kc@austcrimefiction
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Reads a bit of crime fiction. AustCrimeFiction.org since 2006. Owned by lots of Aussie Terriers, cats & farm animals. Gin drinker, old lefty, whinges about weather. Dja Dja Wurrung country.
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Yesterday was the second attempt at an internal and close up personal examination of Miss Lillie's personal parts (the first attempt aborted when she rammed out the wall at the end of the shed and ran for the hills a week ago).
Much construction (reconstruction) work later and we went again.
Much construction (reconstruction) work later and we went again.
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Yesterday was the second attempt at an internal and close up personal examination of Miss Lillie's personal parts (the first attempt aborted when she rammed out the wall at the end of the shed and ran for the hills a week ago).
Much construction (reconstruction) work later and we went again.
Much construction (reconstruction) work later and we went again.
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Pretty on brand for Barnaby Joyce to start seeing someone else and end up quitting a long term relationship to be with them.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Pretty on brand for Barnaby Joyce to start seeing someone else and end up quitting a long term relationship to be with them.
They are calling strike teams into this one now. It's big, and it's still bloody November in case anyone needs a reminder that this drought is not over.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
They are calling strike teams into this one now. It's big, and it's still bloody November in case anyone needs a reminder that this drought is not over.
Whoever decided to turn this heat on in November can sod off into the sun.
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Whoever decided to turn this heat on in November can sod off into the sun.
One of these is not like the others
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
One of these is not like the others
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November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Some #YeahNoir Reviews today:
A House Built on Sand, Tina Shaw: tinyl.co/3zHG
Ōkiwi Brown, Cristina Sanders: tinyl.co/3zHH
The Mires, Tina Makereti: tinyl.co/3zHJ
Different, yet there's something about the threads in all of these that resonates.
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A House Built on Sand, Tina Shaw: tinyl.co/3zHG
Ōkiwi Brown, Cristina Sanders: tinyl.co/3zHH
The Mires, Tina Makereti: tinyl.co/3zHJ
Different, yet there's something about the threads in all of these that resonates.
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
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November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Some #YeahNoir Reviews today:
A House Built on Sand, Tina Shaw: tinyl.co/3zHG
Ōkiwi Brown, Cristina Sanders: tinyl.co/3zHH
The Mires, Tina Makereti: tinyl.co/3zHJ
Different, yet there's something about the threads in all of these that resonates.
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
A House Built on Sand, Tina Shaw: tinyl.co/3zHG
Ōkiwi Brown, Cristina Sanders: tinyl.co/3zHH
The Mires, Tina Makereti: tinyl.co/3zHJ
Different, yet there's something about the threads in all of these that resonates.
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
The dogs got a new bed, big enough for the 4 of them. Or one grumpy cat.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The dogs got a new bed, big enough for the 4 of them. Or one grumpy cat.
Latest AustCrime that was sent out to subscribers yesterday - listing new / upcoming releases and recent acquisitions and a summary of reviews. And a Nick Cave mention.
tinyl.co/3xha
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#AusCrime
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AustCrime Update: October / November 2025 | AustCrimeFiction.org
In the last newsletter I mentioned that predictability is overrated. I think this time around I should note that MtTBR induced panic is, on the other hand, misunderstood, and underestimated. I have a ...
tinyl.co
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Latest AustCrime that was sent out to subscribers yesterday - listing new / upcoming releases and recent acquisitions and a summary of reviews. And a Nick Cave mention.
tinyl.co/3xha
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#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
tinyl.co/3xha
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#AusCrime
Today's review is the excellent Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake (who has hidden form in writing excellent novels)
tinyl.co/3xNh
Told in a brisk, no nonsense tone that is richly interlaced with laconic humour & compelling observation, this delivers.
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#CrimeFiction
#YeahNoir
tinyl.co/3xNh
Told in a brisk, no nonsense tone that is richly interlaced with laconic humour & compelling observation, this delivers.
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#CrimeFiction
#YeahNoir
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Today's review is the excellent Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake (who has hidden form in writing excellent novels)
tinyl.co/3xNh
Told in a brisk, no nonsense tone that is richly interlaced with laconic humour & compelling observation, this delivers.
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#YeahNoir
tinyl.co/3xNh
Told in a brisk, no nonsense tone that is richly interlaced with laconic humour & compelling observation, this delivers.
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#YeahNoir
Upside: Shirley the Aussie Terrier is a bit better & the Blue Tongue Lizards are about.
Downside: the pig might need another round of drugs or an ultrasound, a couple of very worrying fires in the Mallee already, & himself nearly stood on a large brown snake in the yard yesterday.
Hate. Summer.
Downside: the pig might need another round of drugs or an ultrasound, a couple of very worrying fires in the Mallee already, & himself nearly stood on a large brown snake in the yard yesterday.
Hate. Summer.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Upside: Shirley the Aussie Terrier is a bit better & the Blue Tongue Lizards are about.
Downside: the pig might need another round of drugs or an ultrasound, a couple of very worrying fires in the Mallee already, & himself nearly stood on a large brown snake in the yard yesterday.
Hate. Summer.
Downside: the pig might need another round of drugs or an ultrasound, a couple of very worrying fires in the Mallee already, & himself nearly stood on a large brown snake in the yard yesterday.
Hate. Summer.
This little butter wouldn't melt face frightened the living daylights out of us yesterday when she got violently ill very suddenly. Severe gallbladder infection that looked for all the world like a bile duct rupture or liver tumour. Thank the dog for vets!
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This little butter wouldn't melt face frightened the living daylights out of us yesterday when she got violently ill very suddenly. Severe gallbladder infection that looked for all the world like a bile duct rupture or liver tumour. Thank the dog for vets!
Yesterday we listened to a multi agency rescue on Arapiles that included HEMS to winch them out. But yeah, defy the voluntary ban.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites
State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefacts
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Yesterday we listened to a multi agency rescue on Arapiles that included HEMS to winch them out. But yeah, defy the voluntary ban.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This week's reading updates start out with:
#Review Pacific Heights by S.R. White (an author I'm badly behind with) tinyl.co/3sWM
and
#AmReading Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake. At least I'm not too far behind with this one tinyl.co/3sWK
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#YeahNoir
#Review Pacific Heights by S.R. White (an author I'm badly behind with) tinyl.co/3sWM
and
#AmReading Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake. At least I'm not too far behind with this one tinyl.co/3sWK
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#YeahNoir
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This week's reading updates start out with:
#Review Pacific Heights by S.R. White (an author I'm badly behind with) tinyl.co/3sWM
and
#AmReading Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake. At least I'm not too far behind with this one tinyl.co/3sWK
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#YeahNoir
#Review Pacific Heights by S.R. White (an author I'm badly behind with) tinyl.co/3sWM
and
#AmReading Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake. At least I'm not too far behind with this one tinyl.co/3sWK
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#YeahNoir
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ICYMI this week's reviews:
Karen Chisholm on Garry Disher's latest Hirsch crime novel, MIschance Creek
Braham Dabscheck on Graeme Turner's dissection of the crisis in Australian universities, Broken
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Karen Chisholm on Garry Disher's latest Hirsch crime novel, MIschance Creek
Braham Dabscheck on Graeme Turner's dissection of the crisis in Australian universities, Broken
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Karen Chisholm on Garry Disher's latest Hirsch crime novel, MIschance Creek
Braham Dabscheck on Graeme Turner's dissection of the crisis in Australian universities, Broken
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
Karen Chisholm on Garry Disher's latest Hirsch crime novel, MIschance Creek
Braham Dabscheck on Graeme Turner's dissection of the crisis in Australian universities, Broken
Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
@austcrimefiction.org
#AustralianAuthors
#BookSky 💙 📚
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Some of us are happy with change, have worked in IT for 40+ years & don't live in the sodding city, so the unnamed farmer in this article nails it. Whoever came up with this layout needs to find out a bit about their bloody use cases. The thing indeed sucks.
Some of us are happy with change, have worked in IT for 40+ years & don't live in the sodding city, so the unnamed farmer in this article nails it. Whoever came up with this layout needs to find out a bit about their bloody use cases. The thing indeed sucks.
‘Your new website sucks’: Bureau of Meteorology redesign is lightning rod for heated criticism
It was designed to be clean and clear, but upset users are calling the national weather forecaster’s new site confusing, clunky and ‘really bad’
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Some of us are happy with change, have worked in IT for 40+ years & don't live in the sodding city, so the unnamed farmer in this article nails it. Whoever came up with this layout needs to find out a bit about their bloody use cases. The thing indeed sucks.
Some of us are happy with change, have worked in IT for 40+ years & don't live in the sodding city, so the unnamed farmer in this article nails it. Whoever came up with this layout needs to find out a bit about their bloody use cases. The thing indeed sucks.
Welcome to the enshittification of the Internet number 10000+
What moron at the BOM decided that the new combined radar was acceptable???? And with all that bullshit around the edges so you can't see it on a small screen.
Nearly bloody unusable.
What moron at the BOM decided that the new combined radar was acceptable???? And with all that bullshit around the edges so you can't see it on a small screen.
Nearly bloody unusable.
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Welcome to the enshittification of the Internet number 10000+
What moron at the BOM decided that the new combined radar was acceptable???? And with all that bullshit around the edges so you can't see it on a small screen.
Nearly bloody unusable.
What moron at the BOM decided that the new combined radar was acceptable???? And with all that bullshit around the edges so you can't see it on a small screen.
Nearly bloody unusable.
#AmReading from this morning because this lobbed into my library app overnight and everything else just vanished from view:
www.austcrimefiction.org/book/my-inne...
#CrimeFiction
#Germany
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#CrimeFiction
#Germany
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My Inner Child Wants to Murder Mindfully | AustCrimeFiction.org
No more corpses. At least, that was the plan. Lawyer turned murderer Björn wants to stop killing. Unfortunately, the prisoner in his basement is getting restless, the parents' committee at his daugh...
www.austcrimefiction.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
#AmReading from this morning because this lobbed into my library app overnight and everything else just vanished from view:
www.austcrimefiction.org/book/my-inne...
#CrimeFiction
#Germany
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
www.austcrimefiction.org/book/my-inne...
#CrimeFiction
#Germany
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"Disher.. is master of the art of misdirection, complicated scenarios made easy, and the slow, measured build."
Karen Chisholm reviews Garry Disher's latest crime novel, MIschance Creek:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/garry-disher...
@austcrimefiction.org
#CrimeFiction
#RuralNoir
#BookSky 💙 📚
Karen Chisholm reviews Garry Disher's latest crime novel, MIschance Creek:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/garry-disher...
@austcrimefiction.org
#CrimeFiction
#RuralNoir
#BookSky 💙 📚
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
@gordunc44.bsky.social thought we'd both get this one ...
October 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@gordunc44.bsky.social thought we'd both get this one ...
There's a lot of stuff to LOATHE Scott Morrison over but Christine Holgate / AusPost has got to be right up towards the top of the list. The enshittification of that organisation since her loss (and the concomitant improvement in Team Global Express / Toll since her joining them) is marked. 1/6
October 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There's a lot of stuff to LOATHE Scott Morrison over but Christine Holgate / AusPost has got to be right up towards the top of the list. The enshittification of that organisation since her loss (and the concomitant improvement in Team Global Express / Toll since her joining them) is marked. 1/6
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Total Fire Ban declared for Mallee region
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason
Total Fire Ban declared for Mallee region
MALLEE, VIC. — The first Total Fire Ban (TFB) of the 2025/26 fire season has been declared for the Mallee tomorrow, Thursday, October 16, 2025.
www.victoriannews.com.au
October 15, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Total Fire Ban declared for Mallee region
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason
#cfa #tfb #fireban #summer #Mallee #fires #TotalFireBan #fireseason
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
OF COURSE THE NUMBERS have gone up with an exemption for operational members. (And the exemption is paltry if you're a large operator). In other news the sky is blue and it still hasn't bloody rained in this Victoria????
OF COURSE THE NUMBERS have gone up with an exemption for operational members. (And the exemption is paltry if you're a large operator). In other news the sky is blue and it still hasn't bloody rained in this Victoria????
Victorian volunteer firefighter numbers grow despite levy angst
Despite resentment and anger from some farmers, the CFA says it's well prepared to deal with an elevated fire risk this spring and summer.
www.abc.net.au
October 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
OF COURSE THE NUMBERS have gone up with an exemption for operational members. (And the exemption is paltry if you're a large operator). In other news the sky is blue and it still hasn't bloody rained in this Victoria????
OF COURSE THE NUMBERS have gone up with an exemption for operational members. (And the exemption is paltry if you're a large operator). In other news the sky is blue and it still hasn't bloody rained in this Victoria????
Linda Reynolds is doing such a good job at restoring that reputation that she reckons somebody she should have been supporting destroyed.
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Linda Reynolds is doing such a good job at restoring that reputation that she reckons somebody she should have been supporting destroyed.