Chris Murray
@drchrismurray.bsky.social
Author and critic | Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, Monash University | FRAS
Re-reading #Milkman by Anna Burns ahead of a podcast. Hard to express how much I admire this novel. If you haven't read it you must put down your phone right now and find a copy
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Re-reading #Milkman by Anna Burns ahead of a podcast. Hard to express how much I admire this novel. If you haven't read it you must put down your phone right now and find a copy
Irish Studies (post)graduate student essay prize now open. The chance of a cash prize and publication in our refereed journal isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...
Postgraduate essay
2026 POSTGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE The Editors of the interdisciplinary Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (AJIS) and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announc…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Irish Studies (post)graduate student essay prize now open. The chance of a cash prize and publication in our refereed journal isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...
Beckford's Tower, recently reopened. With Ant Howell
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Beckford's Tower, recently reopened. With Ant Howell
Just one Romanticism in-joke amid the assorted Australiana I've brought a colleague: Byron Bay was named for the poet's uncle, "Foul Weather Jack" Byron (not to be confused with "Mad Jack" Byron)
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Just one Romanticism in-joke amid the assorted Australiana I've brought a colleague: Byron Bay was named for the poet's uncle, "Foul Weather Jack" Byron (not to be confused with "Mad Jack" Byron)
Getting to our Manchester hotel was an odyssey, but now relaxing, and enjoying Holmes on Tennyson hugely
October 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Getting to our Manchester hotel was an odyssey, but now relaxing, and enjoying Holmes on Tennyson hugely
Enjoying time in Oxford as Carr-Thomas-Ovenden Fellow in Romantic Literature. It's an ever-evolving institution, as I see at the beautiful and brand-new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Enjoying time in Oxford as Carr-Thomas-Ovenden Fellow in Romantic Literature. It's an ever-evolving institution, as I see at the beautiful and brand-new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
The Murray shelf in my bookcase. Am I catching up? Disadvantaged by writing shorter books w/r/t book shelf real estate
July 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Murray shelf in my bookcase. Am I catching up? Disadvantaged by writing shorter books w/r/t book shelf real estate
Sad to learn of the death of Simon James, Professor of Victorian literature at Durham University. I have lost a friend
June 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sad to learn of the death of Simon James, Professor of Victorian literature at Durham University. I have lost a friend
Irish Studies 6-week fellowship at the University of Melbourne isaanz.org/odonnell-fel...
O’Donnell Fellowship 2026
Applications are open for the 2026 O’Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies at St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. The application deadline is Friday 11 July 20…
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June 4, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Irish Studies 6-week fellowship at the University of Melbourne isaanz.org/odonnell-fel...
