Sarah
@recentlysarah.bsky.social
Writer | Always plotting | Likely lost in the archives | lutruwita/Tasmania | she/her
Please vote for Come Over to my House Written by Eliza Hull & Sally Rippin and Illustrated by my friend Daniel Gray-Barnett in the best Australian children’s picture book poll.
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Australia’s best children’s picture book poll - vote now
Cast your vote for the best Australian children’s picture book from 27 January to 5 February. You can vote every day
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January 30, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Please vote for Come Over to my House Written by Eliza Hull & Sally Rippin and Illustrated by my friend Daniel Gray-Barnett in the best Australian children’s picture book poll.
www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
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I'm up for an award! Voting is open until January 30th, so go vote!
Best Traditionally Published Debut Novel of 2025
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January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I'm up for an award! Voting is open until January 30th, so go vote!
Writer problems: drafting one manuscript, outlining another, researching something else, and then being stalked by that new idea that just won’t let you go.
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Writer problems: drafting one manuscript, outlining another, researching something else, and then being stalked by that new idea that just won’t let you go.
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I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
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you follow the river to the sparkling sea
May 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
you follow the river to the sparkling sea
An archival trolley full of requests and only eight pages of useful information—otherwise known as my introduction to a new historical era in our local history room.
September 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
An archival trolley full of requests and only eight pages of useful information—otherwise known as my introduction to a new historical era in our local history room.
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you take a walk to soak up some sunshine
April 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
you take a walk to soak up some sunshine
How privileged it is to simply click out of the news and go about one’s day.
September 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
How privileged it is to simply click out of the news and go about one’s day.
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More and more of the online spaces I inhabit are being taken over by self censorship through word redaction and emojis, it makes me feel like I’m trying to discuss adult concerns in front of somebody’s preschooler.
We really overcorrected from the anything goes early internet.
We really overcorrected from the anything goes early internet.
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
More and more of the online spaces I inhabit are being taken over by self censorship through word redaction and emojis, it makes me feel like I’m trying to discuss adult concerns in front of somebody’s preschooler.
We really overcorrected from the anything goes early internet.
We really overcorrected from the anything goes early internet.
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spring greets you, cool and bright, as soon as you step outside
March 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
spring greets you, cool and bright, as soon as you step outside
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Can’t be trusted not to accidentally read the second book in a series first, without even realising there is a first book. 🫥
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Can’t be trusted not to accidentally read the second book in a series first, without even realising there is a first book. 🫥
It shouldn’t be so easy for the world to turn their backs when difference between us and them only comes down to geographical luck.
July 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It shouldn’t be so easy for the world to turn their backs when difference between us and them only comes down to geographical luck.
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you find a new favourite line in an old favourite novel
May 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
you find a new favourite line in an old favourite novel
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moonlight peers through your window
May 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
moonlight peers through your window
I feel like if I believed in coincidences my current research project would be a lot less interesting than it is.
July 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I feel like if I believed in coincidences my current research project would be a lot less interesting than it is.
You know, I always thought I’d die on the hill of the Oxford comma. But when editors have edited my punctuation in the name of a style guide, I’ve bowed out without a great last stand. 🫥
July 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
You know, I always thought I’d die on the hill of the Oxford comma. But when editors have edited my punctuation in the name of a style guide, I’ve bowed out without a great last stand. 🫥
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you take to the mountains
May 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
you take to the mountains
Spending a lot of time reading archival documents of late and it’s fascinating to me how much language has changed in the last 100-150 years.
June 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Spending a lot of time reading archival documents of late and it’s fascinating to me how much language has changed in the last 100-150 years.
It feels like a complete luxury to work on a writing project I have no intention of sharing.
June 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It feels like a complete luxury to work on a writing project I have no intention of sharing.
Sometimes I feel as though my research plans need research plans of their own.
June 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sometimes I feel as though my research plans need research plans of their own.
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you put on your welly boots to go splash through the puddles
June 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
you put on your welly boots to go splash through the puddles
Always looking for niche ways to be absolutely insufferable.
June 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Always looking for niche ways to be absolutely insufferable.
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go forth. do good. be silent.
June 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
go forth. do good. be silent.
I cannot even imagine how the history books will document this period of history. 🫥
June 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I cannot even imagine how the history books will document this period of history. 🫥