Andrew Roff
@roffwrites.bsky.social
Unprofessional word arranger. Debut novel, 'Here Are My Demands', out now via Wakefield Press. Rugby enthusiast in a town full of Aussie Rules fans. More at www.roffwrites.com
Me last weekend, taking in some sport during a break at the Short Story Festival
#ManOfThePeople
#ManOfThePeople
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Me last weekend, taking in some sport during a break at the Short Story Festival
#ManOfThePeople
#ManOfThePeople
This weekend, the Australian Short Story Festival is on in Adelaide. It's always a great vibe, so get along if you can. I'll be moderating a couple of sessions. On Saturday night, there's a 'Complaint Letters' event that should be good fun. More here: australianshortstoryfestival.com/2025-program/
2025 Program – Australian Short Story Festival Inc
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November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
This weekend, the Australian Short Story Festival is on in Adelaide. It's always a great vibe, so get along if you can. I'll be moderating a couple of sessions. On Saturday night, there's a 'Complaint Letters' event that should be good fun. More here: australianshortstoryfestival.com/2025-program/
I would definitely listen to a podcast about the Adelaide-Glenelg tram line hosted by a former Federal MP, entitled -- and imagine this being spoken in the host's distinctive voice -- 'The Fine Line with Christopher Pyne'.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I would definitely listen to a podcast about the Adelaide-Glenelg tram line hosted by a former Federal MP, entitled -- and imagine this being spoken in the host's distinctive voice -- 'The Fine Line with Christopher Pyne'.
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How interesting. Ultimo Books specifically open to subs of manuscripts between 30-40k words (both fiction and nonfiction). Don't think I've seen anything like this from a biggish publisher in Australia before.
hardiegrant.submittable.com/submit/33977...
hardiegrant.submittable.com/submit/33977...
Hardie Grant Publishing - Ultimo Press - Ultimo Shorts 2025
Submissions open at 10am AEST Monday, 20th October 2025. Entries submitted before this date will not be considered.
Submissions close at midnight AEST Monday, 31st January 2026. Entries submitted aft...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
How interesting. Ultimo Books specifically open to subs of manuscripts between 30-40k words (both fiction and nonfiction). Don't think I've seen anything like this from a biggish publisher in Australia before.
hardiegrant.submittable.com/submit/33977...
hardiegrant.submittable.com/submit/33977...
Super proud of my homeboy and 'confident literary talent' @jake-dean.bsky.social, who has been shortlisted for the Richell!
startled, flabbergasted to be on this list www.hachette.com.au/news/the-ric...
The Richell Prize Shortlist 2025
Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Super proud of my homeboy and 'confident literary talent' @jake-dean.bsky.social, who has been shortlisted for the Richell!
👀 Jump on this, friends!
Australian #BookGiveaway fans -- it's our 3rd and final spring giveaway, and you could win books by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, @roffwrites.bsky.social, Michael Adams and Amy Lovat. Be quick - entries close midnight TONIGHT Thurs 9 Oct 2025.
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#BookSky 💙 📚
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#BookSky 💙 📚
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
👀 Jump on this, friends!
I do! I do love to see it!!
You luv to see it: @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here Are My Demands is fiction-book-of-the-week in the Age/SMH! “meticulously constructed speculative fiction, which shows off a command of novelistic structure & form..philosophical ambit & sharp insights (of his debut)” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
From serial-killer chiller to the history of play: 10 new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction titles
www.theage.com.au
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I do! I do love to see it!!
This, exactly. GenAI, as I'm experiencing it in my working life, is a machine for shifting cognitive burden from one colleague (the AI user) to another (the person who receives, must interpret, and must almost always re-do the work).
A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.”
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...
AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable
AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."
www.404media.co
September 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This, exactly. GenAI, as I'm experiencing it in my working life, is a machine for shifting cognitive burden from one colleague (the AI user) to another (the person who receives, must interpret, and must almost always re-do the work).
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It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that!
But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.
But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.
5 new Australian publishers are making defiant, weird, grass-roots books
The launch of 5 new Australian book publishers is good news, for once. Meet Perentie Press, Pink Shorts Press, Evercreech Editions, Aniko Press and Bakers Lane Books.
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that!
But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.
But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months.
With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.
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Me in today's 70s wallpaper shirt plugging Lithosphere book launch at Fullers.
September 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Me in today's 70s wallpaper shirt plugging Lithosphere book launch at Fullers.
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I’m on a panel called ‘justice’ as part of this new writers festival coming up on Kaurna yarta
SLSA 20-21 September
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SLSA 20-21 September
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Writers Assemble!
Writers Assemble! is South Australia's new writers' festival. Across three days and seven events, this FREE festival brings together some of Australia's best writers for discussions on craft, careers,...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’m on a panel called ‘justice’ as part of this new writers festival coming up on Kaurna yarta
SLSA 20-21 September
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SLSA 20-21 September
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Ripper review of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here are my Demands notaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/andr...
Andrew Roff, Here Are My Demands
- This debut novel from 'child-wrangler' and lawyer Andrew Roff is simply superb on so many levels. It's a novel with two dimensions - we'...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Ripper review of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here are my Demands notaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/andr...
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On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)
A great grinding noise
A short memoir piece on recurrence, resurrection, regeneration
angelameyer.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)
Really sad to hear the news about Meanjin. Seeing one of my stories in print there, alongside work by ozLit giants, was the first time I felt like a real writer. What we're losing with this closure is not replaceable.
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Really sad to hear the news about Meanjin. Seeing one of my stories in print there, alongside work by ozLit giants, was the first time I felt like a real writer. What we're losing with this closure is not replaceable.
Thanks to @readingsbooks.bsky.social for this review of Here Are My Demands. Worth emphasising that you can buy this very book from Readings *right now* via the magic of internet technology. www.readings.com.au/reviews/here...
Here are My Demands by Andrew Roff
In a society where automatons have left millions around Australia destitute, policy advisor Maggie Garewal finally has the opportunity to enact real, lasting change as the so-called OzProgs (Australia...
www.readings.com.au
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Thanks to @readingsbooks.bsky.social for this review of Here Are My Demands. Worth emphasising that you can buy this very book from Readings *right now* via the magic of internet technology. www.readings.com.au/reviews/here...
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New from me: On coffee, names and the magic brewed by your local barista.
Cold coffee – by Aboubakr Daqiq | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND
I haven’t always liked coffee. Loved the smell, just not the taste. In recent years, however, I’ve found myself more than impartial towards an occasional morning coffee – especially when paired with a...
islandmag.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
New from me: On coffee, names and the magic brewed by your local barista.
Adelaide friends: we are officially launching Here Are My Demands at Ern Malley bar in Stepney on 27 August. Come hear me tee off about the state of the future! All welcome, (free) tickets essential. Details here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Here Are My Demands, Andrew Roff
Join us for the launch of Andrew Roff's debut novel, HERE ARE MY DEMANDS
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August 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Adelaide friends: we are officially launching Here Are My Demands at Ern Malley bar in Stepney on 27 August. Come hear me tee off about the state of the future! All welcome, (free) tickets essential. Details here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launc...
In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030, people would only work around 15 hours per week. Sounds great, right? With automation, it’s sort of possible to imagine how we might get there -- perhaps a few decades late. BUT... (1/3)
August 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030, people would only work around 15 hours per week. Sounds great, right? With automation, it’s sort of possible to imagine how we might get there -- perhaps a few decades late. BUT... (1/3)
A reminder that this is tonight! From the comfort of your preferred location, listen to Alex be erudite about satire, and me... also say words.
I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Friends of the Library Authors in Conversation with Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
Two local authors. Two incredible books. One fascinating conversation.
Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren are both award-winning South Australian writers whose works play with urgent political and social ...
adelaide.zoom.us
August 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A reminder that this is tonight! From the comfort of your preferred location, listen to Alex be erudite about satire, and me... also say words.
I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Friends of the Library Authors in Conversation with Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...
Two local authors. Two incredible books. One fascinating conversation.
Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren are both award-winning South Australian writers whose works play with urgent political and social ...
adelaide.zoom.us
August 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Happy publication day today to Alex Cothren and his “riotous collection of ethical fever dreams”! From new Adelaide publisher Pink Shorts Press
July 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Happy publication day today to Alex Cothren and his “riotous collection of ethical fever dreams”! From new Adelaide publisher Pink Shorts Press
Hey friends, my debut novel is out *right now* and you can ask your local bookshop to order it, or else grab a copy here:
www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/here...
www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/here...
Here Are My Demands - Wakefield Press
It's 2058 and Maggie Garewal's moment has arrived. Daringly speculative and yet all too recognisable, Here Are My Demands is a story about fighting on in the face of resistance, and the unprecedented ...
www.wakefieldpress.com.au
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hey friends, my debut novel is out *right now* and you can ask your local bookshop to order it, or else grab a copy here:
www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/here...
www.wakefieldpress.com.au/product/here...
It's officially a thing! Get ready, and strap yourself in for a goodly amount of self-promo from this account...
Strewth, finished copies of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s debut novel emerge! Out very soon from Adelaide’s Wakefield Press! #HereAreMyDemands
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's officially a thing! Get ready, and strap yourself in for a goodly amount of self-promo from this account...
In my happy [cold] place
July 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In my happy [cold] place
Looks like equal numbers of Lions and Wallabies jerseys on this flight from Adelaide to Canberra. Game day!! Hope it's drier in the capital...
July 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Looks like equal numbers of Lions and Wallabies jerseys on this flight from Adelaide to Canberra. Game day!! Hope it's drier in the capital...