Aidan Doyle

Wineglass Bay and Honeymoon Bay in Tasmania

My first kids' book is a notable book of the year. :)

Mind-controlling Bugs is on the Children's Book Council of Australia book of the year longlist in the Eve Pownall (non-fiction) category. They announce the shortlist later in the year.

cover for an ebook titled BY YOU, HOPE STANDS; it shows two wolves (one golden, one black) howling underneath an arch with the phases of the moon above, and a starry sky in the background; the text is white with the subtitle "stories of hope and resistance"

hi friends, i've put together a short collection of SFF stories and set it free—i hope it can give you some encouragement, a smile, or even just a pause in the doomscrolling. art is resistance. <3 🐺 📚

ko-fi.com/s/f0da603a0d <— support/PWYW (free!)
tiny.cc/2q7y001 <— direct download

Mind-controlling Bugs was released in Australia one year ago!
The year went by so quickly.

There are still more zombie critters being discovered - including a species of purple cordyceps parasitic fungus that was found in Brazil.

Something terrible has happened to Tasmania

YouTube's summary of the videos I've watched this year.

Nice review of The Writer's Book of Doubt

milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...

Brigands & Breadknives cover

Look what just arrived on my Kindle

Important spider news.

As someone with a computer science background, it's cool to see my book is in the MIT book store.

Agent extraordinaire @alexadsett.bsky.social at the Frankfurt book fair where Mind-controlling Bugs was on display.

Footscray Library has bug book copies now.

Over 20 copies of the bug book in libraries in Singapore.
They have a much bigger selection of parasite books for kids than I would have expected.

I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...

Thank you. It really depends why you want to learn blender. One of the best introductions I found was this tutorial
youtu.be/nESaz92SJ0w?...

Thank you!

Thank you. I did the donut tutorial a while back, but not much of it has stayed with me.

There are so many cool things you can do with Blender. It just takes forever to learn how to do them. :)

I've been learning Blender (a 3D graphics program). Most of the things I make are still by following tutorials, but I'm slowly improving.

We went on the State Library's tour yesterday where they let you into the library before opening hours and you can see some of the old catalogs.

New recommended non-fiction for kids.
Mind-controlling Bugs gets a mention.
www.readings.com.au/news/new-and...

The number of Australians visiting Japan in May this year increased 32% compared to last year.

Bug book on the shelves of South Yarra library.

The main meals at the cafe were very average. But the mousse was good. Chocolately, but not too chocolately.

Death Star chocolate mousse from the Star Wars cafe at Melbourne Museum

Mind-Controlling Bugs Check out Mind-Controlling Bugs - <p><b>Mind-Controlling Bugs</b> is an eye-opening nonfiction book for kids ages 6 and up that dives into the fascinating world of parasites! </p><p> Ever wondered wha...

Mind-Controlling Bugs is published by Hardie Grant and the cover and illustrations are by Astred Hicks.

bookshop.org/p/books/mind...

It's bug book US release day!

Hardback and ebook are now available in the USA.

It's mainly available through online stores (Amazon, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, etc) but I'd love a photo if anyone sees a copy in the wild. :)

UK release in a couple of days.