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A very spooky Fran's Friday Book Club
This month the Halloween spirit has compelled me to recommend two frighteningly good reads - one fiction and one non-fiction - perfect for the spooky season. Let’s get into it.
Bonus episode: El Akkad x Lattouf on how to resist genocide without a blueprint
Canadian-Egyptian author Omar El Akkad on individual complicity, resistance and the role of the press.
Where is the nation's spine?
Lattouf delivers a eulogy for the spine - an increasingly endangered structure that's meant to hold us upright when powerful interests want us bent. It's also a love letter to the vertebrae that refuse to change shape.
Bonus episode: Chris Hedges x Lattouf drops tomorrow 5am
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges reflects on his run-ins with the local media in Australia, and what it reveals about press courage (or the lack of it). Plus a chat on the future of journalism, and what Palestinian journalists have taught him about our craft.
They’re here: Etterati Tees and 'It’s a No From Me' - limited stock
Independent media you can wear. Jan Fran and Antoinette Lattouf launch new, sustainably made merch.
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: Government knew PM's number was public for nine months, emails show
Ette Media can also reveal it wasn’t just Albanese’s number - other private details about the PM are still online.
ETTE-SCLUSIVE: PM's personal number published online with other big-name Aussies in massive privacy breach
The personal mobile phone number of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - along with the numbers of several high-profile Australians in media and business - has been published on a publicly accessible third-party website, in what appears to be a widespread privacy breach.
Fran's Friday Book Club
An IRL book club discusses the best book of the century (big call!) plus a handbook for these treacherous times packed with eternal wisdom. Welcome to October’s Fran Friday Book Club.
EXCLUSIVE: Meanjin axed under ‘suspect’ grounds despite rescue offer
Melbourne University Publishing says shutting one of Australia’s longest-running literary outlets was a “purely financial” decision. But the story (and numbers) don’t add up. We can reveal an offer of a cash injection is on the table. So what's the real reason for its closure?
Kirk shooting coverage, Federal Court and a terrifying high school media talk
Saturated coverage of Charlie Kirk's shooting, an existential crisis in front of high school students and Lattouf v ABC back in Federal Court.
RSVP: Aug 21, 7pm exclusive online Q+A with us (for our top-tiered Etterati only)
Do you want to hang out on a video call with your favourite aunties? We'll answer all of your questions and we're keen for your ideas too!
What a week
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