DK Mok
Aurealis Award-winning fantasy and science fiction author. The Heart of the Labyrinth, Squid's Grief, and Hunt for Valamon. Loves libraries, starships, and cephalopods. Fantastical stories with heart.
www.dkmok.com
Gadigal Country, Sydney, Australia
- If you use Google Search to look for news, you can now personalise your settings to see more results from sources you trust. ABC News Australia has a walkthrough in this article.
- Congrats to all the Aurealis Awards finalists, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @genni.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @kaaronwarren.bsky.social @tanaudel.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @mktighewrites.bsky.social @sljohnson.bsky.social @pamelajeffs.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social!
- Great episode of @ologies.bsky.social about platypuses! Dr Tahneal Hawke discusses spurs, fur, conservation, and ways you can help (eg. report sightings; clean up rubbish near waterways, especially things like hair ties, rubber bands, fishing lines; join a local revegetation group.) #Platypus
- Enjoyed Best of All: The Magical Mix That’s You by @smritihallsauthor.bsky.social and Chaaya Prabhat. A joyful and affirming picture book celebrating families with blended heritage. A great book for kids still learning to embrace their complex cultural identity. 1/3 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Diverse 📚🌏
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- For folks living near bushland, a reminder to be careful of random echidna burrows. For everyone else, a link to a video of two puggles (baby echidnas) being looked after by wildlife carers. #Puggles #Echidnas #Wildlife #Australia
- Enjoyed listening to The Land Before Avocado: Journeys in a lost Australia by @richardglover1.bsky.social. An entertaining and fascinating look at life in the 1960s/70s vs now, nostalgia, and the lessons we can take from change. Highly recommended. 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Audiobook #Australia
- Interesting concept: mobile wind turbines. Autonomous catamarans sailing across open ocean, collecting wind power, using seawater to create hydrogen and then returning to port to offload the hydrogen. Autonomous energy harvesting. #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #Wind #Hydrogen
- Enjoyed Sky Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy. A beautiful picture book about the First Peoples of Trouwerner (TAS) and the story of their Ancestral Beings. Wondrous and epic with gorgeous illustrations. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #DiverseBooks 📚🌏
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- Lovely article about numbat photography and conservation in Dryandra Woodland, WA. If you’d like to start the year with more numbats in your timeline, this article has some sweet moments captured by photographer Lyn Alcock. #Numbats #Wildlife #Conservation #Australia
- Another interesting article about old coal mines being converted into gravitational storage systems. Very cool to see several of these projects being tested in Australia. #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #NetZero
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- Recently read Popi’s All Souls Song by C.K. Malone. A poignant book about grief and the importance of community and connection. @shellyswann.bsky.social’s illustrations are gorgeous – a much-needed hug for the soul. Heartache and comfort. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Grief
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- Some striking photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Highlights include a slithery peppered moray eel, a storm of birds surrounding a fishing vessel, and rave-ready fluorescent pitcher plants. 📷 #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Conservation
- Love this. The Night Place in Fitzroy Crossing gives kids a safe space to enjoy a hot meal, play basketball and Uno, hang out with friends, and access support services. This also reduces juvenile crime and increases local employment. Would be great to see more of these around. #Youth #SocialSupport
- Two Aussie libraries made it into the top ten of the world’s most beautiful libraries, according to the “1000 Libraries” initiative. If there were a tour package dedicated to visiting the world’s most impressive libraries, I’d be very tempted. #Libraries #Architecture
- Enjoyed Words Between Us by @angelaphamkrans.bsky.social and Dung Ho. A lovely picture book about intergenerational connections. This tender story revolves around Felix and his Vietnamese grandma, and it’ll resonate with many readers who grew up in multigenerational households. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
- Lovely article about how murals and street art can be physically and mentally therapeutic. Art can bring small moments of serenity, connection and healing during difficult times. I love the theme of public art reaching people in their everyday spaces. #Art #Murals #Health
- A landmine detection rat in Cambodia has set a record for most mines detected. Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, has helped humanitarian workers detect and remove over 100 mines, many of them buried near people’s homes. #Humanitarian #Rat
- Enjoyed listening to The Cloud Roads by @marthawells.com, narrated by Chris Kipiniak. Filled with ancient lore, vanished civilisations, wondrous cities, and vivid, complex cultures, it reminded me of why I love fantasy worlds. Plus cool characters and sky islands! 💙📚🎧 #BookSky #Fantasy
- Cool images from the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Highlights include a smoky nebula, streaking comet, ethereal auroras, and an intense close up of the sun. 📷 #Space #Astronomy #Photography
- Interesting article about converting vacant offices into indoor farms. Apparently, office-to-farm conversions can be easier than office-to-housing ones. Plenty of challenges, but I like the idea of hyper-local micro-farms with minimal food miles. #Sustainability #FoodSecurity #UrbanFarms
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- Recently read Little Ghost Makes a Friend by @maggiemadethis.bsky.social. This adorable Halloween story about making friends and finding the confidence to be yourself reads like a cup of hot chocolate with extra marshmallows. I loved the cute character designs. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Halloween
- Reposted by DK MokPrinting presses kept their letters in cases. Capital letters went in the upper case. Smaller letters went in the lower case. This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’ Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press? MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
- Recently read Naming Ceremony by Seina Wedlick and Jenin Mohammed. A delightful picture book about the ways in which children’s names are gifts – “A blessing, a wish, a story” – from loved ones. A joyful and heartwarming celebration of this West African tradition. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #DiverseBooks
- The winners of the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards have been announced! Highlights include a starry aurora over Loinnekumme Country in Tasmania, a paper nautilus riding on a jellyfish, and a striking portfolio of cephalopod portraits. 📷 #Photography #Wildlife #Nature
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- Broken Hill is getting a compressed air energy storage facility! I’d only heard about these in theory, so it’s exciting to see one being planned for NSW. It’ll be repurposing an old mining site, providing more energy security and an economic boost to the regional city. #Sustainability #CleanEnergy
- Great article about second-hand bookshops finding homes in repurposed water towers, schools, churches and hotels. I love how these bookshops have so much character. The Book Tower in Wodonga is a cool and creative use of the space. 📚 #Books #Bookshops #SecondHand
- The Wildlife Photographer of the Year commended images have been announced! Emperor penguins on a precipice, a tiny grove of slime moulds, Pacific sea nettles in cordial-green waters, and a heartaching portrait of a three-toed sloth. 📷 #Photography #Wildlife #Conservation
- Enjoyed reading Australia’s Baby Animals by Jess Racklyeft. It’s as adorable as it sounds. Sweet watercolour illustrations and interesting info. Highlights include the Tasmanian pademelon, tawny frogmouth, gang-gang cockatoo, red handfish, and all the frogs. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Nature
- Recently read My Bright Shining Star by Fatima Whitbread and Rhian Wright. A thoughtful, moving book about a girl living in a children’s home and the powerful, lifelong impact a kind and empathetic carer can have. Gentle and uplifting with vivid, joyful illustrations. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
- Researchers are working to design “cardboard houses” that could provide low cost, temporary housing after natural disasters. The homes can be made with plantation waste, and they could be sourced and built locally with minimal tools. #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #Housing
- A nice article on digital minimalism. It’s not about disconnecting from the online world, but being more mindful and intentional about how you spend your time. Less doomscrolling, ragescrolling and rabbit holes. Less passive consumption. More time with friends and family. More real-world activities.
- Recently read Words That Taste Like Home by Sandhya Parappukkaran. A beautiful picture book about an immigrant boy struggling to stay connected to the world he left behind. Michelle Pereira’s illustrations are enchanting, full of rich colours and soft textures. Heartfelt. 1/2 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
- I remember reading about sodium ion batteries years ago and thinking they sounded cool, but probably wouldn’t ever happen. They’re happening. They’re potentially less environmentally damaging to manufacture than Li-ion batteries and less likely to catch fire. #EV #NetZero #CircularEconomy
- Recently read “Beneath”, another beautifully thoughtful picture book by Cori Doerrfeld. Full of tenderness and wonder, it’s a story about looking beyond the surface, understanding the world we can’t see, and having greater empathy for others as a part of our own healing. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
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- A fantastic pilot project to have permanent social workers at libraries. I love that this makes these vital services more accessible and friendly, with libraries being a safe space for many people. It’s also great that this program partners with social work students. #Libraries #SocialWork
- Recently read “Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles” by Corey Tutt and Ben Williams. It’s packed with info about Australian reptiles, their First Nations names, cultural significance and ecological roles. The conversational style is engaging, the glossary is great. 1/4 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
- Handy feature in the latest update lets you receive notifications when selected accounts have a new post. Great for when you don't want to miss a post from someone.
- Conservationists have created a public database of climate solutions that communities can share and implement. AdaptLog describes 400+ projects helping wildlife survive climate change, including sprinkler systems for flying foxes and flood refuges for rhinos. #Conservation #Wildlife #ClimateChange
- Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron and Lisa Kennedy is a lovely book about the culture of the Pairrebeenne/Trawlwoolway clan. I loved the naturalist’s scrapbook layout style and the soft watercolour seashells, black cockatoo feathers, and moonlit mutton birds. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #DiverseBooks 📚🌏
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- Recently read I Want To Read ALL The Books by @debbieohi.com. A sweet and very relatable story about how books feed our curiosity and create opportunities for connection with others. I love the view that part of the enjoyment of reading is talking to friends about it. 💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
