Bren MacDibble

So many amazing books in the NZ CYA Awards this year including five by my publisher @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social #booksky #nzcya #booksalive

Advocacy Demands Hope, Fiction Permits Doubt open.substack.com/pub/climatef...

June 14th Obama Appreciation Day

Literacy is the GOP's worst nightmare.

Today, we introduce you to Eugen Bacon. Eugen has won and been nominated for national & international awards; edited @BSFA.bsky.social anthologies & has been a judge in various competitions including the @genni.bsky.social @aurealisawards.bsky.social #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028

The campaign to bring #WorldCon to #BrisbaneIn2028 needs your support! #AustralasianSFF#MeanjinIn202 Things you can do....

It’s Earth Day! Earth Overshoot Day this year is likely to fall on June 5 … the day we burn through more resources than the planet can regenerate in a year. Humans are living unsustainable lives. Australia overshot on March 23! It’s us! Look up! Take action. #earthday #sustainability

Our children's & YA highlight: Swapna Haddow. Start here: schoolreadinglist.co.uk/tag/swapna-h... #KidLit

Delighted my article on Australia’s shameful education system (stealing resources from children of the poor to further advantage children of the better off) features in The Saturday Paper’s list of its best in 2025. Hope it also helps drives change. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...

The best books of 2025: The people’s choice

Can confirm Dame Jacinda Ardern's and (as yet un-damed) Catherine Chidgey's books both appear in our own public submissions of best reads my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/best-of-2025 ^MT

Dogs are hardcore, aren't they? My dog was munching on a carrot, then performed some possessed acrobatics and spat out a molar (he's had $1000 of dentistry incl 15 teeth out - small dog mouths are shite - but they won't put him under since the raven fed him a scrap of 1080 - true story).

It’s interesting that in every community there’s people who are ready to turn on others in their community if given some zealous noise. MORE interesting is that they are so prepared to out themselves right now or join ICE … how handy if someone is taking names.

1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care. “These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence." Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...

Hippos Yawn and Wave Rock WA.

Alien fungi has landed in outback WA. We’ve seen the Day of the Triffids. We know what comes next!

Loved The Granite Skywalk north of Albany in WA. Steep climb but worth it!

Chuffed to have my work listed alongside Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor and Richard Powers in this article by @clairemabey.bsky.social on recommended climate fiction (cli-fi) from NZ and the world!! thespinoff.co.nz/books/15-11-... #ClimateFiction #clifi #books #nzbooks #Aotearoa

In grasslands shaped by fire one tree reigns supreme. The grass tree, Xanthorrhoea. Impervious to fire, it needs heat and soot to germinate seeds. Slow growing, many of these are 100 years old. The flower spikes contain resin used by the local peoples. Wanagarra Reserve, Wedge Island, WA. So pretty!

I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.

Look what arrived in the mail! Only a little bent. So proud to be included in the shortlist! 😍 #booksky

#Auspol #Australia

When I was at high school there was a thing called the Bursary and it strikes me now that a scheme where highschool graduates can win money for uni with grades is brilliant! Was that how it worked? Kids from Huntly college weren’t told about uni so 🤷‍♀️ but if that’s how the boomers afforded uni. Wow!

I feel like social media is in self-throttling phase. I'm old, so I remember forums where you'd say something and intelligent people would say something back. Now you say something and 100 accounts, half of which are bots, pile in with idiotic replies. Life's too short.

WA we have all your homing pigeons. They are grumpy, shitty and ill-equipped for desert life. Half-dead, they are drawn to us like an apocalypse movie opening. Racing pigeons is not a sport. After seeing poop-spattered cities and Trafalgar Square, I realise they're not actually good at 'Homing'.

NZ Parliament and Brownlee need to take a good long look at whose land they’re standing on before they go shutting down parliament over a waiata! Fragile old white men’s egos deserve a good slap.

A lovely evening down at the river.

Curriculum progress in Aotearoa explained in 176 words. #nzpol

I think I just spent three days trying to explain an account issue to a help bot. It was the opposite of helpful. Issue is unresolved. I give up.

Facebook marketplace is like, “I found these things for you, a bit further away.” “Oh like 100km away in Northampton?” “No, 3,500kms away, have a look!”

I have an announcement #booksky! I have signed a contract for my next mg novel! Find out all about it here: macdibble.com/announcement... (Allen & Unwin have world rights if you're outside of Aus/NZ want to get in on the ground floor).