Amy Walters

PhD candidate in Eng Lit @ANU. Feminist killjoy. Living with FND. Writer, critic. Words in Australian Book Review, Kill Your Darlings, The Conversation etc.

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Was chuffed to interview my literary idol (and subject of my PhD @ANUslll) Maggie O'Farrell about the inspiration for her novel The Marriage Portrait for @canberratimes (big thanks to @sally_pryor): https://t.co/1usU6idvUl

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Pretty sure I just heard the word "party" mentioned on my corridor....

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

The champagne corks will be popping very shortly: Embattled ANU vice chancellor resigns amid staff fury https://t.co/W2MGv3W33N

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

The champagne corks will be popping very shortly: Embattled ANU vice chancellor resigns amid staff fury https://t.co/W2MGv3W33N

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Have complained to the AEC but not sure it falls within their remit. Are any journos working on this @abcnews, @abccanberra, @canberratimes, @GuardianAus, @SatPaper?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Was disgusted and disturbed to receive a puerile leaflet addressed to the "white man" through my letterbox this morning.

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

IS this still a thing or isn't it? Would love to know... Coles expands Quiet Hour shopping nationally | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Oh yeah, this isn't fixed either...

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

As a wheelchair user I have waited six weeks for ACT Gov to fix two local footpaths. 6 wks suggests disability access is not a priority. Is this right, @In_The_Taratory @CSD_ACT ...?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Coles, observe your designated quiet hours or remove any mention of them from your website: Coles Quiet Hour low sensory shopping experience | Coles

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

I have a neurological condition and am sensitive to sound. Went to Coles Belconnen during designated quiet hour, 6-7pm. Disappointed to find music blaring and checkouts at full volume. Complained to two attendants, neither of them knew what quiet hour was. What a joke.

[Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters]

All state Premiers decline invitation to official welcome reception for King Charles. Good. They have real work to do. Charles is Aust's Head of State by birthright alone - an arcane dynastic inheritance that has no place in a modern democracy #auspol https://t.co/JMAkFiH2jI

[Dr Liz Allen @DrDemography]

Disappointing to hear @abcnews radio today repeatedly refer to people coming to Australia to fill vital gaps in the healthcare sector as imports. People aren’t imports. This is the language of otherness and it’s inflammatory.

[John Attridge @John_Attridge]

Before you dismiss novels as a waste of time, consider that you would literally not have an inner life right now if interiority had not been invented by English novelists in the 18th and 19th centuries. Doesn't seem like such a waste of time now, does it?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

As a wheelchair user I have waited six weeks for ACT Gov to fix two local footpaths. 6 wks suggests disability access is not a priority. Is this right, @In_The_Taratory @CSD_ACT ...?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

The email said the ACT Gov “manages and maintains approximately 3,190 kilometres of community paths” and the repairs I requested "will be completed in the future via a prioritisation process.” As its been 6 wks I assume disability access is not a priority, @In_The_Taratory?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

The email said the ACT Gov “manages and maintains approximately 3,190 kilometres of community paths” and the repairs I requested "will be completed in the future via a prioritisation process.” As its been 6 wks I assume disability access is not a priority, @In_The_Taratory?

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

A great article about shithouse ACT Government services to which I have a follow up @RosieKingJourno: https://t.co/H2e3pAJ08n

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

Fix My Street was down so I emailed the Office for Disability who contacted @TCCS_ACT, who got a flunky to email me back.

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

If I recall correctly a slightly different version of this bromance was outlined in Mr Obama's stultifying post-presidency memoir... which incidentally I reviewed: https://t.co/48d9LrkZnn

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

What I admire most about Joe is his decency, his resilience, and his unshakable belief in the promise of our country. Over the last four years, those are the values America has needed most. I am proud to call him my president, and I’m so grateful to call him my friend.

[Amy Walters @amiable_walters]

This is devastating for cultural criticism, which has been a highly endangered species already for many years.

[Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk]

What a huge loss to OzLit to lose such an industrious & passionate literary editor as ⁦@jasonfsteger⁩ in this fashion. And knowing that the position will doubtless be left vacant? Just another enormous blow to the Oz cultural landscape… https://t.co/nBHYQ5qBiL

[Jo Case @jocaseau]

‘Well-placed for growth’: Booktopia has been saved by an online electronics store – which plans to invest millions

Sharon Mullins from @UniMelb explains @ConversationEDU

https://t.co/7NUWZnkB33