Ian Townsend

Writer. Author of Affection, The Devil’s Eye, Line of Fire. Books published by @HarperCollinsAU

[Simon Cleary @ClearySimon]

“The best Australian books out in June”: thanks ⁦@GuardianAus⁩ for including EVERYTHING IS WATER on this list. https://t.co/il8Oo2D3eW

[Simon Cleary @ClearySimon]

Enormous thanks Phil Brown & ⁦@InReviewAU⁩ for this very, very beautiful review of “Everything is Water”. Truly marvellous. https://t.co/tFfZnp4Zvo

[Simon Cleary @ClearySimon]

How good an interviewer is Ashley Hay? Incomparable. How good a publisher is @UQPbooks ? Second to none. Enormous thanks to Avid Reader & the good folk at the Loft & everyone who was there Friday night to help celebrate the lives of rivers & the life of “Everything is Water”.

[Simon Cleary @ClearySimon]

I’m thrilled to say that my first book of non-fiction is now out & about in the world. It’s a book about the wonder of rivers, about a journey along the 344km Brisbane River/Maiwar, and ultimately it’s about change. Sharing with deep gratitude to all those who brought it to life.

[Ben Eltham @beneltham]

I can't believe I have to write this, but educating international students is actually a good thing for Australia

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Every three months the James Webb Space Telescope takes a selfie using its main camera (NIRCam) in order to monitor the state of the primary mirror, for example tracking micro-meteoroid hits, and calibration purposes.

This was taken some hours ago.

[Alexander Kokcharov @alex_kokcharov]

This is photo from the funeral of Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist, Nobel peace Prize laureate and human rights activist, in December 1989.

This is what the Kremlin is trying to avoid by not allowing a public funeral of Alexey @Navalny.

https://t.co/1K6QhFHyer

[Connor G. G. Bamford, Ph.D @cggbamford]

https://t.co/MrNIBbEp4R FDA approval of live-attenuated Chikungunya vaccine made by deletion of a single gene

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Dr Mike Ryan unpacks what it takes to tackle an unknown pathogen.⬇

[Lowitja Institute @LowitjaInstitut]

Please read the Statement on behalf of the O'Donoghue Family: https://t.co/NtnqOrsSuc

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.

[AustLit @AustLit]

By the way, we're serious about this! Grassroots movement for a National Unappreciated Australian Books Week (costumes optional).

[Doherty Institute @TheDohertyInst]

Researchers solve an 80-year mystery confirming categorically that mosquitoes transmit Mycobacterium ulcerans, the bacteria that causes #BuruliUlcer, from the environment to humans.🦟
https://t.co/Rv8RsxuELZ
Published in @NatureMicrobiol, led by @tstinear

@UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH

[Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🦋 @SatelliteSci]

Incredible to watch tens of thousands of Grey-headed Flying-fox megabats (Pteropus poliocephalus 🦇) leave their roost at sunset to forage for nectar overnight - so many that they're accidentally mapped as rain on the @BOM_au weather radar! 🤯 #wildoz

[Ian Townsend @IanBTownsend]

Why we split the world into good and evil - The Washington Post https://t.co/WjKQEcU2VY

[Shelley Lloyd 🎙 @shelleymlloyd]

Day 3 of SE Qld storms. Cracking shot from my daughter Lizzie. #bnestorm

[Nik D @nikidoog]

This is absolutely fucking gorgeous (excuse my language)
Happy Fantastic Friday #TearsForFears
@NewWaveAndPunk @CrowleyOnAir @Punkasfuck1965 @FatOldAnarchist @1980sRewind @lee0969