Saturday Magazine

18 Feb 2024

Saturday, 17th February, 2024: Sarah Mokrzycki, Sessional Academic, Children’s Literature and Creative Writing, Victoria University

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Macca is joined by Sarah Mokrzycki, Sessional Academic, children’s literature and creative writing, Victoria University

The owner of independent Victorian bookshop chain Robinsons has come under fire for a series of (since deleted) social media posts on X, including a list of “books we don’t need”.

“What’s missing from our bookshelves in store? Positive male lead characters of any age, any traditional nuclear white family stories, kids picture books with just white kids on the cover, and no wheelchair, rainbow or indigenous [sic] art, non indig [sic] aus history,” read one post from Robinsons’ chief executive Susanne Horman.

Horman’s list of books we don’t need includes “hate against white Australians, socialist agenda, equity over equality, diversity and inclusion (READ AS anti-white exclusion), left wing govt propaganda”. She called this “the woke agenda that divides people”.

 

https://theconversation.com/a-victorian-bookshop-owner-has-called-for-a-substantial-shift-in-woke-australian-publishing-but-we-still-need-diverse-books-222164

 

Photo courtesy of The Conversation.

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27 Apr 2024

Saturday, 27th April, 2024, Sam Elkin, Author and Broadcaster, New book – Detachable Penis

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Macca and Paul are joined live in the studio by Sam Elkin’s Detachable Penis: A Queer Legal Saga, recounts his ...

27 Apr 2024

Saturday, 27th April, 2024, Chris Christoforou,CEO, Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA), Second Safe Injecting Room Abandoned

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Macca and Paul talk to Chris Christoforou CEO, Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA), as Premier Jacinta Allan has announced ...

27 Apr 2024

Saturday, 27th April, 2024: Richard Keane, CEO Living Positive

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Macca and Paul are live in the studio with, Richard Keane, CEO Living Positive. LPV is staging the annual International AIDS ...