Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 14hThree decades as Jim Chalmers is quite a feat. 021
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 18hI missed the speech #JonKlassen made when accepting the Astrid Lindgren Award, but if you love writing or making things or both it's quite lovely and worth a listen.m.youtube.comJon Klassen's acceptance speech at the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial AwardYouTube video by Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026That time a bunch of lovely authors wrote some tiny stories, which were letterpressed onto paper napkins which we then distributed around cafes and bookshops around Brisbane for folks to read on Valentine's Day. 131
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopSimon Groth @simongroth.com · 26/09/2026Letterpress flyers we made for Hunted Down and Other Tales by Marcus Clarke. The text is taken directly from Clarke’s 1870 story ‘When the Circus came to Bullocktown’. 0124
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026That time some lovely authors wrote stories, artist Nancy Brown screen printed them onto linen, I sewed the linen onto other hand-printed material and made them into lots of fringed pillows to be strewn around Brisbane Writers Festival venues. They were all 'acquired' as the Festival progressed. 0154
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My friend's (@hollie_here on Insta) loungeroom wall filled with the incredible artworks she makes. 110
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The ASA has launched our Annual Survey for 2026 and we need to hear from you! The survey is open to all authors and illustrators, including ASA members and non-members. And please share! For more details and to take the survey please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/have-yo... 037
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026NEW BRAIN DROPPEDmed.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 232604779
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My review of tesla amazing Magnetic Notes: paper that clings to anything 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We Crossed the Bright Blue Water by Trent Jamieson is the first short story released as part of our limited edition Adumbrals series.tinyowlworkshop.comThe AdumbralsA short story project 032
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Minting coins to get folk across the River Styx. 122
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Modest and Misunderstood An excellent read.lrb.co.ukFerdinand Mount · Modest and Misunderstood: Wretched StrangersIn the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It... 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Best use of coffee stains, ever. From the exhibition Make, Believe, Magic: The Worlds of the Jim Henson Company. 021
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Never underestimate punctuation.lithub.com121 years ago, Russian printers went on strike over commas.Commas can change meaning (“eats shoots and leaves” versus “eats, shoots and leaves” or “I ate, grandma” versus “I ate grandma”), but over a century ago, commas helped change the Russian government… 021
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopAmanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If u need more letterpress+measurement joy or nerdy history miniessays for today's Type High Day festivities, @shane.logoff.website & my zine "Absolute Units of Letterpress: Plus Rad Measurement Facts" is always free: zinebakery.com/bakeshop/abs... 1274
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If I stole lots of stuff, systematically, in cozy crime lit that'd be 'a crime'. There'd be forensics etc. When #AI companies steal stuff then 'launder' it via apps they just do deals to change laws, pointing to laundering activity as evidence of consumer demand. Cozies are justice fantasy. #booksky 060
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As a result of going to Jim Henson's Make, Believe, Magic show at QAGOMA this week, I must now rewatch: - The Dark Crystal - Labyrinth, and - A Muppet Christmas Carol 060
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Some useful ABS #immigration data presented by data group immitrack. Data identifies the percentage of folk in each age group born overseas. The average is 32% 25-44 year olds are above 40%. I'm in the 60-64 (35.5%) group. The Aus workforce will be decimated by immigration cuts. #auspol 133
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Galley Beggar Press (UK) almost went belly up when their major distributor went into receivership. Distribution is a big issue for all presses. The smaller the press, the bigger the risk. While warning indies of risks is good, warnings provide no solution to an industry-wide problem. #booksky 092
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Muppets are in town. #Brisbane is now the true centre of arts culture in Australia. 000
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Oh, Hastings! Vetted by Poirot himself? Methinks not. 120
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopRossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I drew a comic strip. 5291682059
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Just read some @brisbanetimes.bsky.social notes on a survey of 1000 Pauline Hanson supporters. Of the 1000 - and keep in mind Hanson's supporters are the only folk surveyed - only 'about half' were committed to voting for her in 2028. 112
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopKathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“Springtime in Brisbane“ Every day I find A slightly larger huntsman Than the day before. 1131
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/09/2026‘Fairies are notorious shapeshifters. Their mutability has allowed them to survive, dodging censure by reinventing themselves as nature spirits, angels, birds and insects, monsters, Santa’s helpers, icons of body positivity.’ Nick Richardson on fairies: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukNick Richardson · Cradle Scissors: Away with the FairiesFairies are notorious shapeshifters. Their mutability has allowed them to survive, dodging censure by reinventing... 12411
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If you see this, post your getaway vehicle. 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This really is... quite a revealing article. #booksky 051
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I love these little plates celebrating fairytales written by Hans Christian Andersen. This one is The Emperor's New Clothes. Can't think who it reminds me of. 040
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Editor's Log. Least favourite words in publishing. Saturday. 29 Aug. CE 2026 Edgy Fresh #booksky 030
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopChristina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here! 106600414
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Some AI challenges in publishing - - harder for creatives to prove they own copyright - harder for publishers to protect copyright - markets being flooded with GenAI books & knock-offs - all industries compete for water, incl paper mills - job losses - consent not designed in to AI. #booksky 062
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopSimon Groth @simongroth.com · 22/08/2026Another dispatch from the frontlines of this work in progress. For the moment the narratives remain apart but not without reference to each other. To make things fun, I’ve been drafting these chapters in reverse order. You know, typical stuff.simongroth.comShifting gearsAnother dispatch from the frontlines of this work in progress. Of the four chapter outlines produced earlier, two have been expanded out into something more or less draft-like with two more still to g... 121
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Congratulations to all the CBCA Book of the Year Award winners, shortlistees and honour books! Such a good list.abc.net.auAll the winners of coveted CBCA award gold stickers in 2026A bittersweet story about a tree that becomes a pencil and a novel about a teenage boy who defies his toxic dad are among the winners at Australia's top children's book awards. 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Hey @mattdennien.bsky.social have you heard anything about Alliance Distribution Services and Hachette and a possible hack/breach/problem and the impact it's having on book distribution and Authors in Aus? In its fifth week apparently. Terrible communications about what's happening. 132
Reposted by Tiny Owl WorkshopPorter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Josh is back with his final line up of books for your Women in Translation month! And this time... we're getting weird! Links to the books mentioned in this video in the thread below 24311
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Thoughts on editing. #booksky #writing 082
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 16/08/2026#TheIliad notes: Achilles hates Agamemnon. Sulks for years but agrees to let Petroclus go fight Petroclus dies. Everyone fights over his body Achilles enters the chat Zeus isn't loyal Achilles kills Hector. Drags the body around. Gods tell him to give it back A mini Olympics happens No Trojan horse 020
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Despicable.newscord.orgJason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked. 020
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Baby Minotaur - collector of threads - from my last show. 042
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 10/08/2026There may have been a few people at the Lethbridge Small-scale Art Award launch... in the gallery, on the veranda, on the footpath, out along the street... I forgot to take pics, so this image is by Award finalist #greenbirdceramics 031
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Launch of the Lethbridge Small-scale Art Award show is tomorrow (Saturday 8 August). Drop by if you're in Brissy and near Paddington. The weather's glorious, the coffee is close by and my little Gatherer sculpt will be nestled in among some other gorgeous things. 021
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Gorgeous book launch of a gorgeous book A Sketchbook Practice by Deb Mostert. It's a lovely insight into arts practice and the neverending process of becoming an artist. 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 02/08/2026#TheIliad Rik Mayall as Glorious Ajax My friends, this is my lot and I am glad because I think I can defeat great Hector. While I put on my armour for the fight, you must all pray to Zeus, the son of Cronus, in silence, so the Trojans will not hear, or openly, as we are not afraid of anyone! 020
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Flu reading The Iliad - Emily Wilson translator Notes so far: - Sulking is in - No one likes Ares - 😡🤬😡 👈🏼Odysseus listening to Agamemnon - No one likes Paris - 😭😭😭 👈🏼Zeus being scolded by Hera - Everyone wants to go home - Ares & Agamemnon want everyone to stay - Bronze breast-plates don't work. 010
Tiny Owl Workshop @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Interestingly, for the Booker Prize, the judges are permitted to do call-ins - i.e nominate a book not submitted/called-in by a publisher. Given how costly it is to participate, the Booker folk check with the publisher to see if they'll accept the inclusion. It's an odd option. 000
