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Michelle Scott Tucker
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Australian biographer, writer, reader, gardener, muse, dirty lefty and terrible cook.
Working on Louisa Lawson biography.
SPIRIT OF THE CROCODILE (A&U, 2025), SO FAR, SO GOOD (Pantera 2022), ELIZABETH MACARTHUR (Text 2018).
www.MichelleScottTucker.com
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Visiting Sydney again, for a talk and more study. So, so beautiful. And warm!!
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Finally found a use for the marble and pewter Selangor thingy for serving pate which we were given as a wedding present (so approx a thousand years ago).
Photo of a wooden bathroom bench. A hair straightener rests on a decorative marble disc.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Looks like rose season is beginning at my place
#WritersGarden
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Today’s desk posy
Gaudy purple and white blooms in a tiny green bottle/vase. Blooms are called columbines, also known as granny’s bonnet.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Of course I love libraries - who doesn't - but I love them even more when they support our book. Thanks Port Stephens Libraries!
#SpiritoftheCrocodile #middlegradebooks
A copy of Spirit of the Crocodile on display at the library.
November 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Meet Storm, the kitten we adopted last month. His mother (who we also adopted) is still pretty shy. But he’s an absolute charmer 🩶🐈‍⬛
A grey kitten, about 5-6 months old, sitting on a red Persian rug.
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Yes, this is my back garden. If I get the camera angle j-u-s-t right, and if you squint a little, you can’t see all the weeds 🤣🤣
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Blown away by this brilliant braiding together of biography, art history and feminist rage. Unputdownable.
Cover of a book called ‘A Wonan’s Eye, Her Art’ by Drusilla Modjeska.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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It’s adoption day at our place! So excited to collect this gorgeous pair from their foster carer this morning. The black one is the mother of the grey kitten. Still working on names - stay tuned. 🐈‍⬛ 🖤🩶
A black cat with smooth short hair and golden eyes sits neatly next to a fluffy grey kitten.
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Today’s desk posy
Blue-flowering rosemary stems and pear blossom in a small blue ceramic vase.
October 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Hello Brisvegas. Good to see you again.
City view and sunset sky from my balcony
September 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Today’s desk posy
Multiple sprays of white blossom (ornamental pear) in a clear vase on a brown table, bookshelves in background. Close up of white blossom flowers.
September 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Blue says: Happy equinox to all who celebrate!
(We call this pic “Right turn indicator activated”)
A dog called Blue, an extraordinarily handsome German pointer, is running across a grassy oval straight to camera. He is captured mid-stride with his right ear flying out sideways.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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What an honour. Winners announced on Friday.
For more info about the book, and about the Torres Strait, and about our collaboration, try my website - deets in the bio.
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#middlegrade #amreading #AaronFaAoso
Cover of a book called Spirit of the Crocodile, by Aaron Fa'Aoso and Michelle Scott Tucker with Lyn White. Children sitting on a jetty are silhouetted in the foreground, a tropical scene of sunset, water, moon and looming crocodile are behind them. Typically traditional Torres Strait patterning used throughout. Beside the book cover is a yellow promotional tile proclaiming it a finalist in the Queensland Literary Awards.
September 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Prompted by an excellent recent @backlisted.bsky.social podcast episode about The Tombs of Atuan, I’m rereading all the Earthsea books. Loved them as a child, now finding them even richer as an adult. Ursula Le Guin is incomparable.
Book called Tge Books of Earthsea. Cover featuring a rusty orange dragon
September 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Today’s desk posy
Clear glass vase on wooden table holds multiple stems of pink blossom. Bookshelves in background. Close up of pink blossom
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Looks like spring has sprung at my place
Close up photo of a stem of yellow jonquils Close up photo of several white and yellow jonquils stems in a bottle vase Photo of a row of five vintage bottles on the window sill, each with flowering jonquil or daffodil stems.
September 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Recently, on a cold Saturday morning, Sue Castrique & I led Marrickville Historical Society on a guided walk, focusing on Louisa Lawson. We began at a tiny park in Harnett St, where Cynthia Turner's mosaic celebrates Louisa's journal for women ('The Dawn', 1888-1905).
A mural on the ground in a park. An angel with a trumpet floats on a starry blue background, above a golden sun. Words on a banner say say 'The Dawn. A journal for the household. Edited & published by women, issued monthly, price 3d' Two women, one in blue (Sue) and one in green (me) address a crowd standing on and around a mural in a small park.
September 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Today’s desk posy #smalljoys
A mixed posy in a small ceramic vase. Jonquils, rosemary, primula and a pretty pink flower that thrives in my garden but that I’ve never known the name of.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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In delightful news, I’ve been awarded an extension to my position as a Visiting Scholar at the State Library of NSW.
It’s now a three-year position (2024-2026) allowing me to finish working on my Louisa Lawson biography in a consistent way. For release by Text Publishing in 2027.
Interior photo of the magnificent reading room of the Mitchell Library.
September 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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What on earth are they talking about?
A large bay horse with his eyes closed is leaning his head towards his black pony friend - who has his tongue out.
August 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Today’s desk posy. Hooray for the first of the spring bulbs at my place.
Photo of two stems of yellow jonquils in a small clear bottle, sitting on a brown table. Bookshelves in the background.
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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This memoir. OMG. So moving. So insightful. So beautifully written. An 80s childhood. Feminism. Anorexia. Literature. Sharp and wistful and utterly compelling.
#AmReading
Cover of a book called My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir by Sarah Moss
August 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Horses’ water trough has frozen over again. It’s been a very cold winter!
Photo of a black plastic water trough, frozen solid
August 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Morning sun in my little library
August 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM