David Whish-Wilson
@davidwhish-wilson.bsky.social
Fremantle-based crime writer and reader, reviewer, academic. Author of the Frank Swann and Lee Southern series. Latest is Cutler, out with Fremantle Press.
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Cutler - Fremantle Press
Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a...
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Interests crime fiction, noir, hard boiled, psychological, historical fiction, ok, all fiction, as well as creative nonfiction, history, philosophy, environmental matters. Latest novel Cutler is crime fiction that looks at industrial fishing and maritime slavery - fremantlepress.com.au/books/cutler/
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October brings 3 very good and very different crime novels, from cold case mystery to James Bond spin-off to gritty Aussie noir. All well worth reading. Short reviews @valmcdermid.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @davidwhish-wilson.bsky.social murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/october-2025...
OCTOBER 2025 READING: NEW BOOKS BY VAL McDERMID, VASEEM KHAN and DAVID WHISH-WILSON
Three very different crime novels for your late October reading: a good cold case mystery, an interesting James Bond spin-off and a tough, gritty noir thriller by one of Australia’s best crim…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
October brings 3 very good and very different crime novels, from cold case mystery to James Bond spin-off to gritty Aussie noir. All well worth reading. Short reviews @valmcdermid.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @davidwhish-wilson.bsky.social murdermayhemandlongdogs.com/october-2025...
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www.patagonia.com.au/blogs/roarin... Part 2 of my series for Patagonia on the salmon cartels is up today - a stark example of how voting for either major party won’t change policy outcomes
Captives Going in Circles - Patagonia Australia
Part 2: An ancient fish meets modern politics. Story by Jock Serong. Photographs by Nick Green
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May 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
www.patagonia.com.au/blogs/roarin... Part 2 of my series for Patagonia on the salmon cartels is up today - a stark example of how voting for either major party won’t change policy outcomes
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My story is up at Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and to @kathyfish.bsky.social - the story was seeded in a 2023 workshop. Thanks also to my WA crew @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social, Meg and Lissy for their steady eyes, and @erinvachon.bsky.social for their excellent feedback.
Read "Amongst Stars" written by @belindarowe.bsky.social and illustrated by Kaylan Stedman Friedman.
"In my dreaming mind, I’m tethered to a spacecraft by lisle thread, floating out in the Andromeda Galaxy, weaving amongst a trillion stars."
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"In my dreaming mind, I’m tethered to a spacecraft by lisle thread, floating out in the Andromeda Galaxy, weaving amongst a trillion stars."
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Amongst Stars — Ghost Parachute
Hank’s my dog; I chose him, named him, raised him. Bill’s working fly-in-fly-out when I pack a box of records, then scoop up jeans, a jacket, bathers, goggles, my red dress – the one he loathes – book...
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February 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
My story is up at Ghost Parachute! Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and to @kathyfish.bsky.social - the story was seeded in a 2023 workshop. Thanks also to my WA crew @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social, Meg and Lissy for their steady eyes, and @erinvachon.bsky.social for their excellent feedback.
I’ve never been able to write The End when I finish a first draft (knowing the editing ahead) so this will have to do. #leesouthern#3 #ineedatitle
January 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I’ve never been able to write The End when I finish a first draft (knowing the editing ahead) so this will have to do. #leesouthern#3 #ineedatitle
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In one place for your convenience:
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 1 (full)
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Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 2 (still growing)
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Aus writers, publishers et al. combined into a list (ongoing)
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Let me know if you want to be added
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 1 (full)
go.bsky.app/AqicagE
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 2 (still growing)
go.bsky.app/Nhxw9CE
Aus writers, publishers et al. combined into a list (ongoing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Let me know if you want to be added
November 18, 2024 at 5:21 AM
In one place for your convenience:
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 1 (full)
go.bsky.app/AqicagE
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 2 (still growing)
go.bsky.app/Nhxw9CE
Aus writers, publishers et al. combined into a list (ongoing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Let me know if you want to be added
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 1 (full)
go.bsky.app/AqicagE
Aus writers, publishers et al. pack 2 (still growing)
go.bsky.app/Nhxw9CE
Aus writers, publishers et al. combined into a list (ongoing)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Let me know if you want to be added
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Absolutely thrilled! Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social - huge congratulations to the other fellows: Ani King, Kyle Weik, @kplumhoff.bsky.social !
Introducing our 2025 Emerging Writer Fellows! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
The SmokeLong Emerging Writer Fellows 2025 - SmokeLong Quarterly
For over a decade SmokeLong has supported emerging writers, first through The Kathy Fish Fellowship, later renamed The SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship. As we have grown, we’ve decided t...
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December 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Absolutely thrilled! Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social - huge congratulations to the other fellows: Ani King, Kyle Weik, @kplumhoff.bsky.social !
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"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf."
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OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
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December 20, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf."
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December 20, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Omg!! Congratulations everyone but especially my writing buddy @belindarowe.bsky.social on her first BSF nomination, bursting with pride & happiness! 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats! Belinda Rowe , Joshua Wetjen , Grace Anne Lowry , Shauna Friesen , @esmepromise.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Omg!! Congratulations everyone but especially my writing buddy @belindarowe.bsky.social on her first BSF nomination, bursting with pride & happiness! 🎉🎉🎉
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My #review of Cutler by David Whish-Wilson has been posted at:
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"We need more Paul Cutler's and writers like David Whish-Wilson that are willing to turn the wrongs that they see into illustrations for the rest of us."
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
tinyurl.com/286xjgfc
"We need more Paul Cutler's and writers like David Whish-Wilson that are willing to turn the wrongs that they see into illustrations for the rest of us."
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
November 29, 2024 at 12:54 AM
My #review of Cutler by David Whish-Wilson has been posted at:
tinyurl.com/286xjgfc
"We need more Paul Cutler's and writers like David Whish-Wilson that are willing to turn the wrongs that they see into illustrations for the rest of us."
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
tinyurl.com/286xjgfc
"We need more Paul Cutler's and writers like David Whish-Wilson that are willing to turn the wrongs that they see into illustrations for the rest of us."
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
#BookSky 💙📚
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Hi Enola,
Big cri-fi fan from Australia here. If you want to keep up with Aussie crime writing, give @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social a follow.
Some authors you might like to check out.
Garry Disher
Peter Temple (RIP)
David Whish-Wilson
John Birmingham
There are plenty more if Oz crime interests you
Big cri-fi fan from Australia here. If you want to keep up with Aussie crime writing, give @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social a follow.
Some authors you might like to check out.
Garry Disher
Peter Temple (RIP)
David Whish-Wilson
John Birmingham
There are plenty more if Oz crime interests you
December 2, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Hi Enola,
Big cri-fi fan from Australia here. If you want to keep up with Aussie crime writing, give @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social a follow.
Some authors you might like to check out.
Garry Disher
Peter Temple (RIP)
David Whish-Wilson
John Birmingham
There are plenty more if Oz crime interests you
Big cri-fi fan from Australia here. If you want to keep up with Aussie crime writing, give @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social a follow.
Some authors you might like to check out.
Garry Disher
Peter Temple (RIP)
David Whish-Wilson
John Birmingham
There are plenty more if Oz crime interests you
Had a good chat with Sheds, the Men's Shed mag, about making things with my hands (chef knives, whisky, jewellery, food) as a respite from the fiction writing/teaching/worried parent headspace, and how good it is for mental health. #mensshed
December 16, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Had a good chat with Sheds, the Men's Shed mag, about making things with my hands (chef knives, whisky, jewellery, food) as a respite from the fiction writing/teaching/worried parent headspace, and how good it is for mental health. #mensshed
Thanks to Oz crime fiction stalwart @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social for this review. Karen's been reviewing Oz Crime for decades and long supported the genre and its writers. Any time I want to read about an Australian crime title I go to her website first. www.austcrimefiction.org/review/cutle...
December 12, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Thanks to Oz crime fiction stalwart @kcfromaustcrime.bsky.social for this review. Karen's been reviewing Oz Crime for decades and long supported the genre and its writers. Any time I want to read about an Australian crime title I go to her website first. www.austcrimefiction.org/review/cutle...
A great bookmail day - Iain Ryan’s much anticipated follow-up to The Strip and Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan’s collaboration on Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse 1960-1990 (Iain and Andrew are two of my favourite Oz crime writers.)
December 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM
A great bookmail day - Iain Ryan’s much anticipated follow-up to The Strip and Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan’s collaboration on Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse 1960-1990 (Iain and Andrew are two of my favourite Oz crime writers.)
A podcast recorded recently with Cheryl Akle of Better Reading that canvassed my family's mobile early years and subsequent travels and its influence on my reading and writing, as well as a discussion of Cutler, the latest novel. www.betterreading.com.au/podcast/podc...
PODCAST: David Whish-Wilson on His Journey from a Nomadic Childhood to a Successful Crime Novelist | Better Reading
David Whish-Wilson talks to Cheryl about his unconventional path to writing, his motivations for writing crime fiction and the significant themes he explores in his work. His latest novel Culter is ou...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:40 AM
A podcast recorded recently with Cheryl Akle of Better Reading that canvassed my family's mobile early years and subsequent travels and its influence on my reading and writing, as well as a discussion of Cutler, the latest novel. www.betterreading.com.au/podcast/podc...
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💙📚 #CrimeFiction
So pleased to see this reminder about THE STRIP as well - have really loved all of Iain's work.
So pleased to see this reminder about THE STRIP as well - have really loved all of Iain's work.
Due for release next week. Iain’s previous novel THE STRIP was a contender for best Australian cop story since Peter Temple’s TRUTH. He has an urgent, vibe-driven style like Jordan Harper’s, with a dash more Ellroy in the story base (compromised and corrupt cops in a semi-distant decade).
November 26, 2024 at 4:10 AM
💙📚 #CrimeFiction
So pleased to see this reminder about THE STRIP as well - have really loved all of Iain's work.
So pleased to see this reminder about THE STRIP as well - have really loved all of Iain's work.
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November 23, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Interests crime fiction, noir, hard boiled, psychological, historical fiction, ok, all fiction, as well as creative nonfiction, history, philosophy, environmental matters. Latest novel Cutler is crime fiction that looks at industrial fishing and maritime slavery - fremantlepress.com.au/books/cutler/
Cutler - Fremantle Press
Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a...
fremantlepress.com.au
November 22, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Interests crime fiction, noir, hard boiled, psychological, historical fiction, ok, all fiction, as well as creative nonfiction, history, philosophy, environmental matters. Latest novel Cutler is crime fiction that looks at industrial fishing and maritime slavery - fremantlepress.com.au/books/cutler/
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For yr weekend listening pleasure, I join the folks at THE LONG SEVENTIES podcast to discuss my latest book, REVOLUTION IN 35MM. Great podcast that dives deep into its subjects. We talked about how the book came together, Patty Hearst, mondo film, & a lot else
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November 16, 2024 at 2:26 AM
For yr weekend listening pleasure, I join the folks at THE LONG SEVENTIES podcast to discuss my latest book, REVOLUTION IN 35MM. Great podcast that dives deep into its subjects. We talked about how the book came together, Patty Hearst, mondo film, & a lot else
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Drag yourself away from social media for a few minutes and send SmokeLong a micro or four. The deadline for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest is Nov 15, midnight NYC! That's sooooon. Please share!
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2024 - SmokeLong Quarterly
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (The Mikey) is now an annual competition celebrating and compensating the best micro fiction and nonfiction online. The grand prize winner of The Mikey is automatical...
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November 14, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Drag yourself away from social media for a few minutes and send SmokeLong a micro or four. The deadline for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest is Nov 15, midnight NYC! That's sooooon. Please share!
www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
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This is also true in Australia - around 40% of the year's sales are in December. Please support your local indie!
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
November 12, 2024 at 10:57 AM
This is also true in Australia - around 40% of the year's sales are in December. Please support your local indie!
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For new followers, the latest issue of my Substack newsletter went out a few days ago. A #Noirvember themed missive on why we need to watch more international noir. Includes a watch list of films if you want something a little different. Free to subscribe
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November 11, 2024 at 11:20 PM
For new followers, the latest issue of my Substack newsletter went out a few days ago. A #Noirvember themed missive on why we need to watch more international noir. Includes a watch list of films if you want something a little different. Free to subscribe
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
andrewnette.substack.com/p/noirvember...
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'Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.'
This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
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5 Questions with Brian Castro — LIMINAL
“I’ve always had a dispute with narration, since it traps the reader in immersion, like a drowning dragonfly. (Are writers part of the entertainment industry? Are books pastimes?)”
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November 8, 2024 at 5:33 AM
'Perhaps that’s what the self is: a never-ending tunnel hoping to find a non-existent home. And behind you the train of time is coming.'
This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...
This in @liminalmag.bsky.social is so damn good.
www.liminalmag.com/5-questions/...