Stoked to announce that I have a new book coming 10 Feb 2026! 💀 NO ONE IS SAFE 💀 is the first in a new series, pitched as Dexter meets The Bourne Identity in 1987 NYC. It's my adult crime debut, releasing through Thomas & Mercer, and it's up for pre-order right freaking now. shorturl.at/8MPtP

In academic writing, positioning your work isn’t just about citing—it’s about mapping the debate. 📚 But how do you position your work within existing debates? 🤔 4 steps for mapping a debate in the literature, via @raulpachecovega.bsky.social #AcademicSky

🔍 Identify the core disagreement/discussion points 📝 Describe the debate type you find in the literature 👥 Trace the different arguments and authors 📊 Develop a table or visual to present the debates www.raulpacheco.org/2025/09/how-...

How to map out debates in the scholarly literature

I remember a few years ago when I wrote a paper on debates around water

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US pals: the ebook of Not Here To Make Friends* is only $1.99 for the month of September! I adore these two Machiavellian masterminds determined not to admit how obsessed they are with each other, and I hope you will too. *the one about a reality TV villain and her producer

Not Here to Make Friends: A Novel

A Novel

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Delighted that “Summer of Shipwrecks” by the fabulous @shivaun.bsky.social is shortlisted for the Queensland Children’s Book Award! Judges’ comment: “A quintessentially Australian coming-of-age novel with a huge heart.” #bookSky #UQP #childrensbookaward #MG #middlegrade

Applications are now open for the 2025 College Research Impact Grants, offering up to $2,000 to support paramedicine researchers in sharing their work through conferences, publications and more. Apply by Friday 10 October at bit.ly/Impact-Grants-Open

We are dismayed by the Productivity Commission report raising the prospect of a text and data mining exception to Australia’s Copyright Act that would enable Australian authors' work to be used for AI training, without permission or payment. www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-opp...

ASA opposes Productivity Commission proposal for copyright exception - Australian Society of Authors

The ASA is dismayed by a Productivity Commission report raising the prospect of a text and data mining exception to Australia’s Copyright Act.

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The ASA is dismayed by the news that literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing this year, with the final issue due to be released in December. Read more: www.asauthors.org.au/news/asa-dismayed-over-meanjin-closure/

ASA dismayed over Meanjin closure - Australian Society of Authors

The ASA is dismayed by the news that Australia's second-oldest literary journal Meanjin will cease publishing in December 2025.

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I've been working on some #AcademicWriting frameworks based on my work at GCU. SPARK is a self-assessment Paper SPARK: stephaniezihms.blog/2025/08/28/i... Thesis SPARK: stephaniezihms.blog/2025/09/04/i... @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social @academicaunties.com @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Is Your Journal Paper Ready to Share? The SPARK Framework for Self-Assessment

Is Your Journal Paper Ready to Share? The SPARK Framework for Self-Assessment How many times have you stared at your draft paper, wondering whether it’s ready to send to your supervisor, shar…

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I’m so pleased to share that the launch issue of the Journal of Creative Research Methods (JCRM) is now live! 🎉 👉 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... Huge thanks to my wonderful Co-Editors in Chief Su-Ming Khoo, Harriet Shortt & Sophie Woodward. #CreativeMethods #JCRM

Real consequences for inappropriately using GenAI in a real job.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 11mo ago

Lawyer caught using AI-generated false citations in court case penalised in Australian first

Does getting through ethical review in a creative practice discipline present a hidden curriculum? @sianvaughan.bsky.social shows us how it represents at least two... drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/t...

The Hidden Curriculum of ethical review for creative practice in the doctorate: learning across disciplines

Dr Sian Vaughan, Associate Professor in Research Practice, Birmingham City University In this post I consider how using the concept of a hidden curriculum in the doctorate (Elliot et al 2020) might…

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TWO tenure track jobs in #DisabilityStudies at the University of Buffalo! Teaching and research interests in gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or Indigenous cultures or methodologies preferred. www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/57847

Assistant Professor, Disability Studies

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the humanities and qualitati...

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New writing! "I can has research culture? Using memes in researcher development" - @drmeagantyler.bsky.social's and my post on the Hidden Curriculum blog, published the other day. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/i... Do you use memes in your teaching? If so, why? #AcademicSky

The widely used diabetes drug metformin changes blood metal levels in humans. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Metformin changes blood metal levels in humans

The widely used diabetes drug metformin changes blood metal levels in humans. The Kobe University study is an important step in understanding the drug’s many actions and designing better ones in...

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What good is science if it never leaves the lab? 🌿 Prof @euanritchie.bsky.social is turning research into action—advocating for stronger laws, better funding & evidence-based policy. His research also earned him the 2024 Eureka Prize! Learn about Euan's story: 50years.deakin.edu.au/story/profes...

Thanks @japanesetalk.bsky.social for curating resources and approaches for improving Japanese. I’m keen to try Satori Reader with its organic, natural language approach. #SatoriReader #読み書き　#日本語　#使えば使うほど

Japanese Talk@japanesetalk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Satori Reader is a great tool for practicing Japanese because you can read/listen to short stories written and recorded by native Japanese speakers at different difficulty levels, and use them to mine words and grammar. www.satorireader.com

Thanks Pat, I need reminding of how to use little windows of time to write. Very useful breakdown, including segmenting tasks. “The key to segmenting is to maintain a running task list that categorises the work to be done by time requirement and intellectual demand.” #AcWri #AcademicSky

Pat Thomson@patthomson.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Use little windows of time to progress your academic writing patthomson.net/2025/08/30/f...

Happy to see this step forward by South Australian —> #singleuseplastic #ban

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 11mo ago

Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first

Translator Jesse Kirkwood on the the challenge of working with words like sensei and senpai: “translating can often involve coming to terms with, and working around, a brutal loss of meaning.” #lostintranslation #先生　#先輩 #translation

The Japan Times@japantimes.co.jp · 11mo ago

“A post-Murakami era of Japanese literature”: Translator Jesse Kirkwood talks about genre fiction, the power of language and the evolving publishing landscape. 👉 ebx.sh/aHw1H0

Spotted in the wild! This gorgeous title “Worst Perfect Moment” by the fabulous @shivaun.bsky.social was spotted at Melbourne Southland’s Cook & Young bookshop. Love the neon green signage. #worstperfectmoment #booksky #YA #ozYA

Nice coverage of our work on how to maximise benefits and minimise harms related to meditation 🧘 @contemplateuom.bsky.social

Association for Psychological Science@psychscience.bsky.social · 12mo ago

A new study, published in Clinical Psychological Science, examines the extent of adverse effects for those who meditate and pinpoints those most at risk of experiencing them. @ntvandam.bsky.social 

—> Free webinar exploring inclusive assessment and security, 9 Sept, 2pm (Melbourne time)

CRADLE: Assessment. Digital. Learning@cradledeakin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Panel confimed: Join Dr Imali Dias, Dr Maria Rae, and @drjot.bsky.social along with 2 student panellists. Yes, students will get a say at this interactive panel. Join us on Tue 9 Sept at 2pm: blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/join-...

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.

Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast

Victoria warned to prepare for ‘destruction’ with severe weather and snow forecast

Gusts reaching up to 130km/h expected to push further into south-eastern states on Saturday, bringing showers, hail and thunderstorms * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Blizzards have been forecast for parts of Victoria and residents have been warned to prepare for power outages and “destruction” as damaging winds are expected to lash the south-eastern states into the weekend. An intense cold front began moving across Victoria from South Australia on Friday, after rain, thunderstorms and destructive winds battered the Adelaide metro area and surrounds on Thursday night and Friday morning, and a tornado warning was briefly issued. Continue reading...

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Jo VanEvery is reminding us of ways to stay in touch with your project. It’s a reminder I need to hear! #AcWri #AcademicSky

Jo VanEvery@jovanevery.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You’re right. If you only have 15 minutes here and there for writing, that would be almost as frustrating as not writing at all. However, 15-minute sessions can actually complement infrequent longer sessions to make BOTH more satisfying.

This is an incredibly useful thread for those of us who are authors outside the US and thus did not think we were eligible to be part of the class action against Anthropic.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 11mo ago

Hey, I have had some questions about who is allowed to file. Here is the class certification:

My PhD drew heavily on obscure documents from the BBC Written Archive. Memos, minutes, scripts, budgets, contracts, musical scores. They illuminated a remarkable, strange, complex set of attitudes to propaganda in WWII.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This is not only a serious issue for historians and not only a serious issue for academics (although it is that). It's a development that's also deleterious for the GLAM sector, for example, and part of a much larger trend nationally and internationally to restrict and dismantle access to archives.

Excited by the launch of #AntoniaPont's book: "Plain Life". "We may not need to do more and be more..." #booksky #plainlife newsouthbooks.com.au/books/plain-... Ping: @kmoruzi.bsky.social @gilbertcaluya.bsky.social @rebeccacroser.bsky.social @jodimca.bsky.social @deakinuniversity.bsky.social

Behold the majesty of the Sun, as photographed on my phone through a solar visor dished out by a chap from a local astronomy society.