@_DeclanFry

Writer

 Kulin Nation
msha.ke/declanfry
Joined July 2013
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Warmest congratulations to @declanf, winner of the 2023 Hilary McPhee Award for his essay ‘911 Lonely: Call Me Call Me Call Me’ on the work of @mckenziewark, published in Meanjin 82.4 Summer 2023. Read on for Declan's superb response— meanjin.com.au/blog/congrats…
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We're launching a new course today: Writing Literary Criticism with @_DeclanFry! Whether you're looking to kick off your criticism career or interested in reviewing alongside your other writing, learn how to get started with an experienced literary critic. buff.ly/3R7wyZA
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reader and contributor @_DeclanFry with a book --- this could be you, potential reader!
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AS won’t be here forever. So if you value actual printed books - above online shenanigans, miserable PODs, zero-effort eBooks or barcoded Amazon crap - well, you know what to do.
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Declan Fry retweeted
sweatshop@sweatshopws4 Oct 2022
“Punctuation may channel a sentence down a certain pathway, yet its absence can open up new possibilities.” Check out this wonderful interview with @_DeclanFry about his terrific contribution to our latest anthology, Another Australia. writersvictoria.org.au/writi…
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Get this beauty into your morning.
Declan Fry@_DeclanFry26 Sep 2022
‘slow departure / uncertain imperative’ is in the company of so many wonderful poets in the latest issue of @plmwdmountain, grateful to editors John Kinsella and Charmaine Papertalk Green for including it （＾ν＾） (hold phone horizontally to read) plumwoodmountain.com/poem/sl…
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Last week to submit to @GriffithReview's forthcoming edition on Counterfeit Culture (the first for 2023). Looking for non-fiction and fiction pieces on fakes, frauds, and various allotropes of flimflam. A poetry callout to follow soon! ✍️🫵 griffithreview.com/submit-to…
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This Song We Sing #MWF22 New Voices in First Nations Poetry. With @_DeclanFry Susie Anderson Brooke Scobie Dakota Feirer Maya Hodge Mykaela Saunders. A very special session @people_cultures @wheelercentre
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Today we are very pleased to host an open letter by authors in support of @raffwu members at Readings bookstores fighting for fair wages and fair conditions. overland.org.au/2022/09/auth…

Authors stand with Readings booksellers for a living wage - Overland literary journal

Readings can afford to pay a living wage to its workers. This is a multi-store business that, until 2021, posted profits for 25 consecutive years, and which in the past year has spent considerable...

overland.org.au
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Nicely done. Pair this with @alanalentin's, 'Against representation' sydneyreviewofbooks.com/revi…
Declan Fry@_DeclanFry2 Sep 2022
wrote about Siang Lu's The Whitewash smh.com.au/culture/books/cas…

Hollywood is burning: The Whitewash’s unique take on racism and the movies

Siang Lu’s novel is told in the voice of a would-be filmmaker whose dream feature is destroyed by the industry’s racism.

smh.com.au
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Declan Fry retweeted
Arts on RN@ArtsonRN28 Aug 2022
Looking for a great new book to read? @HistoryGirlKate, @NicholsClaire & @_DeclanFry share their top picks from August: abc.net.au/news/2022-08-27/b…

A queer romance and a Melbourne-set dystopia are among our best reads this month

Our critics' picks for August include a sci-fi debut set in futuristic Melbourne, a 50s queer love story, and the latest from the author of Booker nominee Room.

abc.net.au
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Byron Writers Festival @bbwritersfest kicks off tomorrow! Join @bronwynbirdsall, Natalie Kon-yu and @_DeclanFry in wonderful company for a weekend of books, ideas and radical hope. Tickets here: byronwritersfestival.com/
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wrote about this turd for the sydney morning herald smh.com.au/culture/books/the…
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This issue brings 15 emerging & established voices to interrogate the theme of hospitality from all its angles. With contributions by: @eda__gunaydin @izasmiz @2Josie2Jocelyn @_DeclanFry @lana_lopesi @haveachattabs @spmpoet S.L. Lim @HaniAbdile @raeleelancaster & more.
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'In an age bloated with culture industries hungry to prolong the audience’s listlessness, Pam Brown grabs you by the lapels.' Stasis Shuffle by Pam Brown shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award. Congratulations @pbrownzot & good luck! slq.qld.gov.au/judith-wright…
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Tickets are on sale now to @MelbWritersFest! Catch @grillzoid, @gracechanwrites, @thatjessho, @jonodavidbutler, Natalie Kon-yu, @OmarjSakr, Sinéad Stubbins, & ANOTHER AUSTRALIA editor Winnie Dunn @sweatshopws w @_DeclanFry, @oz_f & @Sisonkemsimang. Tix: mwf.com.au
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If you want to read something skilful and sublime, strongly recommend @_DeclanFry's story in this @AffirmPress collection. Superb technique.
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If you like what you see here (and we know you do), don't sleep on @wheelercentre's Next Big Thing on 1 August, where @_DeclanFry will share a reading of Nothing Remembered and Everything That Was from ANOTHER AUSTRALIA: wheelercentre.com/events/as-…
Declan Fry@_DeclanFry12 Jul 2022
A little excerpt from Nothing Remembered and Everything That Was in ANOTHER AUSTRALIA Grateful to Winnie Dunn, @AffirmPress, @sweatshopws, and @DiversityArtsAu for helping get this book out into the world
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Winnie Dunn on bell hooks and editing the new anthology ‘Another Australia’ russh.com/another-australia-…

Winnie Dunn on bell hooks and editing anthology 'Another Australia'

'RUSSH' caught up with writer and editor Winnie Dunn on the launch of new anthology 'Another Australia'. Read our conversation here.

russh.com
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