Meg Mundell

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This podcast features Kiwi Australian author Meg Mundell, whose book is up for auction in the #AuthorsForFireys fundraiser. This fundraiser is for the fire fighting effort here in Australia. The full set of #AuthorsForFireys interviews and blog posts will be here as soon as they are published, as interviews and guest blogs for #AuthorsForWildlife will be here.

Meet Meg Mundell

Meg Mundell is a writer and academic. Born and raised in New Zealand, she lives in Melbourne with her partner and young son.

Her second novel, The Trespassers (UQP, August 2019) is gaining positive early reviews, including a 5-star review from Books+Publishing, was named Readings ‘Fiction Book of the Month’ for July 2019, and has been optioned for a TV series. The critically acclaimed Black Glass (2011) was Meg’s first novel, and Things I Did for Money (2013) is her debut short story collection.

Meg Mundell’s book is in Cass Moriarty’s UQP book bundle

Beyond Words Jacqueline Kent, Australianama Samia Khatun, Raising Readers @daleyreads The White Girl Tony Birch, The Trespassers @MegMundell Solid Air by David Stavanger & Anne-Marie Te Whiu 2/2 (BRISBANE 9 UQP) pic.twitter.com/KOkcfIzAbh

— Cass Moriarty (@MoriartyCass) January 6, 2020

Please bid on original tweet.

Want to know if this is legit?

Yes, it is legit. The whole community — Australian and global — is rallying together to support Australian firefighters, wildlife rescue and bushfire victims. Here are some reports on this effort.

• SBS: Australian authors rally around to raise funds for bushfire relief effort
• SMH: Authors ask readers to dig deep for nation’s bushfire crisis
• Book Riot: AUTHORS SUPPORT AUSTRALIA FIRE SERVICES WITH #AUTHORSFORFIREYS
• Penguin Books: Authors For Fireys — Australian authors band together to support the Country Fire Authority
• Daily Nous: Philosophers Raising Funds for Firefighters in Australia
• ArtsHub: Six ways artists can take action on bushfires

Fundraiser information from Emily Gale

The #AuthorsForFireys auction will take place only on Twitter from Monday 6th January, ending at 11pm AEST on Saturday 11th January. Scores of authors, illustrators and book industry people will host their own individual auction under the hashtag #AuthorsForFireys and bids will take place on each tweet. At the end, the highest bidder donates the amount directly to the firefighters fund. After receiving proof of donation, the author or artist will dispatch goods/services or make arrangements for delivery.

As originally wanted by @EmilyGale and @NovaWeetman, this fundraiser is now officially for ALL fire services in Australia. The official Authors For Fireys Website will be updated accordingly. Winning bidders or auctioning authors can nominate funds to the fire service of their choice.

Items up for auction include signed books, original illustrations, one-off fan-art and craft, unique gifts and manuscript critiques for writers.

There is a supporting site, explaining how it works, at this address: https://authorsforfireys.wixsite.com/website.