Alicia Sometimes

A pic of Speech from Arrested Development with praying hands in a brown suit jacket.

Today on 3RRR, Steve Grimwade & I are filling in on Baseline to talk about the wonder that is Womadelaide: 6 – 9 March 2026 Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla, Adelaide.

We will be speaking to Speech from Arrested Development, Don Watson, singers Ganavya and Kaiit. Today, 3RRR, 9-12pm.

❤️⭐️

Thank you ❤️

Pink cover with yellow letters: Best Australian Science Writing 2025. Edited by Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor, foreword by Veena Sahajwalla.

Thrilled to be included in Best Australian Science Writing 2025.
Edited by Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor, foreword by Veena Sahajwalla.
Including with so many incredible writers.

Wonderful news! ❤️

So lovely to hear. Thank you! ⭐️📕

Thanks Rami! ❤️

It’s a wonderful poem isn’t it?! Katie is such a beautiful writer.

Great to hear you back on the Rs! Such a great talk.

Creating the Universe

Fancy some science and art mixed together in storytelling? Then you are def. going to want to check out the 'Creating the Universe' event with @astrokatie.com and @aliciasometimes.bsky.social at the @wheelercentre.bsky.social

This is at about 75% capacity, so be sure to get tickets ($) soon!

Creating the Universe

Excited to be in conversation with the stellar and incredible @astrokatie.com at the Wheeler Centre on Wed 16 July, 6.30pm to talk about the cosmos, art and her book. Creating the Universe! Would love to see you there.

(Katie is doing a range of wonderful events in Melbourne while she’s here).

Creating the Universe

For something a little different, @astrokatie.com and @aliciasometimes.bsky.social are going to be discussing how we can artistically interpret the big cosmic questions with art, words or sound.

Hosted at the @wheelercentre.bsky.social

www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

#Melbourne

5/6

Can’t wait!

Thanks Rami. They are the best of us aren’t they? Kind words.

A picture of a Jack Russell, Scooter sitting on a black and white cardigan on a couch.

We had to say goodbye to this little guy today. Scooter was 12 years old and the best boy. The big hole in our heart will be there for the longest time. He was loved by so many. ❤️

Outside the Library at the Dock building in Docklands.

View overlooking Melbourne City, some yachts. View from Library at the Dock.

Ready to talk art and science with @raynerexplainer.bsky.social at Library at the Dock, Docklands for MICF. Part of the Australian Highlights series. What a beautiful day!

A picture of Rachel Rayner, the science explainer.

Excited to be on stage again after a long while - Sat 12 April, MICF (4pm, Library on The Dock)! Free!

Join host @raynerexplainer.bsky.social in a live recording for her Australian Highlights podcast - exploring captivating stories behind Australian innovations in science, art & culture. Fun!

'As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear'

- Emily Dickinson
In the latest Australian Humanities Review, Rae Armantrout and Ben Buchler talk poetry and physics. #PoetrySky 🧪

So kind of you. ❤️

Thanks Carolyn ❤️📕

A photo of author Alicia Sometimes and book cover of Stellar Atmospheres with a quote from the review of her book in Arts Hub: 'Stellar Atmospheres serves as a bridge between science and poetry. Sometimes adroitly navigates the intricacies between empirical inquiry and artistic expression, inviting readers to ponder the universe through a poetic lens. Her work exemplifies how art and science can converge to illuminate the wonders of existence, making the complexities of the cosmos both comprehensible and profoundly moving –somehow both distant and intimate, all at once.'

Thrilled to have such a lovely review of 'Stellar Atmospheres' in Arts Hub by Ellie Fisher. Always makes my day.

www.artshub.com.au/news/reviews...

Woman under a balloon for Womad 2025

Womad 2025.

Book cover of ‘Origins The Cosmos in Verse By: Joseph Conlon’. Cover is dark blue with dots surrounding the edges.

Just read ‘Origins
The Cosmos in Verse’ by Joseph Conlon. Loved it. Beautiful verse and engrossing physics.

Prejudice, poor pay and the ‘urinary leash’: naming and claiming Australia’s forgotten women scientists A new book explores a paradox: women have been excluded from Australian science for many social and political reasons, but were also present and active in it from its earliest days.

The history of Australian women in science 🧪 #WomenInSTEM
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience

Wonderful poem 📕

This is the ‘Space’ issue of Cordite and mentions ‘Alicia Sometimes and Henry Lai-Paine as well as a list of wonderful poets. The image has a black background and white shadows of people moving.

‘Space’ issue of Cordite is now live! So much fun to edit. So many wonderful luminaries such as @samillingworth.com @drspacejunk.bsky.social @astrokatie.com @tamarastro.bsky.social @tobydavidson.bsky.social @damenobrien.bsky.social & many more!

cordite.org.au

Such a performance. No winking. Love it ❤️

Maxine Beneba Clarke writing in The Age: ‘…and ‘Stellar Atmospheres’ (Cordite) by Alicia Sometimes, is an unlikely pairing of science with poetry that explores astrophysics, cosmology, and contributions of female scientists, among other things.’

Late to the party but a big thank you to Maxine Beneba Clarke for her book recommendations in The Age on the weekend. So lovely to be mentioned alongside such luminaries.

A photo of ‘Stellar Atmospheres’, a book by Alicia Sometimes. The cover is orange and abstract.

My book 'Stellar Atmospheres' is on sale at the moment. #sciart #sciencepoetry #poetry

50% off - (as well as other gorgeous wonders from Cordite Publishing). Gift? Reading it for the first time?

Discount code = SUMMER.
corditebooks.org.au

Can’t wait!