Jonathan Butler

THE BOY IN THE DRESS (@AffirmPress). Shortlisted Age Book of The Year 2022 (non-fiction). Writer. Queer history enthusiast. He/him.

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

Run to your nearest bookshop and get THE BOY IN THE DRESS and then buy another copy for your queer bestie, then another for your aunt who’s into true crime and then another for your downstairs neighbour who’s into Australian history. It’s out and it’s proud 🥲 @AffirmPress

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

Hi @PhillipAdams_1 ! I'm a researcher and writer looking into the life and death of Brian Finemore. You wrote about him in The Age back in the 1970s. I'd love to chat!

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

@ipodmacbook It’s a different side to her I haven’t seen before - not flattering but real

[BADCrimeSydney @BADCrimeSydney]

Last night announcing the 2023 Danger Award Winners! Congratulations to @cfwriter, @jonodavidbutler, Matthew Spencer and @hammerNow

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@PopCrave @people Helen of Troye

[Affirm Press @AffirmPress]

Congratulations are in order for Jonathan Butler, whose book The Boy in the Dress has been shortlisted for the Danger Awards! @jonodavidbutler @BADCrimeSydney https://t.co/NHY2x1dkQw

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Is #Oppenheimer about what happens in a Kendom? #Barbenheimer #barbie

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So glad I came down to @ReadingsBooks to hear @JasperPeachSays read their incredibly moving piece in the latest issue of @Meanjin ❤️❤️

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@jenniferdown “Therapy is important for writers as it’s a solitary practice and there’s rarely ‘supervision’ to help externalise challenges”

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Carlton After Dark with @jenniferdown & @son_nair @YarraLibraries @text_publishing

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“90% of the research shouldn’t make it to the page…it’s like when Serena Williams slams an ace. It looks effortless but you know she’s worked endlessly for it.” - @jenniferdown

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It was a surreal experience presenting at @PRO_Vic after spending many weekends researching THE BOY IN THE DRESS there. Now one of my favourite book talks is a podcast! @MelbWritersFest @AffirmPress

[PRO Victoria @PRO_Vic]

In the new episode of Look History in the Eye, @jonodavidbutler begins with a visit to the @QSArchives, and what he finds changes everything... This episode is a recording of his 2022 Victorian Archives Centre @MelbWritersFest conversation with Yves Rees. https://t.co/3nr12Id2oc

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

.@howtobeheld in Conversation with Yves Rees at @ReadingsBooks @AllenAndUnwin

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

Thank you @dantwitthaus for your sensitive and thoughtful chat for Queenscliff’s SacredEdge Festival

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

First up at Queenscliff’s sacrededge festival is Lisa Waples-Crowe, @pwcrowe & @duanalla talking about finding place

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“I like to push the limits of imagination. All writers should.” - Alexis Wright

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

Alexis Wright in conversation about her new book PRAISEWORTHY @ReadingsBooks @GiramondoBooks

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Perhaps an obvious statement but so many left-ish people think it’s an OK view to hold without realising they sound like Nazis

[Jonathan Butler @jonodavidbutler]

If you think society is “too woke” or has “gone too far”, you essentially want everything cis, white and straight. Terrifying

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@JasperPeachSays Couldn’t agree more 🥰

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“I treat queer as a verb…I’m not hiding any part of me anymore” - @JasperPeachSays

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Making Rainbows: Writing as a Queer Parent at Q Lit @geelonglibrary @JasperPeachSays @bellarozz & Katia Ariel

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“Writing my memoir I had to venture down out of the brain and into the body” - @bellarozz