Melbourne City of Lit

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DAY 2 of the #CityofLiteratureCollection for 2022 is Against Disappearance by published in Liminal Magazine

‘Archives, memories, complication, connection = stunning work,’ says Jordy Silverstein of Against Disappearance.

Read it at this link

https://www.liminalmag.com/against-disappearance

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Against Disappearance — LIMINAL

LIMINAL

Which Australian Children's Book author should do Myers Xmas windows next year?

#writers #MelbourneisaCityofLiterature #picturebook

what was your first social network?

(plz boost for sample size)

bbs/fidonet
24%
usenet/mailing lists
22.3%
irc
24.3%
myspace
14.4%
fb/tw/ig & later
15%
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DAY 1 of the #CityofLiteratureCollection for 2022 is Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper.

‘Existentially courageous, exquisitely observed, masterfully written,’ says Sarah Krasnostein of Bedtime Story.

Have you read it? Thoughts?

https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Bedtime-Story/Chloe-Hooper/9781761103513

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Bedtime Story

From the best-selling author of The Tall Man and The Arsonist, a personal tale about death, life and the enchantment of stories. With illustrations...

Over on the Bird site we traditionally do a brief countdown of the years work at the end of the year as suggested by other Melbourne folk

Shall we post them here too?

When googling who someone is in your Zoom meeting, make sure you aren't typing in the meetings comments

Hello 🌿 I don't quite have a handle on this app yet. Please excuse the mistakes while I am learning.

As an icebreaker, I thought it might be fun to start a discussion about books you all have enjoyed this year. I'd love to hear about stories that have mattered and made an impact.

hey hearing reports that TERFs have signed up to aus.social, keep an eye out and report so they can get banned
Looking for fellow #bookbloggers especially #ausbookbloggers & #nzbookbloggers to connect with on this new beast. #AussieAuthors too.
A friend is visiting Melbourne on days I unfortunately won’t be able to show them around so I’ve written them up a tour plan that takes in major tourist attractions, cool laneways and christmassy things in the CBD. Here it is for anyone else who feels like going to see the sights of the Melbourne CBD (you may need to view the maps on a laptop/desktop) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UggqWaPSfleqAFgmvWuEC8VSDq5zaAeBmmNDtbJ5jrY/edit
Melbourne tour

Start: Melbourne Central, under the clock The shot tower museum This is a cute tiny museum about Melbourne’s industrial history located inside the shot tower. Access is via the RM williams shop. Only need 5-10 minutes here. State library Take the lift up to the top level of the dome for gr...

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