Danielle Binks
@daniellebinks.bsky.social
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Danielle Binks
@daniellebinks.bsky.social
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Danielle Binks | Substack
Author • Agent • Creative-Writing Teacher • https://linktr.ee/DanielleBinks
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Soooooo ... I've started a Substack (y'know, in case the social media oligarchs and fascists get so bad that I have to delete some places)
I'll be discussing Books/Publishing/Culture/Me.
Hey - it could be worse; I could be starting a podcast! 😅 substack.com/@daniellebinks
I'll be discussing Books/Publishing/Culture/Me.
Hey - it could be worse; I could be starting a podcast! 😅 substack.com/@daniellebinks
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
#AusPol
jacobin.com/2026/01/aust...
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
#AusPol
jacobin.com/2026/01/aust...
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
jacobin.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The Right Is Exploiting the Bondi Massacre to Silence Dissent
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
#AusPol
jacobin.com/2026/01/aust...
In the aftermath of the Bondi Massacre, Australian politicians are pushing to restrict freedom of speech and the right to protest. Their target is the Palestine solidarity movement.
#AusPol
jacobin.com/2026/01/aust...
Australia having a normal one, I see.
Nooooooo - climate catastrophe is totally not a thing 😉 it's very common to have catastrophic floods, bushfires, and a cyclone brewing in different parts of the country every single year now. Simultaneously. Nothing to see here. #AusPol
Nooooooo - climate catastrophe is totally not a thing 😉 it's very common to have catastrophic floods, bushfires, and a cyclone brewing in different parts of the country every single year now. Simultaneously. Nothing to see here. #AusPol
January 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Australia having a normal one, I see.
Nooooooo - climate catastrophe is totally not a thing 😉 it's very common to have catastrophic floods, bushfires, and a cyclone brewing in different parts of the country every single year now. Simultaneously. Nothing to see here. #AusPol
Nooooooo - climate catastrophe is totally not a thing 😉 it's very common to have catastrophic floods, bushfires, and a cyclone brewing in different parts of the country every single year now. Simultaneously. Nothing to see here. #AusPol
‘Wickedness thrives in darkness’
Eleven of the state’s former Adelaide Festival leaders have written a scathing letter criticising the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian author from the Writers’ Week lineup. #AusPol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Eleven of the state’s former Adelaide Festival leaders have written a scathing letter criticising the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian author from the Writers’ Week lineup. #AusPol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
'Wickedness thrives in darkness': Former Adelaide Festival leaders pen scathing letter on Writers' Week - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Eleven SA art directors pen a scathing letter criticising Adelaide Festival Board's decision to drop a Palestinian author from Writers’ Week.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
‘Wickedness thrives in darkness’
Eleven of the state’s former Adelaide Festival leaders have written a scathing letter criticising the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian author from the Writers’ Week lineup. #AusPol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Eleven of the state’s former Adelaide Festival leaders have written a scathing letter criticising the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian author from the Writers’ Week lineup. #AusPol
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
So this is just The Age allowing Parnell Palme McGuinness to spread Islamophobia. Great 🫤
📢 There will be a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. Not just because eminent Australians spoke out in favour, but because ordinary Australians wanted it.
Voters thought Albanese was weak on Bondi. Now he risks being seen as tricky
www.theage.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
So this is just The Age allowing Parnell Palme McGuinness to spread Islamophobia. Great 🫤
Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out #AusPol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out #AusPol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out.
www.theage.com.au
January 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Confidential advice undercooked climate change to Howard government
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out #AusPol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Cabinet briefings in 2005 warned of climate change, but did not anticipate the scale and severity of the impacts now playing out #AusPol www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
January 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
I know I shouldn’t be. But I am continually shocked at how much Eve Barlow has become (or always been?) a handmaiden for fascism. But I guess that’s the Zionist pipeline for you.
January 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I know I shouldn’t be. But I am continually shocked at how much Eve Barlow has become (or always been?) a handmaiden for fascism. But I guess that’s the Zionist pipeline for you.
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Renee Good, like many Palestinians before her, died because authoritarian forces decided she did not deserve to live, and because the entire legal and political structure exists to ensure those agents never face meaningful consequences for murder.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/from...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/from...
#Palestine #Israel
From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook
Renee Good, like many Palestinians before her, died because authoritarian forces decided she did not deserve to live, and because the entire legal and political structure exists to ensure those agents...
mondoweiss.net
January 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Renee Good, like many Palestinians before her, died because authoritarian forces decided she did not deserve to live, and because the entire legal and political structure exists to ensure those agents never face meaningful consequences for murder.
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/from...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/from...
#Palestine #Israel
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"The team found that among these vaunted writers — including Morrison, Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Foster Wallace and Joan Didion — science fiction was particularly popular. Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia E. Butler topped the list."
UW researchers analyzed which anthologized writers and books get checked out the most from Seattle Public Library
UW researchers analyzed the checkout data from the last 20 years of the 93 authors included in the post-1945 volume of “The Norton Anthology of American Literature,” which is assigned in U.S....
www.washington.edu
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"The team found that among these vaunted writers — including Morrison, Viet Thanh Nguyen, David Foster Wallace and Joan Didion — science fiction was particularly popular. Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia E. Butler topped the list."
CFA volunteer Simon fought the fire that destroyed his own home: ‘I knew eventually it would get to us’
On a day of exhaustion and heartache, more than 700 Victorian firefighters battled 40 blazes as temperatures soared as high as
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
On a day of exhaustion and heartache, more than 700 Victorian firefighters battled 40 blazes as temperatures soared as high as
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
CFA volunteer Simon fought the fire that destroyed his own home: ‘I knew eventually it would get to us’
On a day of exhaustion and heartache, more than 700 Victorian firefighters battled 40 blazes as temperatures soared as high as 46C
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
CFA volunteer Simon fought the fire that destroyed his own home: ‘I knew eventually it would get to us’
On a day of exhaustion and heartache, more than 700 Victorian firefighters battled 40 blazes as temperatures soared as high as
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
On a day of exhaustion and heartache, more than 700 Victorian firefighters battled 40 blazes as temperatures soared as high as
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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”Sir, Trent Dalton has pulled out of Adelaide Writers“
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
”Sir, Trent Dalton has pulled out of Adelaide Writers“
Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path
—Richard Flanagan
www.theage.com.au/national/pol...
—Richard Flanagan
www.theage.com.au/national/pol...
Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path
Australia’s best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.
www.theage.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Politicians shouldn’t decide who appears at writers’ festivals. It’s a dangerous path
—Richard Flanagan
www.theage.com.au/national/pol...
—Richard Flanagan
www.theage.com.au/national/pol...
First Nations authors join boycott of Adelaide Writers' Week over the removal of Palestinian guest
The festival board says it removed author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the lineup as her appearance was not 'culturally sensitive' in the wake of the Bondi attack.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
The festival board says it removed author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the lineup as her appearance was not 'culturally sensitive' in the wake of the Bondi attack.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
First Nations authors join boycott of Adelaide Writers' Week over the removal of Palestinian guest
The festival board says it removed author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the lineup as her appearance was not 'culturally sensitive' in the wake of the Bondi attack.
www.sbs.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 AM
First Nations authors join boycott of Adelaide Writers' Week over the removal of Palestinian guest
The festival board says it removed author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the lineup as her appearance was not 'culturally sensitive' in the wake of the Bondi attack.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
The festival board says it removed author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the lineup as her appearance was not 'culturally sensitive' in the wake of the Bondi attack.
www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...
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Greg Barns: “In other parts of the world the Adelaide Festival would face legal action for its decision.” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
Star British author Zadie Smith joins dozens of authors boycotting Adelaide Writers’ Week
Local and international writers have pulled out of one of the country’s best-loved writers’ festivals after Palestinian-Australian Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah was removed from its program.
www.theage.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Greg Barns: “In other parts of the world the Adelaide Festival would face legal action for its decision.” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...
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Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
Adelaide Festival board facing a stark choice: Are they willing to sacrifice the entire festival to prevent a single Palestinian-Australian author from speaking?
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:38 AM
At least 13 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, including five children, civil defence agency says
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Attacks bring total number of Palestinians killed by Israel to 425 since October ceasefire took effect
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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New analysis from me on the Royal Commission, the campaign behind it, and what it is set up to achieve: www.lamestream.com.au/this-royal-c...
This Royal Commission Won’t Give Us Answers To Bondi. It’s Set Up To Protect Israel
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission should put aside any doubt: this is an inquiry designed to castigate critics of Israel.
www.lamestream.com.au
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 AM
New analysis from me on the Royal Commission, the campaign behind it, and what it is set up to achieve: www.lamestream.com.au/this-royal-c...
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Going to be a great festival with the most boring people from the ABC and Trent Dalton.
Writers withdrawing from Adelaide now also includes Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, according to Artshub. Also internationals Percival Everett and Vincenzo Latronico.
www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...
www.artshub.com.au/news/news/ad...
January 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Going to be a great festival with the most boring people from the ABC and Trent Dalton.
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:22 AM
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Yo, America - when your government gives absolute immunity to their fascist secret police it’s either time to GTFO or riot.
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Yo, America - when your government gives absolute immunity to their fascist secret police it’s either time to GTFO or riot.
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This is not the law.
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is not the law.
Vale Adelaide Writers Week. A literary icon succumbs to Israel pressure
The venerable Adelaide Writers Week, Australia’s largest ‘free’ literary festival, has cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, sociologist and supporter of the Palestinian people.
michaelwest.com.au/vale-adelaid...
The venerable Adelaide Writers Week, Australia’s largest ‘free’ literary festival, has cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, sociologist and supporter of the Palestinian people.
michaelwest.com.au/vale-adelaid...
Vale Adelaide Writers Week. A literary icon succumbs to Israel pressure - Michael West
Adelaide Writers Week has announced the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, sociologist and supporter of the Palestinian people.
michaelwest.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Vale Adelaide Writers Week. A literary icon succumbs to Israel pressure
The venerable Adelaide Writers Week, Australia’s largest ‘free’ literary festival, has cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, sociologist and supporter of the Palestinian people.
michaelwest.com.au/vale-adelaid...
The venerable Adelaide Writers Week, Australia’s largest ‘free’ literary festival, has cancelled Randa Abdel-Fattah, author, sociologist and supporter of the Palestinian people.
michaelwest.com.au/vale-adelaid...
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It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It’s going to be an interesting few weeks when the royal commission examines, as I suspect it will, the defraying of social cohesion caused by the organised censorship of writers, artists and employees across the country for daring to speak against an unfolding genocide