Michael Winkler

Adani promised Australia billions from its Carmichael mine but it hasn’t paid a cent in tax. How did we get here? The coalmine generated millions in revenue in its early days but recorded an operating loss – a pattern that would repeat at scale

www.theguardian.com/environment/... I love the tone of bewilderment: what? They turned out to be crooks? Did anyone seriously think they were here to do the right thing?

That is magnificent.

The Australian Nabokov.

IT'S LIVE

A hand holding Liz Jensen’s book ‘Egg Dancing’, the cover of which depicts an egg shell connected to a woman’s legs as one combined organism.

sometimes you find a book in an op shop with a cover so perfect… so startling…

Call me old fashioned, but the cosy-fication of "crime" (read: usually murder) is one of our society's most troubling moral sicknesses

Entire Aus media in a lather about mushroom woman - a verdict that is no one’s business beyond victims’ families. Meanwhile, Yuendumu coroner’s findings, 600 pages of vital commentary on policing and race, pass almost unnoticed.

signing NOCK LOOSE at my favourite bookstore, New Edition, where in shopped since I was 9!!!

They love a reading on a cold night in the inner north.

The ABC spent millions defending this Lattouf case. The Creative Australia chair resigned. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra had its worst financial result in a long time. The SLV and SLQ are still dealing with the fallout from their cowardice.
It doesn't pay to betray your own principles and values.

Short story award winners unveiled tomorrow - The Moorabool News Winners of the 2025 Peter Carey Short Story Award and Moorabool Young Writers’ Awards will be announced tomorrow at Lerderderg Library.

Looking forward to announcing the winner and runner up for the Peter Carey Short Story Award tomorrow, and celebrating with everyone involved. There are some excellent stories on the long/shortlist. If you're in the neighbourhood, join us!
timesnewsgroup.com.au/themoorabool...

You beauty!

Rereading this one. I only grasp perhaps 10% of their argument, but it's mind-bending. World-expanding.

They can have the Opera House. Just don't try robbing us of Bombay Rock.

It goes hard, Micah!

Didn't think Breece D'J Pancake's stories would match hype. Wrong again. So bleak, so rural, so tough they make Harry Crews look like Wodehouse.

Tipped to this book via a chapter excerpted in latest @overlandjournal.bsky.social
Fascinating memoir by a jack-of-all-trades working class First Nations man who supported himself from the age of 10 and could handle almost anythign except the ongoing fear of being stolen.
Strongly recommend.

Enjoying the New York Times house style here

All of it is wonderful, but make sure you duck in to Blarney Books @joblarney.bsky.social in Port Fairy and say gidday to Jo. And if you've got time, Tower Hill is beaut.

Hand holding a handgun, finger on trigger. Text reads “Art can’t change the world but an artist can.” The work is rendered in a sketchy, unrefined style emphasizing jittery linework and chaotic use of muted colors

doodling frustrating thoughts

Strong statement from Tuvalu on the threat that North West Shelf represents to our Pacific neighbours.

What a pack of greedy arseholes we'd be if we approve this monster out to 2070.

Via @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

fossilfueltreaty.org/north-west-s...

State Library of Queensland fellowship decision - Australian Society of Authors The ASA is disturbed by the decision of the State Library of Queensland to rescind author KA Ren Wyld’s 2025 black&write! Fellowship.

A statement from @asauthors.bsky.social on the appalling rescindment of the black&write! fellowship this week.

"This represents yet another alarming instance of the undermining of freedom of expression and arms-length arts funding from a major institution."

www.asauthors.org.au/news/state-l...

World Aths in Guangzhou. Where's Brownie McGhee?

Book launch: Josephine Rowe's Little World | Blarney Books and Art Fellow author Michael Winkler will host this launch and discussion.

Very much looking forward to having a chat with the prodigious Josephine Rowe in Port Fairy this weekend.

www.blarneybooks.com.au/events/book-...

Seriously, do not buy, stream, or otherwise support of promote more Harry Potter bullshit. It is no longer theoretical - Rowling is funelling those wizard bucks into getting the law changed to actively oppress an already-vulnerable minority.

Rich | Souvankham Thammavongsa I guess when you have those things — grandchildren, children, and a husband — you talk about them, bring them into conversations, and let people know you have

Souvankham Thammavongsa. Jeez louise.

astra-mag.com/articles/rich/

Also one of the best writer/raconteurs I've ever heard. Festival directors take note!

Past few tournaments haven't been the same without the wild man. Going to miss him.