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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Perhaps a fun opportunity for the Antarctic Arts alumni

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Let's make WorldCon truly WORLDCon and bring it back to the southern hemisphere. It hasn't been in Australia since Melbourne in 2010. It was *supposed* to be in Wellington, NZ in 2020. So let's get behind Brisbane for 2028. Brissie is a fantastic city. I'll be there. Will you? www.brisbane28.org

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Worldcon in Brisbane 2028

Welcome to Brisbane, Australia! Learn more about our bid to host Worldcon in 2028, and the brief history of "Aussiecon."

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The Unseen Library @theunseenlibrary.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I also reviewed the cool 2025 Australian crime fiction novel, Vanish by @shelleyburr.bsky.social. An exciting and compelling continuation of the author's excellent series, Vanish was an outstanding novel I had an amazing time with. unseenlibrary.com/2026/03/09/v...

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Vanish by Shelley Burr

Publisher: Hachette Australia (Trade Paperback – 30 April 2025) Series: Lane Holland – Book 3 Length: 360 pages My Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Amazon One of Australia’s most talented new crime ficti…

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I find editing and rewriting a hard stage because it's easy to feel like I'm not getting much done. I could have sworn I barely wrote anything in the last two days, then I made an extract of just the substantially rewritten sections to send to my husband and it was 16 pages long

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My publisher: Could you promote your book that's out at the end of April a little bit? A smidge? Me: No, I'm very busy organising the Rotary firewood raffle and helping at the ag expo Anyway we raised nearly $5000 for community projects and now I can focus on minor things like (checks notes) my job

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I'm recording voice notes today for the audiobook narrator on the pronunciation of character names, a process that frequently involves me finding out for the first time too

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“Just as parents may struggle to prioritise their children’s privacy and wellbeing when household income is at stake, platforms can’t be relied on to exclude their most profitable creators.” Isabel Prior on the gap in our child labour laws.

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Family vloggers, kidfluencers, and the commodification of childhood - Overland literary journal

For all the trite, alarmist laments that three times as many children want to be influencers as astronauts, the fact is that countless Australian children are already engaged in the work of influencin...

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Cast of Wonders @castofwonders.org · 19/02/2025

Hey fam, We are on the hunt for some narrators! We need a mature female australian-chinese/australian for a 3k word story & a West coast US young male or NB voice for a 4k LGBTQ+ story - its paid - if interested please send a short audio clip of you narrating something to backstage@escapeartists.net

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

My final corrected version of VANISH is due today, but there's a brown snake under my writing pod. I can't get to my laptop.

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Dr Anita Heiss @dranitaheiss.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Bundyi Publishing announced today the Bundyi Writing Prize that will be awarded to an outstanding unpublished manuscript of adult fiction by an emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer. www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/BundyiAUPr... @austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Someone posted some second hand books on our local buy sell swap, including mine. I left a comment complimenting one of the other books. She deleted the post. Trying to be funny and making people uncomfortable is like my superpower

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

We acquired five extra goats last year, and we can now distinguish them enough for names. The doe has been Latte for a while, and Miss 9 has dubbed a smaller but otherwise identical goat Cawfee* *In our house we pronounce coffee like Edie Falco in the Sopranos

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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Assumedly due to some clerical error, DESIRE PATHS does not feature on this list. But it can be pre-ordered right here: www.readings.com.au/product/9781...

Screenshot of The Guardian website with the headline: 'Shankari Chandran, Robert Dessaix, Diana Reid and more: Australian books to look forward to in 2025. From enthralling debuts to playful premises and national reckonings, here is a whirlwind tour of what's to come'. There are pictures of Shankari Chandran, Naomi Watt, Kate Grenville and Benjamin Stevenson.

A book cover with the test DESIRE PATHS MEGAN CLEMENT. The cover image is of an Australian suburban park at sunset with a red football stand centre-bottom. The text is connected by a looping line that ends in a Google Maps marker.

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I seem to have packed for our move like I was trying to stage the house for an inspect em up mystery game. I just opened a drawstring bag that contained an Instax picture of my daughter and her friend in a Noh mask, a velour hood to help you sleep on planes, and a key to a house we sold 4 years ago

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Ellie Marney @elliemarney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

🖤🖤🖤

Recent front-facing portrait of David Lynch, overlaid with the words "fix Your Hearts of Die"

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

"Auckland is not just the place where these things happen to have occurred: this is _a story about Auckland_." We interrupt our summer break to bring you this important piece by Emmy Rakete on Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape.

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Neil Gaiman and the political economy of rape - Overland literary journal

The interactions between Gaiman, Palmer, Pavlovich, and the couple’s young child are all outlined in Shapiro’s article. There is, though, another figure in the narrative whom the article does not name...

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Texting friends to see if they're safe from the fires in California, they text back asking if we're safe from the fires in Victoria. Absolutely surreal

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The English dialects that don't commonly use the word 'porch' need to come up with their own term for package thieves. I would like to formally propose 'verandah vikings' for Australia

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kc@austcrimefiction @austcrimefiction.org · 04/12/2024

The last fortnight rolling coverage on AustCrimeFiction: tinyl.io/BoNl Highlights were reviewing Present Tense, Cutler & The Chilling. Plus some of the new books that arrived - feels like Christmas has arrived early. The list is mouthwatering :) #CrimeFiction #Books #AustCrime #BookSky 💙📚

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Last Fortnight on AustCrime | AustCrimeFiction.org

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Scrolling back through my texts with my publisher and its mostly me providing increasingly bizarre explanations for why I forgot to respond to emails I wish they were lies, I am just that much of a disaster

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

I was just told that my horror writing class's enrollment is low enough that it might get canceled 💀 If you or anyone you know is interested in getting to know the genre in a fun and accessible way, please check it out! www.atlasobscura.com/experiences/...

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Thrills & Chills: Horror Story Writing With Nino Cipri

In this four-part seminar, trace the roots of the horror genre and begin crafting a story of your own. Course Description The horror genre is a funhouse mirror, offeri...

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Amanda McLeod Writes @amandamwrites.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Yes yes yes! Submit your poetry manuscripts!

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Me: When we build the house, I want a Zoom Cupboard. Like a soundproof booth with the background already staged and a camera mount always in the right position and great lighting Husband: I don't want to be contrarian, but that's an office. You're saying you want your own office

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

New writing buddy. This one likes to climb on top of the hotplate brooder then complain because it's cold up there. 🌱

A day old chick sits on a person's open palm. The background is a laptop with a blurred word document open. The chick is black with patches of yellow on the head and wing, an Australorp cross

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Successful visit to the monthly food swap today 🌱

A cardboard box contains an empty jar wrapped with a gold ribbon, kaffir lime leaves, thyme, a bouquet of dahlias and a bouquet of hydrangeas

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

I've started reading The Hobbit with my daughter, a long held dream. She's loving it, with just one problem. She's on Smaug's side. The text makes it clear that destroying kingdoms and taking all their cool stuff is just doing what dragons do. Calling that evil is unfair. This will be interesting.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 24/11/2023

Remember: a signed, personalised book is an excellent Christmas present. Get in touch with an author today!

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Freya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Loath as I am to acknowledge the passage of time in this manner: here's an award eligibility post! I'm proud of this whole short list, but especially proud to look back and realise that I've now brought out a WHOLE-ASS TRILOGY.

Gold text on a teal background. 2023 Eligible Works, Freya Marske. SERIES: The Last Binding. NOVEL (FANTASY): A Power Unbound. SHORT STORY (SCI-FI): "One Version of Yourself, at the Speed of Light" in Body of Work by CSFG (ed. CZ Tacks)

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Substack users, this option is OFF by default. If you do NOT want your publication to be used to train AI, open your publication, go to Settings > Publication details and switch it on.

Screenshot of the setting in question - Block AI training

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/10/2023

If as an author you're not talking up other authors, what even are you doing. Readership is not a zero-sum game. And aside from being the correct thing to do, a writer who lifts up other writers often experiences a halo effect from it. Conversely, the writer who shits on other writers is avoided.

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

This boat was definitely not used in a murder

A screenshot of a facebook marketplace ad. A faded red motor boat sits in a paddock. Two children sit in the boat, their faces obscured. The caption reads 'Free boat does float no holds no questions'

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

I'm gonna need to find some artichoke recipes 🌱

A globe artichoke plant in the foreground has four ready to harvest artichokes growing. In the background purple storm clouds are gathering.

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Sad and thirsty Australian detective erasure

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Number 3 also applies to the UK and Australia! Plus, what we really need is readers and if our books are in libraries we stand a chance of being discovered by a whole new bunch of readers. Everything else comes after that.

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Sue T @whisperinggums.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Another carefully crafted crime novel from Shelley Burr, the author of Wake whisperinggums.com/2023/09/16/s... #ruralnoir #shelleyburr #aussiecrime

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

The worst part of the decline of Twitter is that I didn't see Maxine Beneba Clarke's lunchbox warning and found a bioweapon in my daughter's schoolbag this morning

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Relieved but also weirdly offended to not find either of my books in that AI copyright theft database

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

It's spring and the perennial/biennial greens are going off. Spinach, sorrel and beetroot for dinner

A wicker basket is sitting on a kitchen chair, filled with harvested greens. There is a hoodie draped over the back of the chair, with 'rescue' printed in orange on navy blue fabric.

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now: Server in an Australian themed steakhouse, in Australia* Swim teacher Public service accountant Biosecurity cost recovery Waste exports cost recovery E-waste taskforce *All of them were, but this one needs to be specified

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

I made this joke at Write Around the Murray yesterday and someone in the audience yelled "I'm the judge for that!", so I guess I can retire this ambition

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

I ran out of time in my mid-semester exam and it ended up submitting with my placeholder text 'the atoms do a switcheroo' still in there as the definition of isomorphous substitution, which I'm sure is fine

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

TIL the Victorian branch of the CWA awards an annual literary prize, the Emilie Wilson Perpetual Trophy. My new life ambition is to win one, so I can whip it out whenever anyone makes a scones joke after I mention my CWA Dagger.

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Shelley Burr @shelleyburr.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

I'm doing a soil science intensive, and it's hilarious how many of the students have complained about getting muddy. Sirs. Ma'ams. Esteemed colleagues. You're in Touch Dirt Class.

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