dean’s debut collection, Flat Spell, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Publication of Flat Spel…
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Publishers: “Short stories don’t sell and are impossible to market so we are not going to take the risk of publishing them.” Also publishers: “What can we publish to fit this era of reduced attention spans when people are reading fewer novels?”
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So, I have a lot of respect for @islandmag.bsky.social . And ordinarily, I welcome criticism of my work. But this piece contains several serious factual inaccuracies. Where does this Ferr-Fow joker get off? 😤 Read and decide for yourself: islandmag.com/current-issue
Island Mag issue 179Cover page for a magazine pieceA review of Double Flip by Andrew Roff
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So delighted to see Wayne Marshall shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction (a prize I actually helped set up, many moons ago!), with his tremendous 2nd novel Henry Goes Bush! www.readings.com.au/news/the-rea...
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The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist
We're thrilled to announce the 2026 shortlist for The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize! These six books are all well-written and speak to a diverse range of Australian experiences; each has som...
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Paywalled alas, but the first review of Pip Adam's new novel, kluge (@thwupbooks.bsky.social), is up at the Listener: "Adam calls the novel a "scream" in her acknowledgements, and in every sense of the word, it is" www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
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Book of the day: kluge by Pip Adam
Ockham winner's latest is a cyber-dystopia situated right at the edge of now.
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias.
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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"takes the reader to unexpected places both fun and frightful, as surreal as Wake in Fright stuck in a landscape painted by James Gleeson." James Arbuthnott reviews Wayne Marshall's debut novel Henry Goes Bush: newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/wayne-marsha... @jamesjourno.bsky.social #BookSky 💙 📚️
Image of cover of book Henry Goes Bush by Wayne Marshall, reviewed by James Arbuthnott in the Newtown Review of Books.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Absolutely massive news, and well deserved! Anyone who loves, eg, The Left Hand of Darkness, or The Dispossessed, should be checking out Audition.
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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Perfect opening sentence to a Ray Bradbury short story.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
[70s FM DJ voice] Gonna be a hot one folks. The kinda day that makes you wanna get out the garden hose and clear yourself a...shallow grave. It's "Shallow Grave" by the Mountain Goats here on [blast of static] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbg2...
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Shallow Grave
YouTube video by The Mountain Goats - Topic
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Jane O'Sullivan @sightlined.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Reupping for the morning book folk. Henry Lawson is sent off to Bourke to sober up and learn about the true spirit of the country, but soon finds himself in, uh, a real "Battle for the Bush" with Banjo Patterson. Then the earthquakes start. A very fun book about Ozlit, moustaches and mateship.
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Goood appreciation here of Wayne Marshall's debut novel Henry Goes Bush from Cameron Woodhead www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
Review of Henry Goes Bush
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
So delighted to announce: kluge, the new @pipadam.bsky.social! (And the most breathtaking novel I’ve read in yonks…)
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I don't want to alarm anyone, but Wayne Marshall's historical/literary/speculative romp, Henry Goes Bush, is at large and roaming the countryside. Track down a copy however you can.
Henry Goes Bush, a new novel by Wayne Marshall.Henry Goes Bush, a new novel by Wayne Marshall.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
In scenic Bacchus Marsh today for the launch of Wayne Marshall's epic Henry Goes Bush!
Book launch selfie
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Cover reveal today for Adam Ouston's new novel "Mine" from Transit Lounge! "A wild, ecstatic howl of a book, dense with ideas and emotion and written with a ferocious energy as mesmerising as it is exhilarating" says James Bradley, and...indeed!! transitlounge.com.au/shop/mine/
Cover image Adam Ouston Mine
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
When the top 10% of consumers make up half of all spending, the economy can at the same time be technically going well while the majority of people struggle massively. This is the US right now. Hope that helps when thinking about societal problems.
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Michelle Prak - author 🇦🇺 @prakky.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I am so grateful that organisations including Writers SA have banded together to create Constellations - Not Writers Week. It was awful to see Writers Week cancelled; now we've got a flurry of so many writing events on the horizon!
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Constellations at the Exchange
Constellations program at the Exchange
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Ren Wyld @wyld.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Proud to announce bookings (free) are open for Rivers of Reason: Blak & Arab Writers in Conversation. Monday 2 March 2026, 2.30 - 7.30 in town hall, Tarntanya (Adelaide). As part of Constellations writers festival. Info about program & speakers on booking page > events.humanitix.com/rivers-of-re...
Black and white text and images on a white background. Image is two people, large pencils and a wave of water on the right side. The man is raising his fist in a style typical of revolutionaries, and in his other hand he’s carrying a book with the Aboriginal flag on the cover. A woman is next to him, raising her hand and holding a pencil.
Text above them: rivers of reason. Blak and Arab writers in conversation.
Text underneath: Tarntanya 2nd March 2026. Adelaide town hall, 128 king William street. 2.30 to 7.30 pm.
At the bottom are designs that represent the Aboriginal flag and a keffiyeh.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Many thanks to Emma Rayward and Meanjin(!) for this thoughtful review of Here Are My Demands. All my world-building was not for nothing! (And now I'm inspired to go harder in my next spec-fic effort...) meanjin.com.au/latest/put-i...
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Put it to a Pleb
Reviewed: Here are My Demands, Andrew Roff, Wakefield Press   At the centre of Andrew Roff’s science fiction novel Here Are My Demands is policy advisor Maggie Gurewal’s attempt at implementin…
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"A literary culture disaggregated from the contemporary world consigns itself to utter irrelevance – and yet in Albanese's Australia, the fantasy of an apolitical cultural sector seems to have been installed as de facto cultural policy." @catrionamp.bsky.social infra-dig.ghost.io/hard-surface...
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Hard surfaces
Cancel culture strikes again? Adelaide Writers' Week, risk management, and our de facto national cultural policy settings
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 28/01/2026
Constellations not cancellations! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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'One-off' literary festival to take place in lieu of Adelaide Writers' Week
A community literary festival will go ahead in the wake of the cancellation of Adelaide Writers' Week, but those involved say it is not a replacement for the original event.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 09/01/2026
A guerrilla festival is indeed being discussed 📚❤️ ✊🏼 www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
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Guerilla festival on cards as city councillor moves to pull Writers' Week funding - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
A guerrilla festival could be on the cards as boycotting writers discuss protest options and city councillors explore cutting funding.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
For those of you who have not yet had the pleasure of hearing Ben Walter read his own work -- this is a very excellent way to spend a minute and thirteen seconds:
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Me last weekend, taking in some sport during a break at the Short Story Festival #ManOfThePeople
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This weekend, the Australian Short Story Festival is on in Adelaide. It's always a great vibe, so get along if you can. I'll be moderating a couple of sessions. On Saturday night, there's a 'Complaint Letters' event that should be good fun. More here: australianshortstoryfestival.com/2025-program/
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2025 Program – Australian Short Story Festival Inc
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I would definitely listen to a podcast about the Adelaide-Glenelg tram line hosted by a former Federal MP, entitled -- and imagine this being spoken in the host's distinctive voice -- 'The Fine Line with Christopher Pyne'.
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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
How interesting. Ultimo Books specifically open to subs of manuscripts between 30-40k words (both fiction and nonfiction). Don't think I've seen anything like this from a biggish publisher in Australia before. hardiegrant.submittable.com/submit/33977...
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Hardie Grant Publishing - Ultimo Press - Ultimo Shorts 2025
Submissions open at 10am AEST Monday, 20th October 2025. Entries submitted before this date will not be considered. Submissions close at midnight AEST Monday, 31st  January 2026. Entries submitted aft...
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Super proud of my homeboy and 'confident literary talent' @jake-dean.bsky.social, who has been shortlisted for the Richell!
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
👀 Jump on this, friends!
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I do! I do love to see it!!
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This, exactly. GenAI, as I'm experiencing it in my working life, is a machine for shifting cognitive burden from one colleague (the AI user) to another (the person who receives, must interpret, and must almost always re-do the work).
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that! But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months. With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.
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5 new Australian publishers are making defiant, weird, grass-roots books
The launch of 5 new Australian book publishers is good news, for once. Meet Perentie Press, Pink Shorts Press, Evercreech Editions, Aniko Press and Bakers Lane Books.
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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Me in today's 70s wallpaper shirt plugging Lithosphere book launch at Fullers.
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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · 08/09/2025
I’m on a panel called ‘justice’ as part of this new writers festival coming up on Kaurna yarta SLSA 20-21 September www.eventbrite.com/cc/writers-a...
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Writers Assemble!
Writers Assemble! is South Australia's new writers' festival. Across three days and seven events, this FREE festival brings together some of Australia's best writers for discussions on craft, careers,...
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Ripper review of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here are my Demands notaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/andr...
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Andrew Roff, Here Are My Demands
- This debut novel from 'child-wrangler' and lawyer Andrew Roff is simply superb on so many levels. It's a novel with two dimensions - we'...
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Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)
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A great grinding noise
A short memoir piece on recurrence, resurrection, regeneration
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Really sad to hear the news about Meanjin. Seeing one of my stories in print there, alongside work by ozLit giants, was the first time I felt like a real writer. What we're losing with this closure is not replaceable.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Thanks to @readingsbooks.bsky.social for this review of Here Are My Demands. Worth emphasising that you can buy this very book from Readings *right now* via the magic of internet technology. www.readings.com.au/reviews/here...
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Here are My Demands by Andrew Roff
In a society where automatons have left millions around Australia destitute, policy advisor Maggie Garewal finally has the opportunity to enact real, lasting change as the so-called OzProgs (Australia...
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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · 22/08/2025
New from me: On coffee, names and the magic brewed by your local barista.
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Cold coffee – by Aboubakr Daqiq | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND
I haven’t always liked coffee. Loved the smell, just not the taste. In recent years, however, I’ve found myself more than impartial towards an occasional morning coffee – especially when paired with a...
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Adelaide friends: we are officially launching Here Are My Demands at Ern Malley bar in Stepney on 27 August. Come hear me tee off about the state of the future! All welcome, (free) tickets essential. Details here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launc...
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Book Launch: Here Are My Demands, Andrew Roff
Join us for the launch of Andrew Roff's debut novel, HERE ARE MY DEMANDS
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030, people would only work around 15 hours per week. Sounds great, right? With automation, it’s sort of possible to imagine how we might get there -- perhaps a few decades late. BUT... (1/3)
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
A reminder that this is tonight! From the comfort of your preferred location, listen to Alex be erudite about satire, and me... also say words.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Friends of the Library Authors in Conversation with Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
Two local authors. Two incredible books. One fascinating conversation. Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren are both award-winning South Australian writers whose works play with urgent political and social ...
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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Happy publication day today to Alex Cothren and his “riotous collection of ethical fever dreams”! From new Adelaide publisher Pink Shorts Press
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Hey friends, my debut novel is out *right now* and you can ask your local bookshop to order it, or else grab a copy here: www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/here...
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Here Are My Demands - Wakefield Press
It's 2058 and Maggie Garewal's moment has arrived. Daringly speculative and yet all too recognisable, Here Are My Demands is a story about fighting on in the face of resistance, and the unprecedented ...
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
It's officially a thing! Get ready, and strap yourself in for a goodly amount of self-promo from this account...
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
In my happy [cold] place
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Looks like equal numbers of Lions and Wallabies jerseys on this flight from Adelaide to Canberra. Game day!! Hope it's drier in the capital...
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
No doubt forgetting some classics, but: Disco Elysium The Witness Celeste Hollow Knight Braid Civilisation IV Deus Ex Balatro Slay the Spire Papers, Please
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