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Melbourne, Australia
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Joined February 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Nov 30

    Explore by Natasha Sim has won first prize in our competition with ! 🎉 'This illustration is a tribute... to the power of books to take readers to new and strange lands' – Natasha Sim

    12 retweets 25 likes
  2. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Hear hold forth on facebook and other incursions into our consciousness next Tuesday evening at … free, but book here:

    The irony, it _still_ burns. Read "The Last Days of Reality" in -
    2 retweets 6 likes
  3. Retweeted
    Dec 5

    Any qus about writing, short stories, publishing online? Ask legendary author here on Tablo

    1 retweet 5 likes
  4. Dec 5

    Want to master short story writing, or uncover the best way to publish yours online? Join our Q&A with Carmel Bird on Tablo.

    3 retweets 4 likes
  5. Retweeted
    Dec 5

    If you missed out on all the goodness, here's the powerpoint presentation:

    3 replies 38 retweets 48 likes
  6. Dec 5

    Are you in the Melbourne CBD right now? There's some Christmas magic unfolding on our forecourt you need to see.

    1 reply 12 retweets 57 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    Melb Thurs 15 Dec: Don’t miss launch of Carmel Bird’s collection + new award announcement free but book

    3 retweets 3 likes
  8. Dec 4

    Get hands on with our collection for .

    3 retweets 4 likes
  9. Dec 4

    We recently digitised and catalogued 11,000 works on paper. Here's how we did it.

    3 replies 19 retweets 20 likes
  10. Retweeted
    Dec 4

    For 's competition thousands of artists remixed and reimagined historic images inspired by the Library's collection. Find a range of gorgeous products that feature the winning artworks online, and in our State Library shop:

    8 retweets 14 likes
  11. Dec 4

    Join and for a discussion about fake news and our immersion in the online world as we launch the summer edition of .

    10 retweets 7 likes
  12. Dec 3

    Love short stories? What about short stories online? Why, we have just the event for you.

    5 retweets 4 likes
  13. Dec 3

    Know any 12- to 15-year-olds with something to say, but are unsure how to get it into the world? Story Camp, a school holiday workshop, is for them.

    10 retweets 8 likes
  14. Dec 3

    Flinders St., Melbourne, 1907 – back when Young & Jackson was almost still young.

    1 retweet 4 likes
  15. Dec 3

    Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards! 🎉

    3 likes
  16. Dec 3

    Don’t take the coming week for granite. If in doubt, take inspiration from this woman here and be a bit boulder.

    2 replies 3 retweets 19 likes
  17. Dec 3

    Bookings for our gin masterclass and collection viewing with close tomorrow. Don't miss out.

    2 likes
  18. Dec 3

    Exciting!

    We've just had our big reveal of Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together-a major milestone gallery redevelopment! Opens tomorrow from 10am!
    2 likes
  19. Retweeted
    Dec 3

    The indomitable has written a tutorial for harvesting a dataset from Trove - wow! One of the amazing uses of the Trove API.

    So I’ve harvested details from of about 11,000 press releases & interviews from parliamentarians that relate to refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers. Harvesting code, examples, & dataset:
    1 reply 22 retweets 33 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Dec 1

    We're very excited to announce the winners of the challenge. Congratulations to Natasha Sim, Frank Moth, and Paul Summerfield. 🎉 See more of the winning designs here: 🎉

    10 retweets 60 likes
  21. Dec 3

    Looking for some great Christmas presents? Check out the winners from our competition – and their beautiful products available on .

    1 retweet 4 likes

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