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Lilac Lioness

@meg_vann

Book tornado @MegVann.bsky.social

 Meanjin, Australia
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Joined December 2008
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Thrilled to be part of a bold new experiment of @BrainJarPress
Peter M. Ball (@Petermball) profile picturePeter M. Ball@Petermball17 Jan 2021
We just announced pre-orders for @BrainJarPress's second release in February (and our first foray into crime/thriller). It's a very *transitional* release for us. /1
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100% this!!
matildasmagic (@matildas_magic) profile picturematildasmagic@matildas_magic26 Jun 2025
do you know what this game is missing?.....sharn freier #AUSvSVN
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Anyone know why Roar are in our third kit? @brisbaneroar @BNEFootball #BRIvCBR
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Also is it cursed tho
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teresa@augustfallin4 Dec 2024
manifesting sharn debut goal today #Matildas
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Cracking match and lovely to see better coordination for @brisbaneroar women’s BUT the @wswanderersfc Head Coach didn’t exactly cover himself in glory yelling in anger and carrying on like a pork chop. He clearly hasn’t got the message about women’s sport culture #BRIvWSW
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Onya Tillies great to see the new faces in tough conditions #Matildas #CANvAUS
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Would love to hear more commentating about skills and development of our young players on the pitch instead of hyping up the competitive tension (or lack thereof) #CANvAUS #Matildas
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Hey @BIRKENSTOCKUSA can you tell Birkenstock designers/manufacturers to stop stamping the size on to the upper sole of the left shoe? It rubs and causes a blister so I can’t wear them anymore. Lemme know kthxbai #Birkenstock
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Fixed it “…it may be unethical to continue to send W̶o̶m̶e̶n̶ MEN to the stations if the sexual harassment can't be stamped out” abc.net.au/news/2022-09-29/r…
Antarctic expeditioners complain of 'predatory', widespread sexual harassment as minister, division...

Antarctic expeditioners complain of 'predatory', widespread sexual harassment as minister, division...

A review reveals disturbing reports of a widespread culture of sexual harassment at Australian Antarctic stations, including women being too afraid to disclose their periods for fear of retribution.

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Okay my iphone simply trollling me now. Yesterday started autocorrecting my name to neg, today has switched to meh.
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Just won a no-after-you competition getting on the bus, feeling so #Brisbane
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This was such a fun event for Hayley’s brilliant crime debut! Also? Please enjoy my self obsessed photo captions 1/ lilac shag alert 2/ husband alert 3/ chin-s-s-s alert
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Male author sorry he accidentally came to think of this women’s meticulous, powerful and distinctive writing as his own 🙄theguardian.com/books/2022/j…?
Miles Franklin-nominated novelist apologises for plagiarising Nobel laureate ‘without realising’

Miles Franklin-nominated novelist apologises for plagiarising Nobel laureate ‘without realising’

Exclusive: Guardian Australia uncovers multiple near-identical phrases and scenes in John Hughes’ book The Dogs and Svetlana Alexievich’s nonfiction work The Unwomanly Face of War

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In our latest edition, Griffith Review 76: Acts of Reckoning, @tommayor11 challenges Cook's account of a British sovereignty ceremony on Possession Island in 1770. Oral histories tell a very different story. Unlocked and free to read for a limited time bit.ly/39Gzb1u
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Anyone love bargains? You can grab a couple of Brain Jar titles in @kobo's 40% off May sale, including @angelaSlatter's just-shortlisted-for-a-Locus-award You Are Not Your Writing and Other Sage Advice and @meg_vann's thriller Provocation. Details here: kobo.com/au/en/p/40May
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“The arts sector contributes around $15 billion annually to our GDP. That’s about the same contribution to the economy as the sport sector, but it provides about 70,000 more jobs,”
Omar Sakr (@omarsakrpoet) profile pictureOmar Sakr
@omarsakrpoet9 May 2022
“Under the proposal, artists and arts workers would be paid $772.60 per week for one year.” Great idea, hell yes. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/arti…
Artists paid one-year wage to create works under proposed plan to revive the arts

Artists paid one-year wage to create works under proposed plan to revive the arts

Emerging artists could be paid more than $700 week for one year to enable them to pursue their creative works under a Greens election promise.

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Omar Sakr
@omarsakrpoet4 May 2022
This was probably my favourite event so far talking about my book. Big love to Ella and to @BrisWritersFest for having me this year x
Pre-event shot of the State Library auditorium for the Son of Sin event, with the book title projected on screen

ALT Pre-event shot of the State Library auditorium for the Son of Sin event, with the book title projected on screen

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