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Gordon Duncan

@gordunc44.bsky.social

Books, music and nature photography. Member of the Friends of Morwell National Park. Member of the Entomological Society of Victoria. Reside on unceded lands of the Brayakaulung people of the Gunaikurnai Nation.

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Gordon Duncan@gordunc44.bsky.social · 4d ago

The dawn chorus at home this spring has usually been Magpies, a Grey Butcherbirds – one of my favourite calls, Red Wattlebirds and Little Ravens. This morning all I could hear was an Eastern Koel. Oh well, summer's not too far away.

Magabala Books@magabalabooks.bsky.social · last wk.

🐨 🐞 🐦‍⬛ 🦓 🦘 🐊 🪱 Today is World Animal Day. World Animal Day exists to raise the status of animals and improve welfare standards around the globe for animals and critters everywhere. what better way to celebrate than by reading one of the many Magabala Books featuring animals!

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Gordon Duncan@gordunc44.bsky.social · 3w ago

A sequence of eight images showing a Strezlecki Koala moving to a lower branch at Morwell National Park last Sunday morning. The last image is a side on shot to more clearly show its face. Soon after I took these the Koala moved around to the shady side of the gum tree.

#EnbyLife Journal@enbylife.bsky.social · last mo.

We’ve made our nominations for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards! Shout out to our amazing creatives and wishing you all the best. (And we’ll be announcing our nominations for the Genrepunk Awards very soon!)

Social media tile with a light purple background, featuring the Monarch Queer Literary Awards pink and purple butterfly logo, and the following nominees listed on a piece of scrap paper: * Abby Bland * Jules Travers * Maha * rex renée (aka rexylafemme) * Elinor Serumgard * Jocasta Suzanne * Maddison Stoff * L Sparrow * Ara Chalym * lucian marine
Magabala Books@magabalabooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Submissions for AIC Creative Grants are currently open! 2 x $10,000 Creative Grants will be awarded to First Nations storytellers, writers, illustrators and artists. We're proud to partner with Australian Indigenous Coffee (AIC) to offer the AIC Creative Grants. Read more: bit.ly/4wSsoGC

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Gordon Duncan@gordunc44.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Age/SMH have finally published the content of The Booklist email. Also included in the article are comments from Maxine Beneba Clarke, a Hachette author who condemned their crap behaviour this week, and Kris Kneen whose new novel, Rites of Spring, is distributed by Alliance.

Gordon Duncan@gordunc44.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For those who are not Age/SMH or trade pub subscribers this is a good précis of the current situation with the 'hack' which has affected Hachette and their distribution service, Alliance. I couldn't fit all of the second screen grab into the Alt text so I've added the last paragraph below.

It would be a bookseller’s nightmare to be on the verge of the crucial pre-Christmas shopping season − which believe it or not begins next month, with a bumper crop of books coming out − and not be able to get sufficient stock. But that’s what’s happening right now because of a problem with one of our major publishers. A few weeks ago, something went awry at Hachette. There was what the publisher says was “unauthorised activity” on its computer systems. The activity, which is said to have occurred on July 18, has played havoc with Hachette’s supply chains and distribution, leaving booksellers frustrated − and that’s putting it mildly. According to a statement from the publisher, it has got in all sorts of experts who are working tirelessly to get to the bottom of what happened. And also to repair the damage to distribution. Because the “unauthorised activity” has severely disrupted its operations. Hachette is owned by the French Lagardère Group and is the third-largest trade publisher in the world. In Australia, it also runs Alliance Distribution Services (ADS), which distributes its own titles as well as others, such those published by NewSouth Books and Magabala. Last year ADS shipped more than 16.5 million titles. Supply is anything but smooth at present and booksellers are increasingly frustrated at the lack of information they are receiving from Hachette. Any communication they do get about the ongoing situation is apparently labelled “private and confidential”. One who didn’t want to be named told me that while they have had some supply for mid-month releases, the cartons have come in without invoices, which makes things a bit tricky, and their daily re-orders, which replenish dwindling stock, were not being processed.