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Ahem *Julie Andrews' voice* 🎶Chats about archives and beer that's in schooners/ Glasses of red wine and complaints on reviewers🎶

I mean, 1951 didn't have everything right but the modern Milo tin would really benefit from the addition of a man carrying an actual bull on his shoulders tbh

This statement provides important context about the developments at ACU and the architects of this callous and targeted destruction. Please sign and circulate widely. chng.it/98Dpm65n via Change.org Australia

New! Displaced Comrades: Politics and Surveillance in the Lives of Soviet Refugees in the West by Ebony Nilsson offers a unique account of everyday life under surveillance and paints a vivid picture of the long-term effects of war and displacement. 📖 bit.ly/46D0Gkp

ABR Essay No. 2 just dropped 🎉🎉This one looks at how we find the 'ordinary' people who shape our histories and how they often turn out to be pretty extraordinary, ft. spies in Shanghai, ASIO eavesdropping in Sydney, and my various jaunts to the archive australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…

Absolutely pinching myself to see Displaced Comrades get a write-up in the Guardian! theguardian.com/australia-news…

We look forward to hearing ABR Laureate’s Fellow Ebony Nilsson on ABC Radio National Late Night Live tonight discussing her essay 'The lives of "ordinary" people: From Siberia and Shanghai to Kings Cross', published in the Jan-Feb issue of ABR. australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…

Felt very, very legit entering an actual ABC studio to chat with Phillip Adams on ABC Radio National Late Night Live about Russians, spies, and following the trails of ordinary people: abc.net.au/listen/program…

A little taster of the introduction to Displaced Comrades is now up at Inside Story and they came up with a brilliant little title 🚩🚩🚩 You can have a read here: insidestory.org.au/red-flags/

Contributors include Ruth, Ellen Gray, Justine Greenwood, Ebony Nilsson @drjpersian and Nick Pitt. Congratulations all! See more: tinyurl.com/2ejyfxwn. 2/2

"The author has a rather chatty style..."

My students came up with a ship name for Marx and Engels today. I will henceforth be referring to them as 'Mengels'. God I love teaching sometimes.

Sad I couldn't be in Adelaide for this but love that you presented it Ruth Morgan and VERY excited to work on this project - stoked to have received the Allan Martin award, with so many great projects on the shortlist

BOTD in 1904: Vladimir Mischenko aka Bill Marshall 🕵️‍♀️ Fleeing Russia after the revolution, he worked as a labourer in Townsville, joined the Shanghai Municipal Police, and was a WWII POW before he was recruited by ASIO. adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mars… 📷 Bill Marshall, c.1930s

Had a fab time chatting to Miranda Melcher at New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) about Displaced Comrades (and if you listen closely, you might even hear my cat in the background contributing his thoughts😂): newbooksnetwork.com/displaced-comr…