Aidan Doyle

Nice review of The Writer's Book of Doubt

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Brigands & Breadknives cover

Look what just arrived on my Kindle

Important spider news.

As someone with a computer science background, it's cool to see my book is in the MIT book store.

Agent extraordinaire @alexadsett.bsky.social at the Frankfurt book fair where Mind-controlling Bugs was on display.

Footscray Library has bug book copies now.

Over 20 copies of the bug book in libraries in Singapore.
They have a much bigger selection of parasite books for kids than I would have expected.

I’ve made an update to this situation.
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Thank you. It really depends why you want to learn blender. One of the best introductions I found was this tutorial
youtu.be/nESaz92SJ0w?...

Thank you!

Thank you. I did the donut tutorial a while back, but not much of it has stayed with me.

There are so many cool things you can do with Blender. It just takes forever to learn how to do them. :)

I've been learning Blender (a 3D graphics program). Most of the things I make are still by following tutorials, but I'm slowly improving.

We went on the State Library's tour yesterday where they let you into the library before opening hours and you can see some of the old catalogs.

New recommended non-fiction for kids.
Mind-controlling Bugs gets a mention.
www.readings.com.au/news/new-and...

The number of Australians visiting Japan in May this year increased 32% compared to last year.

Bug book on the shelves of South Yarra library.

The main meals at the cafe were very average. But the mousse was good. Chocolately, but not too chocolately.

Death Star chocolate mousse from the Star Wars cafe at Melbourne Museum

Mind-Controlling Bugs Check out Mind-Controlling Bugs - <p><b>Mind-Controlling Bugs</b> is an eye-opening nonfiction book for kids ages 6 and up that dives into the fascinating world of parasites! </p><p> Ever wondered wha...

Mind-Controlling Bugs is published by Hardie Grant and the cover and illustrations are by Astred Hicks.

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It's bug book US release day!

Hardback and ebook are now available in the USA.

It's mainly available through online stores (Amazon, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, etc) but I'd love a photo if anyone sees a copy in the wild. :)

UK release in a couple of days.

This is such a cool cover! Stocked to have a story in here alongside many awesome writers 🖤🖤🖤

Wallace and Gromit's dedicated fans in South Korea The Aardman characters are hugely popular in the country, where Gromit is used to teach English

I later saw a BBC article talking about how popular they were in Korea. In terms of W&G merchandising, Korea is the 2nd biggest market after the UK. I also saw some commenters saying it was a lie and they had lived in Korea for years and had never seen W&G anywhere.

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One of the things that surprised me about South Korea this time was seeing Wallace & Gromit merchandise everywhere. Plush toys, notebooks, pens, etc. I hadn't realised they were so popular there.

Stunning amber fossil reveals ‘Last of Us’-type fungus likely lived alongside dinosaurs | CNN Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a fly with parasitic fungi bursting from their bodies.

99 Million Years Later
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Don't even try to bring kimchi onto the plane.

Cash only. Are you ready?

Hanging out with my meerkat buddies.