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Michael Earp is a non-binary writer and bookseller living in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). They are the contributing editor of Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories (2019) and contributor to Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories (2019). The next anthology they are editing is coming from Affirm Press in October 2023 with another from Fremantle Press in June 2024. Their writing has also appeared in Archer, The Age, PopMatters, The Victorian Writer and Aurealis. For twenty years they have worked between bookselling and publishing as a children’s and young adult specialist. In 2021, they were awarded the Australian Booksellers Association Bookseller of the Year for their role managing The Little Bookroom, the world’s oldest children’s bookstore. A pa ...more

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	Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories by Michael Earp (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jax Jackie Brown, Claire G. Coleman (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories by Tobias Madden (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sofia Casanova (Goodreads Author), Cassi Dorian (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a queerer light by Michael Earp (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helena Fox, Alison Evans (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Avast!: Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors by Michael Earp (Goodreads Author), Alison Evans 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aurealis #99 by Michael Pryor (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Alan Baxter (Goodreads Author), Michael Earp (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borderlands: Riding the Slipstream by Paul Collins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Isobelle Carmody (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Anne Ryan (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Michael’s Quotes

“You don't always need to know your destination when you set out on a journey.”
― Carole Wilkinson, Dragon Moon

tags: journeys, wisdom

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“How different other families were, the shape of them, the things they presumed, the children that grew up in them.”
― Margo Lanagan, The Brides of Rollrock Island

tags: difference, differences, families

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“That is the strangest thing about the world: how it looks so different from every point of view.”
― Lauren Oliver, Liesl & Po

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“If everyone you knew jumped off a bridge, would you too?” Dr. Roger asked.
David had heard this before and knew you were supposed to say no. But was that really true? If everyone jumped off a bridge, maybe there was a good reason. Maybe the bridge was on fire.If anything, the guy who didn’t jump was the crazy one.”
― John M. Cusick, Girl Parts

tags: crowds, followers, following, hypothetical, hypothetical-situation

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“Look at the stars,” said Tim. “Don’t you ever wonder what they’re for?”
The Night was an open book of constellations.
“They’re for the same as everything else, “said Sam. They’re just for themselves.”
The stars silently agreed.”
― Toby Forward, Fireborn

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