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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely it is 😊

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 17h

Just finished reading! Kinda for research, I guess. But mostly just for fun

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for the putting it out there in the world!!

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 1d

In exciting news my Murderbot essay 'Nice Safe Emotions' from @speculativeinsight.bsky.social won the William Atheling Jr Award over the weekend! So unexpected and exciting!

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 6d

You too!!

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so pleased to be a part of the 20th issue of Midnight Echo! (Feels poetic cuz I was in issue 2 all those years ago) Thank you @martydyoung.bsky.social and the AHWA and have a wonderful launch at Conflux! Wish I could be there.

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 9d

Two weeks to go! Come and join me for this online writing workshop. We're going to talk horror and do some writing and have a fun (and hopefully creepy...) time.

Monday 13 October 2025
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Online via Zoom

WORKSHOP: Danse Macabre - Hunter Writers Centre

Monday 13 October 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Online via Zoom *** Join us for a spooky workshop in the lead up to Halloween and learn how Horror can help you build atmosphere and heighten emotion in your writin...

hunterwriterscentre.org

Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 14d

Took me a moment to notice that too ❤️

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 14d

So excited to have found this set at Relove today!! I can practice my hiragana 😁 (also the 'absolutely rooted clock', which did not come home with me but I love)

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you! Have a great week ❤️

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 24d

At Avid Reader! @damonyoung.com.au interviewed by @joanneanderton.bsky.social about Immortal Gestures, followed by introductory poetry by @shastradeo.bsky.social , preceded by short readings by salon panel of young writers (some from my classes:)

Damon, in a nerdy shirt, talking. Jo laughing. Under an Avid Reader sign.

Immortal Gestures
Fourneys in the Unspoken
Damon Young

Shastra Deo reads aloud while Damon and Jo look on

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 25d

Today's book delivery! In preparation for the Brisbane Writers Festival!

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · 25d

Just finished reading The Deep. Really enjoyed it. Creepy Titanic and Britannic. Historical cruise ship horror, I guess

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Sep 8

If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...

The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better

The decision to close Meanjin is the latest in a string of recent decisions that suggest universities are not safe harbours for priceless cultural institutions.

theconversation.com

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Sep 8

🤣 perfect

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Sep 8

The plants are mobilising 😬

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Let's hope so 😄

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Absolutely nothing in this photo is haunted..

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Aug 31

Vampires on a cruise ship! 🚢🧛 Captures the true horror of crusing (imho) Thanks @tanaudel.bsky.social for the recommendation! Perfect research material.

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Bad Hand Books @badhandbooks.bsky.social · Aug 30

CAN A PERSON HAUNT A GHOST? @joanneanderton.bsky.social explores this question in PIXERINA: A Haunting, coming in April of 2026. With stunning interior illustrations by @tomsbrown.bsky.social.

bookshop.org/p/books/pixe...

Pixerina: A Haunting

A Haunting

bookshop.org

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Aug 29

Just finished reading this wonderful book by @damonyoung.com.au in preparation for our conversation at Avid Reader (14th September! Come join us!) I have SO many thoughts and questions, I'm really looking forward to it.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

“FATE’S BANE is heartwarming and heartbreaking…It’s about finding your own power and owning it no matter how small it might seem – even if that power is nothing against the overwhelming machinations of fate.” @joanneanderton.bsky.social reviews @C_L_Clark

Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark: Review by Joanne Anderton

Fate’s Bane, C.L. Clark (Tordotcom 978-1-25029-314-5, $24.99, 176pp, hc) September 2025. Cover by Mary Metzger. The tale goes like this. Agnir is the heir to Clan Fein, taken captive and held as a …

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congrats to everyone on the Ditmar finalist list - and of course especially to @joanneanderton.bsky.social and Rjurik Davidson, whose essays for SI are up for the William Atheling Jr Award for criticism!

www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-...

2025 Ditmar Awards

CONFLUX INC.

www.conflux.org.au

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Aug 20

Special deluxe signed edition of Shadowplays just arrived! Those endpapers 😍

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Joanne Anderton @joanneanderton.bsky.social · Aug 20

They provide.... leverage

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