Matthia Dempsey @matthiadempsey
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am hoping this is what the @smallpressnetwork #indpubconf session on diversity in publishing will be really getting into re Aus publishers
am hoping this is what the @smallpressnetwork #indpubconf session on diversity in publishing will be really getting into re Aus publishers
'if we are going to publish a broader range of writers we need to change the profile of our staff' yes, and what else?
'if we are going to publish a broader range of writers we need to change the profile of our staff' yes, and what else?
A new Indigenous Stolen Generation by @JennaPrice m.smh.com.au/comment/a-new-…
@SarahEBurnside @heckelfonic @alisoncroggon @sophblack @lesslinear thank you @SarahEBurnside for my lunchtime reading!
@SarahEBurnside @heckelfonic @alisoncroggon @sophblack @lesslinear - @sophblack and I plan to visit PEI as very old ladies, right blacky?
Dear @originenergy - I've just arranged to change to another energy provider because of your campaigning against the Renewable Energy Target
Just donated - best of luck RT @AnitaHeiss: Anthology on the NT intervention chuffed.org/project/anthol… via @ChuffedAU
Bookish booksellery political types - has anyone read Tony Judt's ILL FARES THE LAND and if so, can you recommend more in similar vein?
Can fully endorse this one RT @PanMacmillanAus: The cutest cookbook ever @foodbabieslove by Emily Dupche is here! ow.ly/AVAlL
Monster petition on action monsterclimatepetition.com.au Coz only 26% of women & 42% of men support repeal of the carbon tax mnth.ly/1oF4LHT
'We’re only showing movies about writers'. So much for writer-nerds to love at 'The Gaz': thedesignfiles.net/2014/07/the-go… (via @TheStellaPrize)
Follow RT @IndigenousX: @IndigenousX is nearly at a milestone! Help us get there by retweeting.
Hell yes RT @BloomsburySyd: Patti Smith's #JustKids wins Chicago Tribune Literary Award as she hints of a sequel "sister" book. Excited?
Imagine your baby with an ongoing fever and cough and you can do nothing. refugeeaction.org.au/?p=3362 (via @Jeff_Sparrow)
SLV fellow Sharon Huebner will work on 'Noongar and Koories: interpreting the silences of a colonial archive': booksellerandpublisher.com.au/DetailPage.asp…
And they're paying! RT @BplusPNews: @TinyOwlWorkshop invites submissions for 'world building' project: booksellerandpublisher.com.au/DetailPage.asp…
...So important. So that your future PMs don't say this: ow.ly/yLH9l
I couldn't count the number of times I've corrected 'settled' in reference to Europeans in Aus while editing...

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