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mikaelakristin.bsky.social
Filipino-Australian. Passionate about books, film, food and music. Based in Melbourne, Australia.
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A horror genre bookstore and cafe is set to open in Brooklyn this fall! Here is the Kickstarter for The Twisted Spine:

#FirstLastAnything has a new home (firstlastanything.co.uk/about) and during June, I’ll be linking to all 24 existing episodes of this music textcast (NOT podcast) I created in 2022. There will be a new series later this summer.

My recommendation for @intheirownleague.bsky.social of THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER 📽️ for men: Jim Belushi plays Ken Kesey, and Kim Gordon plays a dominatrix intheirownleague.com/2025/06/11/c...

Excited for this! 🤩 All deserving winners but for fiction my fingers are crossed for Fundamentally by @nussaibah.bsky.social. 🥳

We're about to kick off our first event of the day with the recipient of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award – @bernardineevaristo.bsky.social – in conversation with @katemossewriter.bsky.social!

Listen to Jenny Lau discuss the role of sugar in Chinese cooking, with academic Miranda Brown www.sourcedjourneys.com/post/audio-s...

Good morning. A wonderful review in @financialtimes.com The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social You see what's happening in the United States... @orwellprize.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Chocolate smore chunky cookie for afternoon tea. 🤩 From Forklore, West Perth.

Now that season two has wrapped, let's look back at your favourite recipes. There's something for everyone, from flavourful tray bakes to a no-mix cake.

As faith leaders have a crowd take a knee and pray outside the federal building, DHS officers raise their weapons at priests and National Guard members lineup with riot shields against them tonight in downtown L.A.

Redundancies when there are no funding cuts. Outrageous. Thoughts with the people about to lose their jobs because yet another new boss wants to stamp their own mark on an organisation for the fourth time in eight years.

How can any commentator calling a technical foul on Greta Thundberg's consistent record of activism be taken seriously at this point? "She makes it about her." Nah, man — that's us. We do that. Free Palestine.

Human Acts by Han Kang, tells a story of a boy. It’s why the original title of the book is 소년이 온다. The boy comes forth. This boy is based on a boy who actually existed. His name was Mun Jae-hak (문재학). He was in first year of high school. And he was a part of the Gwangju Democratization Movement.

ABC job cuts confirmed, entire units axed as the organisation restructures…. to undo the last restructure. Great reporting by @scottmitchell.bsky.social www.lamestream.com.au/abc-job-cuts...

Another one for the collection. Happy pub day @blacktopkid.bsky.social! #readerfirstwritersecond

Of letters between women, of Plath and Sexton, of the organizing principle of the seasons, of the purity of what we read (and teach), of mental health & documenting medications & radical texts on women’s sexuality & health & more. Episode 73: Rachel Mennies is now live! 🎙️📚💙 @rmennies.bsky.social

Friends in Barcelona, it would be great to see you tomorrow, 11 June, at 19h at Llibreria Finestres, where I’ll be talking with Pol Guasch about Lluvia pequeña. Please come say hi.

Amazing dinner at Uma restaurant at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth. Peruvian food. 🇵🇪 So delicious. Chicha morada & non-alc Pisco sour, salmon nikkei & Pan de yema. Choripan con catuto (lamb sausage w/ barley bread), Conchas Parmesano (scallops w/parmesan). Lomo saltado & wagyu brisket. Yuca w/ queso

Pretty lights and projections! Elizabeth Quay.

Sunset on Elizabeth Quay. So pretty!

Trust me to find a Filipino bakery in East Perth. The Sans Rival.

We learnt a lot about Scott Morrison after he was dismissed by Australian voters in May 2022. We continue to learn more, none of it good. And now, the worst insult to all Australians, Morrison is a King’s Birthday recipient of a Companion of the Order of Australia. Thread .. 🧵 #auspol

Murray Street Mall, Perth CBD.

Out and about in Perth CBD. First coffee and iced choc from Voodoo Coffee, Raine Square.

Yin and yang! 😂 Such cuties! Matilda and Girt.

Celebrating 1000 followers on this lil app with the launch of my new documentary focused review site, reDocumented. A personal project to not just share my love for docs, but also to re-spark my love and enjoyment of writing without the focus on clicks or money. redocumented.ghost.io/coming-soon/

Today's lunch: Biscoff Mont Blanc for the bf, tori nanban udon & black sesame latte for me. Dessert: Pandan layer cake. At Forklore, West Perth. 🤩

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I'm deeply chuffed to announce l've recently signed up with Australia's oldest and largest literary agency, Curtis Brown Australia. That means I can now say, "I have to ask my agent" and try to keep a straight face when I say it. (and thank you for all your support 🙏🏽) #gunnawah #booksky

I have some really exciting book events coming up soon (book is out in AUGUST), but this event at The Wheeler Centre about millennial malaise is going to be SO GOOD. www.wheelercentre.com/events-ticke...

Dessert: Browne's Dairy vanilla yogurt w/ a dash of Milo, mixed nuts & goji berries.