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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 4h

👀 Jump on this, friends!

Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 7h

Australian #BookGiveaway fans -- it's our 3rd and final spring giveaway, and you could win books by Ashley Kalagian Blunt, @roffwrites.bsky.social, Michael Adams and Amy Lovat. Be quick - entries close midnight TONIGHT Thurs 9 Oct 2025.
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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 6d

This is perennial if you happen to live in South Australia. I deal with a lot of Americans who book meetings by reference something called 'Australia time'...

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, Ben! :)

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 13d

I do! I do love to see it!!

Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 13d

You luv to see it: @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here Are My Demands is fiction-book-of-the-week in the Age/SMH! “meticulously constructed speculative fiction, which shows off a command of novelistic structure & form..philosophical ambit & sharp insights (of his debut)” www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

From serial-killer chiller to the history of play: 10 new books

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction titles

www.theage.com.au

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · 15d

This, exactly. GenAI, as I'm experiencing it in my working life, is a machine for shifting cognitive burden from one colleague (the AI user) to another (the person who receives, must interpret, and must almost always re-do the work).

404 Media @404media.co · 15d

A new study, based on a survey of 1,150 workers suggests that the injection of AI tools into the workplace has not resulted in a magic productivity boom and instead increased the amount of time that workers say they spend fixing low-quality AI-generated “work.”

🔗 www.404media.co/ai-workslop-...

AI ‘Workslop’ Is Killing Productivity and Making Workers Miserable

AI slop is taking over workplaces. Workers said that they thought of their colleagues who filed low-quality AI work as "less creative, capable, and reliable than they did before receiving the output."

www.404media.co

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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 20d

It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that!

But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months.

With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.

5 new Australian publishers are making defiant, weird, grass-roots books

The launch of 5 new Australian book publishers is good news, for once. Meet Perentie Press, Pink Shorts Press, Evercreech Editions, Aniko Press and Bakers Lane Books.

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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 23d

Me in today's 70s wallpaper shirt plugging Lithosphere book launch at Fullers.

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Jennifer Mills @jennifermills.net.au · Sep 8

I’m on a panel called ‘justice’ as part of this new writers festival coming up on Kaurna yarta

SLSA 20-21 September

www.eventbrite.com/cc/writers-a...

Writers Assemble!

Writers Assemble! is South Australia's new writers' festival. Across three days and seven events, this FREE festival brings together some of Australia's best writers for discussions on craft, careers,...

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ripper review of @roffwrites.bsky.social’s Here are my Demands notaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/andr...

Andrew Roff, Here Are My Demands

- This debut novel from 'child-wrangler' and lawyer Andrew Roff is simply superb on so many levels. It's a novel with two dimensions - we'...

notaboutbooks.blogspot.com

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Sep 5

Grug and his back-story are topics of continuing fascination in our family. The Christmas book is similarly perplexing...

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Angela Meyer @literaryminded.bsky.social · Sep 5

On grief dreams, planting trees, and figuring out how to talk about loss and death with the toddler (w cameo from Grug)

A great grinding noise

A short memoir piece on recurrence, resurrection, regeneration

angelameyer.substack.com

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Sep 4

Really sad to hear the news about Meanjin. Seeing one of my stories in print there, alongside work by ozLit giants, was the first time I felt like a real writer. What we're losing with this closure is not replaceable.

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks to @readingsbooks.bsky.social for this review of Here Are My Demands. Worth emphasising that you can buy this very book from Readings *right now* via the magic of internet technology. www.readings.com.au/reviews/here...

Here are My Demands by Andrew Roff

In a society where automatons have left millions around Australia destitute, policy advisor Maggie Garewal finally has the opportunity to enact real, lasting change as the so-called OzProgs (Australia...

www.readings.com.au

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Aboubakr Daqīq @abbkrdqq.ink · Aug 22

New from me: On coffee, names and the magic brewed by your local barista.

Cold coffee – by Aboubakr Daqiq | Australian Literary Arts Magazine | ISLAND

I haven’t always liked coffee. Loved the smell, just not the taste. In recent years, however, I’ve found myself more than impartial towards an occasional morning coffee – especially when paired with a...

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

Adelaide friends: we are officially launching Here Are My Demands at Ern Malley bar in Stepney on 27 August. Come hear me tee off about the state of the future! All welcome, (free) tickets essential. Details here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/book-launc...

Book Launch: Here Are My Demands, Andrew Roff

Join us for the launch of Andrew Roff's debut novel, HERE ARE MY DEMANDS

www.eventbrite.com.au

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for maintaining this list -- looks like I have some more reading to do! Yes, my novel follows someone lobbying for a UBI in a near-future Australia. It explores the potential positive and negative aspects of an Income, and the surrounding politics. Fans of Kim Stanley Robinson should enjoy.

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm Andrew Roff and I approve this message! (But srsly, though, no thank you!)

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 19

A universal basic income is one proposal that could alleviate those outcomes.
Unless we can imagine a better future, we’ll never get there. Fortunately, there's a new novel that helps: roffwrites.com/demands/ This concludes my TED talk!

Demands

Here Are My Demands, a novel by Andrew Roff, out now via Wakefield Press

roffwrites.com

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 19

...this only looks like utopia IF there’s economic equality and a strong safety net. Otherwise, if all the gains from automation accrue to the owners of the machines, it’s a formula for mass unemployment, social unrest, poverty, and suffering. (2/3)

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 19

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that by 2030, people would only work around 15 hours per week. Sounds great, right? With automation, it’s sort of possible to imagine how we might get there -- perhaps a few decades late. BUT... (1/3)

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder that this is tonight! From the comfort of your preferred location, listen to Alex be erudite about satire, and me... also say words.

Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Friends of the Library Authors in Conversation with Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...

Two local authors. Two incredible books. One fascinating conversation. Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren are both award-winning South Australian writers whose works play with urgent political and social ...

adelaide.zoom.us

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 9

There's only one graceful method of thought leadership, and that's writing non-fiction for an Ozlit journal that approx. 7 people read....

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 9

And some people unironically self-identify as 'thought leaders', so you know who to avoid engaging with.

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 7

You absolutely did, Martin! The real question is what my next project should be. More short stories, I think? 🫠

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Andrew Roff @roffwrites.bsky.social · Aug 5

I will be in conversation with author mate @cothren_alex on 14 August about our new releases. Webinar free for all comers. Join us for books, brains and bromance! (Ps. you don't need a student id to register) adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Friends of the Library Authors in Conversation with Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining th...

Two local authors. Two incredible books. One fascinating conversation. Andrew Roff and Alex Cothren are both award-winning South Australian writers whose works play with urgent political and social ...

adelaide.zoom.us

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