Royal Caribbean still has a few cabins if you’re looking for a last-minute deal to join us on this year’s retreat.

You can book your cabin at https://bit.ly/WAS26Cabin and the retreat at www.writersatsea.com.au

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With no reason to stay, twelve year old Amber sets her sights on boarding school, leaving behind questions she'd rather not have answered. Clean slates and white chalk await, and old institutions have deep roots and secrets of their own.

Get it at Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/145749823

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“Instead of seeking ways to legitimise the greatest act of copyright theft in history, the [Productivity] Commission should support the ethical, responsible, and sustainable development of #AI, which relies upon the appropriate licensing of copyright work.”

https://www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-rejects-productivity-commission-proposal-for-tdm-exception/

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ASA rejects Productivity Commission proposal for TDM exception - Australian Society of Authors

The ASA has strongly opposed the Productivity Commission’s proposal for a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to copyright laws.

Australian Society of Authors
#6Degrees of Separation #12 – May 2025

This is a monthly link-up hosted by KateW at Books Are My Favourite and Best. Each month a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. A book doesn’t…

Claire's Reads and Reviews

All set to go for the Book Fair at the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Festival Market.

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Double issue for December!

Ch. 8, Tilt, has Amber wrestling with the unstable aspects of her gift.

Ch. 9, Grace, has the good Dr. Dean write a report for the coroner, leaving out more than she includes.

Both are now up for download as a .pdf and an ebook!

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Australian authors group including #JMCoetzee, #CharlotteWood, #KimScott, #TimWinton, #MichelledeKretser and #AnnaFunder give federal politicians 5 books to encourage nuance in #MiddleEast debate.
The book selection was endorsed by the Jewish Council of Australia and the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network.
The group recommended the five “authoritative, highly readable books” to help address what they believed was a lack of nuance in public debate.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/19/tim-winton-charlotte-wood-australian-authors-book-package-politicians-middle-east-conflict
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Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package

The Guardian

October's chapter is now live! Luna makes a return and it's the worst of all outcomes. The whole family has their hands full dealing with the fallout. This one's a bit of a doozy, so you might want tocheck the content warning before you dig in. Available in both .pdf and .epub!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/acts-of-keeping-115253268

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Bitto Chapter 6 for your long weekend entertainment!

We don't talk about Luna, except when we do. Amber mows the lawn, white knuckle grip, with the past dangerously close to colliding with the future. It's possible to be haunted in more ways than one.

CW: Mentions of death, smoking and foul language, crap policing, summer yard work, getting grounded when you done nothing wrong.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/libration-113284475
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Next issue of Denizen's Digest is out Oct 27 featuring a fine bit of spooky weirdness from yours truly. Featuring games, gronks and more lesbian drama than you'd think possible in four measly pages.

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