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Professional book nerd. Writer. Deputy EdItor, Books & Ideas, @theconversationau Co-editor, SOMEONE LIKE ME: AN ANTHOLOGY OF AUTISTIC NON-FICTION

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Saturday beach walk, from sunrise to storm.

Saw a seal on the rocks, lightning over the sea while I was soaking in it, and so many shades and shapes of cloud.

Home sweet home.

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new issue, new serving suggestion!!⁠
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Issue five's (somewhat belated) cover reveal comes with a pairing suggestion (icky phrasing, sorry) of reading it while eating curry. Actually, any brown/orange foods would be great with the colour palette. ⁠
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This is not really the major point, of course, the writing is excellent – funny, brain-bending, emotive, experimental, other adjectives too (are these adjectives?). ⁠
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Thanks to the excellent @tommccammon for the photography and curry curation. ⁠
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And to the wonderful Andy Jackson for the cover line, which is an extract from his poem 'I was thinking about it again the other day' (full poem in the issue, of course). ⁠
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And, as always, to the super Tyrone Ormsby for the cover design.⁠
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A copy of Splinter on a wooden table. A coffee and the edge of a bowl of curry can be seen at the top of the frame. The journal's cover features terracotta, lavender, and mauve stripes and black text. The text reads: 'too much and not enough'. ⁠
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Here’s what we didn’t do when creating issue five (because we don’t do themes) - we did not ask these 22 writers to redefine progress for the polycrisis era. But, (kind of / sort of / loosely) that still feels a bit like what happened in the issue anyway??

It’s a really great read. I can’t believe we get to publish the funny, sharp, staunch, brain bending, quite alarming, often highly emotive work by all of these people.

So! Please enjoy this list of excellent writers who are in issue five. And please also enjoy this odd little video. And maybe consider both a pre-cursor to enjoying the actual issue when it is out October 1.

Andrew Roff @roffwrites
Andy Jackson
Caroline Hung @authorlyhung
Colleen Baran
Dave Drayton @davedevad
Denise Sivasubramaniam @notes_from_the_inbetween
Emily Thornton @emily__thorntonn
Hajer Requiq @hajer_poet24
Helena Tang
Ian Gibbins @iangibbins52
Jack Minungka
Jo Case @jocase1975
Joemario Umana @joemario_umana
Kelsey Hutton @kelseyhuttonauthor
Linda Atkins @atkinsaudacity
Linda Shiers @shiers.linda
Nicholas Jose @nicholas.jose
Patrick Eades
Rochelle Humphrey & Aunty Suzanne Haseldine @native.title.rockets
Ruby-Rose Pivet-Marsh @sc0rpi0h
Yves Rees @yves_rees

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An animation set in a yellow-green frame. The writers’ names scroll down through the frame. Meanwhile, an image of Splinter’s issue five cover – which features terracotta, lavender, and burgundy stripes – moves upwards through the frame on a loop.

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Had some cleavage out for Dolly and a boa for Tim Curry but the stars shone on the stage while the full moon raged outside @thehowlingowlcafe Thanks to the staff and @createsa_ for allowing @meadipus and I to put on another Dog-Eared Reading. Legendary poet @catherinekenneally read from her new collection and Slam champ @arantza.g_ braved a sit-down position with total command - both were superb. Then the fabulous @jocase1975 teased out the stories behind @tracycrisps new book Pearls. Tracy is a consummate storyteller, at home with a microphone and her memory, and she had the audience at hello, kept us with a letter to her son after he was born with complications, tears abound, much laughter too. The woman is FUNNY and so real. It was an excellent night in Radelaide. Thanks to all who came. Thanks to @dashtaylorjohnson for photos and @giantnoble on sound. And for those who bought books: enjoy round two minus the spotlights.

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There’s still room for you at the Howling Owl for this Thursday’s Dog-Eared Readings. Come to be part of Adelaide’s very best audience, stay for the superstar line-up. Tickets $5 donation - bookings at https:// events.humanitix.com/the-dog-eared-readings-august2026

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This morning’s light show over the sand and water lands ironically: its beauty is juxtaposed with anxiety and a little sadness.

Yesterday there was a massive, ‘significant’ industrial fire in a factory housing 30 tonnes of sulphur in nearby Port Adelaide.

The SA Alert warning area at one point came within a few streets of mine here in Largs Bay, though it soon receded again. It covered parts of Peterhead, Gillman, Exeter, Birkenhead, New Port and Port Adelaide, though the red ‘evacuate immediately’ seemed contained to the 1km area within the industrial zone.

In a press conference yesterday, SA Health chief medical officer Nicola Spurrier assured the public that because the fire was “in an industrial area”, the damage was contained and exposure limited. “We are lucky.”

Hmmm.

I absolutely love living here, and am grateful for it every day. But the risk and ongoing pollution from industry is a cloud lining my vast silver streak.

The good news is that while I was on the beach this morning, the dirty grey cloud of smoke visible from Brighton Cement Factory faded to white. So, today, at least briefly, they were polluting less.

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It’s Monday and I have a cold and feel ragged … but look at the sky!

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Just wow to this morning’s walk. Bless the universe for gifting me this incredible fog on my day off. Took a million photos, starting at 6.40am, and walked until it evaporated.

I started off walking in a mist of muted grey-white, the sea invisible but audible as a loud hush, orange streetlights studding the distance but unable to guide me. It felt like an act of faith to move into the mist and trust it would be benevolent.

And out on the jetty, I was surrounded by grey-blue water and white air, sealed from the wider world.

It was like a televisual version of the afterlife. I briefly thought: ‘I hope I’m not dead.’ I don’t seem to be.

It’s hard to capture absence or erasure. You just have to try to find the details around it and hope its shape emerges in relief. Maybe that’s a metaphor I can take on board for my writing?

(Coda: Then I walked to the nearest Westfield to get a Very Good beanie, and the DJ’s/Country Road saleswoman was horrified at my sandy-sneakered, windswept-plaited, tracksuited presence. She said ‘oh!’ when I told her I had something on hold and then followed me around until I paid for it. As I texted Luke - Can’t she see I am wearing very expensive headphones?!)

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✨ Aussies in Canada ✨
My Canada book tour was great! I met amazing, friendly artists that I’ve admired for a very long time (including being on a panel with @faitherinhicks — eep!) but the thing I got the most excited about was spotting work by fellow Aussie comics makers in the various book & comics shops of the Great White North (pictured here).

It filled me with such pride to see all the wonderful comics made by wonderful people out in the wild being celebrated on the other side of the world!

How many of these cuties have you read (or have on your TBR shelf)?

#Graphicnovel #Australiancomics

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So that I won’t keep spamming all my friends twice a day, but can keep a record of my beach and neighbourhood walks and the changing days and seasons, I’ve created this new account.

Follow if you would like to see twice daily beach. Or not. No hard feelings!

Will still be occasional beach content on main. But less of it.

Tonight, to kick off/say goodbye:

Golden sunset at Semaphore and Largs on a tired Friday.

Exhaaaaaaale …

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🧠✍️ What does it mean to write from an autistic perspective in a world that so often misunderstands autistic experience?

"Someone Like Me" brings together writers from the landmark UQP anthology for a wide-ranging conversation on voice, identity, and craft.

Join co-editor Clem Bastow and a panel of contributors as they discuss autistic-led creative spaces, personal narrative, and how diverse autistic stories are reshaping how lives are written, read, and understood.

📅 Wednesday 6 May
🕡 6.30pm
📌 Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room
🎫 Grab your FREE tickets from the link in our bio.

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Because accepting autism doesn’t end when April does 💁‍♀️

Here are 6 book recs if you want to become more accepting of autism:
- “Might Cry Later” by Kay Kerr. Australian fiction, features a newly diagnosed autistic woman in her early 20s.
- “Someone Like Me” edited by Jo Case & Clem Bastow. An anthology by autistic writers sharing their unique experiences through many different writing styles.
- “Different Not Less” by Chloé Hayden. A memoir & self-help guide, great for young autistic people & their loved ones.
- “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime” by Mark Haddon. An easy read from the perspective of a teenager with high support needs navigating life changes.
- “Drama Queen” by Sara Gibbs. A memoir of a late diagnosed autistic woman, reflections of her life before diagnosis & new learnings post-diagnosis.
- “Unique” by Jodi Rodger’s (also known as “How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover”). A collection of short stories of interactions with autistic people & how they changed Jodi’s perspective.

What books would you add to this list? 📚

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