Meaghan Wilson Anastasios

Author of 'The Water Diviner,' now a film with Russell Crowe, and screenwriter of 'The Pacific with Sam Neill.'

Censorship, control, and rewriting American history I’ve discovered the line in the sand for corporate America. It’s not invading a sovereign nation to kidnap its leader. It’s also quite OK to take potshots at peaceful protesters and disappear American citizens into human cattle pens. As for sabre rattling and threatening allies and friends? Knock yourself …

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Because Jacinta and Brian of ABC Melbourne are letting me loose in the studio Yes, really. Question is, will I be able to behave myself, or will they need to call on the famous “dump” button? Spoiler alert: no they won’t, because I’m dead professional like that. If you’re interested in hearing me bang on …

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How culture outlives strongmen and rewrites history to win the war over imagination Photo by Dylan Shaw on Unsplash Tinpot dictators fucking hate art. Given where the world seems to be headed, that fact both empowers and terrifies me. Because for people like me, it means there’s work to be done. But it also means …

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Why I didn’t. And why authenticity still matters in an AI-saturated world. “Authenticity is becoming infinitely reproducible.” So says Adam Mosseri, head honcho at Instagram. You reckon? Yeah, nah. I call bullshit on that. As a writer, I’ll die on this hill. Authenticity, by its very nature, cannot be replicated. I think what Adam meant …

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A historian’s warning: when society tells women to ‘play nice,’ it never ends well, and today, the warning signs are all around us. Oh, 2026. We had such high hopes for you. But the party’s definitely over. A week in, and I’m already done. WTF is happening in Venezuela? Then there’s all the sabre rattling …

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Is it a writer’s dream? Or a writer’s nightmare? It starts as a spark of an idea that grows into something more concrete. As I start to write, imagined worlds appear on the page. The words become something else as characters step out of a fog and take form. The story evolves and the things …

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Sunday Reilly and why she’s all out of f*cks to give this New Year’s Eve From Sunday Reilly’s journal: 2025: The Movie. ⭐️✩✩✩✩ Would not recommend. That’s the polite way to describe the clusterfuck in a flaming dumpster fire on a slow-moving train wreck that was 2025. Thank Christ Queen Lizzie wasn’t around to see …

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A free e-copy of my latest novel, “Sunday Riley is All Out of F*cks to Give” Exciting news! I’ve been given a link to a free preview copy of my e-book, SUNDAY RILEY IS ALL OUT OF F*CKS TO GIVE and told to share it with friends who might want to read it in advance …

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The art of storytelling and why it’s not going to die anytime soon Once upon a time, there was a moment in human history when one of our ancient ancestors looked down at her or his hand and thought, “What the fuck am I? Where did I come from? What am I doing here? And, …

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