Today the government rejected the Productivity Commission’s recommendation to scrap PIRs. In plain terms, this means:
Evil “coalition for cheaper books”: you have been owned
Barely disguised right-wing naysayers on limp blogs: you have been owned
Barely disguised right-wing media outlets: you have been owned
Dozens of people who can’t spell or punctuate who say provocative things in comments sections of newspaper articles: you have been owned
Authors: epic dropz for you
Thank you and good night.
Lol. Thanks for your lovely poem, Kim. Joanna
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Let’s Partayy!!
Do not read news.com.au comments. They aren’t good for you.
Glad to hear or read that you won, you young Qld author.
Who would have thought – the government actually made a sensible decision. As soon as I heard the news, I came right here. I knew you’d have the last word!
So my novel will be purple? Neat. The only thing better than epic novel loots is knowing it will be pulled from the smoking corpse of Bob Carr’s ambition.
I read that, at first, as “the smoking corpse of Bob Carr’s arse”. Which I quite like.
Hello Kim,
Please forgive me for using the HW Forum to write you, but the email I sent to your email address was rejected.
Hello Kim,
I hope this finds you and your husband and daughter well. I know it has been a while since I have written, but I do follow your Hexebart’s Well. Congratulations on the recent victory!
I wanted to tell you that my friend Pamela from Australia sent me The Resurrectionists and I am reading it and finding it deliciously horrifying. The story within the story is marvelous! Your skill at changing the style to fit the time is truly amazing. Sometimes I feel like I am reading two books. When a diary portion is over and I am back with Maisie, it is almost like waking from a dream. I am only halfway through it, though, and dread the denouement. I still have The Infernal to read. Started it but could not get into it. I know it is not one of your personal favorites, but still I want to read it. It did win you an award, after all!
Your loyal fan,
Vicki
Amen to that!