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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

Amazing moment for Siang Lu as he wins #MFLA2025 #MILESFRANKLI

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congrats to Siang Lu winning #MFLA2025 #MILESFRANKLIN for his novel Ghost Cities, rejected 200 times over 10 years! 👏🏾🙌🏾👏🏾🙌🏾📚

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 24

They’re about to announce #MFLA2025 #MILESFRANKLIN 🤞🏾🙌🏾👏🏾📚

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · Jul 22

Picture the scene.

It's 1901. It's Paris. You make a bet with some friends that you could walk around the world, funding the entire trip by selling postcards featuring photos of YOURSELF. You set off.

This is the story of Charles Millot. Read it now at: orkneyarchive.blogspot.com

A black and white archive photograph of a man with a beard and cap. He has a backpack and a walking cane. There is a dog beside him and small stone steps leading out of the photograph. A large arched gate is behind him.

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

Great to find @johnkerrison.me here too!

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Copyright Agency @copyright.com.au · Jul 17

The recording of Miles Franklin Literary Awards Gleebooks Shortlist Authors Talk is now available! Tune in to hear Winnie Dunn, Julie Janson & Siang Lu in conversation about their shortlisted works & Australian literature today.
Listen here: buff.ly/eaICZJ9
Photo: Dan Turner
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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

Nick Cave hasn’t donated any books to us but we do have many of the titles he did donate, and 1000s more. Come in and get lost in our second hand books collection! #booksky www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Nick Cave fans swarm charity bookshop in UK after musician donates thousands of books

‘It’s an incredibly varied donation. He clearly held on to his books, some of them are quite old,’ says bookshop worker

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

Fascinating, inspiring, moving, funny... just like their books! Hear 2025 #MilesFranklin shortlisted authors Winnie Dunn, Julie Janson & Siang Lu share their stories on Sydney Review of Books/UTS #auslit podcast Fully Lit w/ @sunilbadami.bsky.social at #Gleebooks! #booksky

pod.link/1804215744/e...

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Copyright Agency @copyright.com.au · Jul 8

Big laughs, big books 📚
The MFLA Shortlist Authors Talk lit up Gleebooks with energy, truth & humour.
🎤 Dunn (Dirt Poor Islanders)
🔥 Janson (Compassion)
😂 Lu (Ghost Cities)
Read more here: buff.ly/rsvFzN8
Photo credit: Dapper Dan Photography
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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jul 7

#book people are the best people! Look what landed on the counter this week to brighten our day!

Thank you Suna – right back atcha! Discover more inspiring and vibrant events on our events page – and see you in the shop soon! #booksky #auslit

gleebooks.com.au/events/

Bunch of wattle in a box on a counter in a bookshop with a card that says:

Dear Gleebook staff, I just want to express my sincere gratitude for all that you do... being a long time member has been such a meaningful experience. The event you organise are always excellent and through them, I've had the pleasure of meeting amazing and knowledgeable people. I have learned so much over the years and am so thnkful to be a part of such a vibrant and inspiring community. With appreciation, SUNA 2025

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 25

👏 Congrats to the shortlisted authors of #auslit premier prize 2025 #MilesFranklin Literary Award! Meet shortlisted authors Winnie Dunn, Justine Janson & Siang Lu in an exclusive showcase presented by @copyright.com.au & Perpetual next Wednesday 2 July! #booksky 📚

gleebooks.com.au/event/miles-...

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 25

Let us know how you go @lawsonvictoria.bsky.social – we're usually quicker than that! But give us a call on 02 9660 2333 or email us at [email protected] and we'll jump on it!

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Australian Poetry @australianpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 12

Join us for NSW Showcase of Best of Australian Poems 2024 @gleebooks.bsky.social on Sunday 29th June, 3pm. Free, but must RSVP. Readings from acclaimed poets: Kate Lilley, Pam Brown, Michelle Cahill, Jake Goetz, Dan Hogan, Sara M Saleh, Ali Jane Smith, and Toby Fitch gleebooks.com.au/event/best-o...

Best of Australian Poems – Gleebooks.com.au

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks so much for the shout out @zenashapter.bsky.social! #loveozya and love ya work! Grab YOUR signed copy of When Dark Waters Burn in-store, or buy a copy (and When Dark Roots Hunt) online here! #booksky #auslit gleebooks.com.au/product/when...

When Dark Waters Burn – Gleebooks.com.au

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Copyright Agency @copyright.com.au · Jun 6

Join us on 2 July at Gleebooks for an insightful live panel featuring three shortlisted authors in conversation. Enjoy a lively Q&A and a reception with refreshments.

Presented by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

Book your tickets here: buff.ly/p14K1fh

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

Only half a Moore, which is why she’s known as a “demi” Moore

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · Jun 5

In the midnight hour
she cried
Moore, More, Moore

With a rebel yell
she cried
Moore, More, Moore

A shelf of 3 books about Roger Moore, Thomas More, and Henry Moore

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

Love reading? Have thoughts? @copyright.com.au Cultural Fund & Sydney Review of Books #SRB are looking for Australia's next top emerging critic with a generous stipend of $4,500 for publication in SRB. Closes 23 June. #booksky

sydneyreviewofbooks.com/news-and-eve...

Callout: 2025 CA-SRB Emerging Critics Fellowship | Sydney Review of Books

In partnership with the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, the Sydney Review of Books  invites applications for the 2025 Emerging Critics Fellowship program.

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Monica Wilcox @monicawilcox.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you can’t spare a room, fill a pillar.

#booksky #books #design #writingcommunity

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · Jun 1

Given their dominance in every other sphere of society, do we need more male novelists? | Books | @theguardian.com

What do you think? Some acclaimed authors share their thoughts.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

As a small press launches dedicated to new male fiction, authors including Anne Enright and Nikesh Shukla ask if men are really being pushed out of publishing

www.theguardian.com

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · May 31

Nathan will be discussing his extraordinary story with Rebecca Huntley at Gleebooks THIS Tuesday. Tix at gleebooks.com.au/events/ – selling fast!

www.smh.com.au/national/i-f...

‘I felt like a puppet’: A midnight swim leads to a long-term mystery illness

After the terrifying onset of profound identity loss, finding a diagnosis took years. The verdict: a condition said to affect 2 per cent of the population.

www.smh.com.au

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Gleebooks @gleebooks.bsky.social · May 27

Feisty, forward thinking, & fearless, Beatrice Faust paved the way for generations of fantastic feminists to follow. Join Judith Brett & Annabel Crabb as they celebrate The Fearless Beatrice Faust tomorrow at our Glebe shop! Tix here: bit.ly/3YYskXZ

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Provocative, progressive and fearless: why Beatrice Faust’s views still resonate in Australia

Faust is best remembered as the founder of the Women’s Electoral Lobby. But there was much more to her than just that.

theconversation.com

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