Catherine McKinnon

Author of To Sing of War (2024 Fourth Estate, HarperCollins); Storyland (2017 Fourth Estate HarperCollins); The Nearly Happy Family (2008 Penguin)

[Catherine McKinnon @cathmckinnon]

@JaneCaro Brilliant reply!

[Paul Ekman Group @PaulEkman]

We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Paul Ekman has passed away. His groundbreaking research transformed our understanding of emotion, facial expression, deception and compassion. We are creating a memorial page if you would like to share a reflection: https://t.co/39ctcg8E9w

[Paul Ekman Group @PaulEkman]

Dr. Paul Ekman’s groundbreaking research in New Guinea revealed that while basic emotions are universal, how we express and interpret them can differ across cultures. Explore how culture shapes emotional expression: https://t.co/KOiK1oNgkf

[Universal-Sci @universal_sci]

Behold NGC 1961: its splendid spiral arms are elegantly displayed in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot.

(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, R. Foley; Image processing: G. Kober

[UOW @UOW]

New research led by #UOW's Kamryn Carter has used cutting-edge genomic tools to reveal the diversity and evolution of a tiny Chilean gecko in the driest place on earth. 🦎👉 https://t.co/AaQQ1MFtrc #UOWResearch

[Kate McClymont @Kate_McClymont]

End of the road for Ben Roberts-Smith with the High Court throwing out his last-ditched attempt to overturn civil findings made in a defo case that he had committed war crimes. @MWhitbourn
https://t.co/AILStQuKcQ

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Photographer David B captured this stunning shot of a Roseate Spoonbill in flight.

[SBS News @SBSNews]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will formally recognise the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

Read more: https://t.co/nXriSrVCJH

[Catherine McKinnon @cathmckinnon]

@abcnews What ranking does Issac Heaney have in the afl ranking?

[And Other Stories @andothertweets]

You can now read International-Booker-Prize-Winner Banu Mushtaq’s acceptance speech, in full, over on our Ampersand blog:

https://t.co/UpKNuWv2mo

[Copyright Agency @CopyrightAgency]

Congratulations to Michele Lee, winner of the 2025 Griffin Award for her play Snappy.

We’re proud to support this important award through our Cultural Fund in partnership with Griffin Theatre Company – a vital platform for bold, original Australian playwriting.

[Jen Robinson @suigenerisjen]

Surreal: this time last year I was visiting Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison - and now here we are…

Excited for the premiere of @EugeneJarecki’s brilliant film #SixBillionDollarMan at @Festival_Cannes tonight. Can’t wait for everyone to see it @wikileaks

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination.” —William Faulkner https://t.co/QoZ8ew492I

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry.” —Gabriel García Márquez https://t.co/7BNk8WjV6p

[Lucy Treloar @LucyTreloar]

Wondering how to just turn off the USA for the next few years…
The whole ghastly debacle is already unbearable.

[Catherine McKinnon @cathmckinnon]

Well done!

[Copyright Agency @CopyrightAgency]

For our 2023-2024 year highlights, Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund supported 82 projects, including 4 Create Grants and 5 fellowships.

[Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk]

Deal news! Delighted to announce that @transitlounge2 has acquired Brendan Colley's really divine second novel, The Season for Flying Saucers! (& bless B, I get a shout-out too: "helped me see the story within the story"). Out in Sept! https://t.co/TZeBB8Z2Ei

[Samantha Rose Hill @Samantharhill]

Hannah Arendt's syllabus for Thinking, taught in 1974

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I work at three different desks, with a different project open on each, let’s say, so one is academic, one writerly, and one art. I go at these erratically, sometimes to all three desks within an hour. They cross-pollinate one another.” —Anne Carson https://t.co/HcRj5AR5oK