Francesjkey
@franjkey.bsky.social
Social History enthusiast, book reader, Presenter of ‘Hear This’ on Vision Australia Radio, love libraries, photos and hanging around.
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Save the State Library rally in Melbourne is still on! Join us there 12.30 tomorrow (Saturday) to find out what happened & what needs to happen now. The execs who want to cut staff & services & put giant video screens in the dome remain in charge. Spread the word!
www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
State Library abandons controversial restructure plan
Ahead of a planned public protest on Saturday, a reorganisation of Victoria’s most significant public library has been dropped.
www.theage.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Save the State Library rally in Melbourne is still on! Join us there 12.30 tomorrow (Saturday) to find out what happened & what needs to happen now. The execs who want to cut staff & services & put giant video screens in the dome remain in charge. Spread the word!
www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
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My now vintage demo track. Reckon I’m due for an updated one.
These were all improvised, first takes.
#flute
These were all improvised, first takes.
#flute
Four Flute One Takes | Kent Parkstreet
Four Flute One Takes by Kent Parkstreet, World music from Sydney, NSW, AU on ReverbNation
www.reverbnation.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
My now vintage demo track. Reckon I’m due for an updated one.
These were all improvised, first takes.
#flute
These were all improvised, first takes.
#flute
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Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS
We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...
www.aaihs.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Here is a great list of some of the best books about Black history published in 2025. 🗃️ www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...
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BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"Essential reading"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"Essential reading"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
BILLSON FILM DATABASE (kindle or pbk)
"Essential reading"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
"Essential reading"
"the best film guide ever"
"The wittiest & funniest film reviews I've ever read"
"I would love to argue movies with this woman in a bar that stayed open late"
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1546443118
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It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
The 2025 Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction (TFR Awards)
Thirteen early contenders for the best transfeminine novel of 2025. Voting is open until December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷
Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.
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While I'm posting, these were my favourite Australian books of the year - something for everyone (poetry, non-fiction, madcap novels, capital L Literature, graphic novels, short stories etc etc)
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
While I'm posting, these were my favourite Australian books of the year - something for everyone (poetry, non-fiction, madcap novels, capital L Literature, graphic novels, short stories etc etc)
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Some of the BRILLIANT political cartoons of 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Some of the BRILLIANT political cartoons of 2025.
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The wonderful @bigissue.com will be publishing an article about the Adelphi tent encampment in their 8 December edition. It will feature some of my newest portraits from the Outsiders project, taken last weekend at the encampment.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The wonderful @bigissue.com will be publishing an article about the Adelphi tent encampment in their 8 December edition. It will feature some of my newest portraits from the Outsiders project, taken last weekend at the encampment.
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Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
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Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
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Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes 30th Anniversary Soft n Sexy Sound tour continues.
Thurs Nov 13th,King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
Fri Nov 14th,Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
Sat Nov 15th,The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
Sunday afternoon Nov 16th, Dangar Island Bowlo NSW. Photo Andy Jans Brown
Thurs Nov 13th,King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
Fri Nov 14th,Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
Sat Nov 15th,The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
Sunday afternoon Nov 16th, Dangar Island Bowlo NSW. Photo Andy Jans Brown
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes 30th Anniversary Soft n Sexy Sound tour continues.
Thurs Nov 13th,King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
Fri Nov 14th,Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
Sat Nov 15th,The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
Sunday afternoon Nov 16th, Dangar Island Bowlo NSW. Photo Andy Jans Brown
Thurs Nov 13th,King Street Bandroom, Newcastle
Fri Nov 14th,Avoca Beach Theatre NSW
Sat Nov 15th,The Lounge, Chatswood NSW
Sunday afternoon Nov 16th, Dangar Island Bowlo NSW. Photo Andy Jans Brown
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I have a sharp memory, a photo snap not embedded in video, of standing still in Myer as a little girl with my mother, as the entire city came to a commemorative standstill at 11.00 a.m. on November!
Mourning, not nationalistic flag-waving. Very different times ...
#Remembrance
Mourning, not nationalistic flag-waving. Very different times ...
#Remembrance
Reposted every year in response to all those who fetishize remembrance
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I have a sharp memory, a photo snap not embedded in video, of standing still in Myer as a little girl with my mother, as the entire city came to a commemorative standstill at 11.00 a.m. on November!
Mourning, not nationalistic flag-waving. Very different times ...
#Remembrance
Mourning, not nationalistic flag-waving. Very different times ...
#Remembrance
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CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback)
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
"possibly the greatest book ever"
"one of the finest pieces of specialist film scholarship published in recent years”
“Bonus: includes My Day by Jones, AKA Alien from the cat's PoV. Fun!”
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1978038747
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New substack post
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New substack post
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The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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Can absolutely 100% recommend The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.
Seven people are rescued/kidnapped from historical eras and brought to the present day. This is the story of one of them and his handler ("bridge") and how they navigate this together.
www.fantasticfiction.com/b/kaliane-br...
Seven people are rescued/kidnapped from historical eras and brought to the present day. This is the story of one of them and his handler ("bridge") and how they navigate this together.
www.fantasticfiction.com/b/kaliane-br...
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - book cover, description.
www.fantasticfiction.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Can absolutely 100% recommend The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.
Seven people are rescued/kidnapped from historical eras and brought to the present day. This is the story of one of them and his handler ("bridge") and how they navigate this together.
www.fantasticfiction.com/b/kaliane-br...
Seven people are rescued/kidnapped from historical eras and brought to the present day. This is the story of one of them and his handler ("bridge") and how they navigate this together.
www.fantasticfiction.com/b/kaliane-br...
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Librarian: "Can I help you?"
Me: "Yes, I'm looking for a book about...“
Librarian: "Clairvoyance?"
Me: "No..."
Librarian: "That'll work one day."
Me: "Yes, I'm looking for a book about...“
Librarian: "Clairvoyance?"
Me: "No..."
Librarian: "That'll work one day."
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Librarian: "Can I help you?"
Me: "Yes, I'm looking for a book about...“
Librarian: "Clairvoyance?"
Me: "No..."
Librarian: "That'll work one day."
Me: "Yes, I'm looking for a book about...“
Librarian: "Clairvoyance?"
Me: "No..."
Librarian: "That'll work one day."
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"Crass were also politically radical, and several cases were brought against them ..., first for blasphemy ... Later, their 1983 Falklands protest How Does It Feel (To Be the Mother of 1,000 Dead) prompted Tory MP Timothy Eggar to try ... to prosecute them under the obscene publications act."
‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass
Accused of obscenity and sued by police and Tory MPs, Libertine outraged the establishment as part of Crass. Now she’s back – and she hasn’t mellowed with age
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Crass were also politically radical, and several cases were brought against them ..., first for blasphemy ... Later, their 1983 Falklands protest How Does It Feel (To Be the Mother of 1,000 Dead) prompted Tory MP Timothy Eggar to try ... to prosecute them under the obscene publications act."
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Some really nice insights into the writing process here: the early germs of ideas, the writing and rewriting, the editing and re-editing, & having the strength to abandon 100,000 words when you know they're going nowhere and start all over again.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘I had a year to write it from scratch’: the 2025 Booker finalists on the stories behind their novels
A newspaper report about a missing girl, the memory of a midwinter emergency … Susan Choi, Andrew Miller, David Szalay and others on what inspired their shortlisted books
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Some really nice insights into the writing process here: the early germs of ideas, the writing and rewriting, the editing and re-editing, & having the strength to abandon 100,000 words when you know they're going nowhere and start all over again.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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LJHill passed away last year- this song is astonishing. Look up his story. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSS...
the pretty bird tree | lj hill | official music video | 2010
YouTube video by Sarah Watson
m.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
LJHill passed away last year- this song is astonishing. Look up his story. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSS...
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Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
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I'm going through this new volume of Tales From The Gulp one last time before it goes off to the editor and I'm having feels. On the one hand, I'm excited to have a new Gulp book underway. On the other, I'm terrified of how it might be received, given how popular The Gulp and The Fall are. Aarrgghh!
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I'm going through this new volume of Tales From The Gulp one last time before it goes off to the editor and I'm having feels. On the one hand, I'm excited to have a new Gulp book underway. On the other, I'm terrified of how it might be received, given how popular The Gulp and The Fall are. Aarrgghh!
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Have a listen to this 10-minute podcast from Flame Tree Press where all the authors in Fever Dreams (myself included) talk a little bit about their story in the anthology.
youtu.be/wfd-BqOYcik?...
youtu.be/wfd-BqOYcik?...
Inside Fever Dreams
YouTube video by Flame Tree Press & Studio
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Have a listen to this 10-minute podcast from Flame Tree Press where all the authors in Fever Dreams (myself included) talk a little bit about their story in the anthology.
youtu.be/wfd-BqOYcik?...
youtu.be/wfd-BqOYcik?...
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Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes 30th Anniversary Soft n Sexy Sound Tour is at Corner Hotel in Melbourne tonight. Doors at 8:30pm and we play the album i the frist set at 9:15pm. No opening act. We play a second set of rockers after that. tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event...
Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes (Soft & Sexy Sounds 2025)
PLAYING TIMES:
DAVE GRANEY & THE CORAL SNAKES 9.15PM 'TIL 10.15PM + 10.45PM 'TIL 11.45PM
Gather up folks for one of the best tours coming your way this year. Dave Graney ‘n’ The Coral Snakes are hitt...
tickets.cornerhotel.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes 30th Anniversary Soft n Sexy Sound Tour is at Corner Hotel in Melbourne tonight. Doors at 8:30pm and we play the album i the frist set at 9:15pm. No opening act. We play a second set of rockers after that. tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event...
The Yarra Hotel in Johnston Street Abbotsford Melbourne. A stones throw from Victoria Park footy ground. Built in 1853
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Yarra Hotel in Johnston Street Abbotsford Melbourne. A stones throw from Victoria Park footy ground. Built in 1853