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If you loved #silkandvenom then you're going to love my new book... because its the same book! It's going international with a shiny new title and design thanks to the wonderful @greystonebooks! Eight Legged Wonders will be available in the US &UK Sep 24 this year! link in bio!
I'll admit it, I google myself every now and again. Who doesn't!? And I love google's search results. I hope they never change.
“Spiders are amazing animals who far too often get a bad rap because of hysterical and misleading public media”
@MarcBekoff writes in @PsychToday about why we have an unfortunate relationship with these Eight Legged Wonders!
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
How do you feel about spiders? Whatever the answer this book is for you! Thanks to the wonderful team at @greystonebooks Eight Legged Wonders is now on shelves in the US and UK! 🕷🕸😍
James O'Hanlon retweeted
For those in #SciComm who realise, as we do, that there’s very few awards in Australia to recognise great SciComm by SciComm pros - now’s your chance!
Announced today: the @auscicomm SciComm Awards now have several categories to start to fill this gap.
asc.asn.au/blog/2024/04/19/a… – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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James O'Hanlon’s new book 'Silk and Venom: The Incredible Lives of Spiders' is a call to celebrate spiders instead of focusing on the surprise and terror they can evoke.
Read #UQ venom researcher @insect_venomics's book review in @ConversationEDU: brnw.ch/21wEOKl
More importantly though, any chance @jimeoin can confirm??? Is there a musical link between my two favourite things in the world? Jimeoin and Spiders? 😮😮😮
James O'Hanlon retweeted
Arthropod Photo of the Week: November 15, 2023
Jumping spider
Colonus hesperus
Araneae: Salticidae
By Ian M. Wright, California, USA
#arthropodPOTW

ALT Against a beige background, a small spider jumps from a branch in the background toward a branch in the lower foreground. The spider is dark brown in color near its head and upper legs and light brown on its abdomen and lower legs, while it is covered in small, fine light-colored hairs throughout. Its legs are all spread wide, with its two front legs raised up above its head as it leaps. On the front of its head, two large dark eyes can be seen at center, each with a smaller eye to the outside of it.
Has #popculture affected the way we think about spiders? And could we use the powers of spider story telling for good? I’ve got a few thoughts in todays Spectrum @SydneyMHerald smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-ra…
If you're in Armidale come along next week to the local launch of 'Silk & Venom' including a science/halloween themed movie night! We'll be watching retro classic Eight Legged Freaks followed by a deluge of debunking spider myths!
belgravecinema.com.au/Movie/…
Thanks to the @GoodReading podcast for having me on to share a few of the stories you'll find in Silk and Venom! 🕷️🕷️🕷️
goodreadingmagazine.com.au/p…
OK I was wrong in the last tweet — just ONE more trip in to see Aunty before I head home from this big week of sharing good spider stories! I’ll be on @ABCaustralia radio in Sydney at 9:30 to talk about spiders in your garden :) #silkandvenom
Back for one last visit to Aunty on this whirlwind book launch week! I’ll be visiting booksellers this afternoon and then taking a rest! #silkandvenom
Such an honour to be a guest on Conversations with Richard Fidler on @ABCaustralia! It’s been an incredible week of bringing spider stories to Australia! @newsouthpub
abc.net.au/listen/programs/c…
So happy to chat with Indira Naidoo on @ABCaustralia radio tonight about her journey to appreciate spiders. And who should turn up but @CostasGarden !!! So nice to chat with you both, I’m happy to talk spiders any time 🕷🕷🕷🕸🕸🕸
Scientists have been trying to harness the power of spider silk for centuries. My latest piece in the @GuardianAus traces some of the strange and beautiful ways people have tried 🕷🕸 #arachtober #silkandvenom
‘Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber’: the quest to harness the power of spider silk
theguardian.com/books/2023/o…
‘Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber’: the quest to harness the power of spider silk
theguardian.com/books/2023/o…
Thanks to everyone who came along to the launch of Silk and Venom it was such a nice event and a lovely way to bring this book into the world! Thanks Caitlyn for being a stellar host!!!
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Silk and Venom is finally here! It’s #bookbirthday for this celebration of all things spidery! This book dives into all the stories that show how beautiful and fascinating spiders truly are. Here is a long thread of thanks to all who have helped make this dream a reality🙂 1/11
I’ll be on @ABCnews breakfast tomorrow morning chatting with @scinate for #sciencemondays. Tune in to hear the good spider-news! 11/11










