An anti-woke crusader avant la lettre, a trailblazer in bemoaning failures to celebrate the triumphs of western civilisation in the school curriculum - and now on the board of the NLA ffs. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...

Yes! I think international praise can exert a distorting effect on the local reception of Australian books, and reset the terms of reading.

Thank you! I feel lucky to have had the time and space to sort through my ideas about the book.

Thanks for sharing the piece!

Thank you! I am still steaming about this

Thank you very much! i thibk the big difference between here and the heyday of ozlit Twitter is that people are a little more cautious about what they post. For better or worse I guess that includes me 🤷‍♀️

I think it’s also the case that people are much less inclined to shoot their mouths off publicly on controversial topics than they were back in the day. So we have sanitised/discreet public spaces like Bluesky, and the usual ratty gossip behind the scenes…

I know! I won’t go back to Twitter but it’s like posting into the void here, at least if your subject is books…

It strikes me as bold to present readers with a transcript. And yet it seems there are droves of readers all set to hoover this up.

That all the coverage of the book - interviews and features and extracts - appeared before the media embargo on reviews was lifted is quite revealing.

My guess is that pre-orders alone would cause a crisis in remand centres. Several massive events associated with the book sold out weeks ago…

Imagine being Stephen fucking Miller and coming for de Niro…