#ThePlains was once described by Ben Lerner as a ‘strange Australian masterpiece’, a novel that ‘can feel less like something you’ve read than something you’ve dreamed’ (The New Yorker, 29 March 2017). Here’s my thoughts on #GeraldMurnane’s 1982 novel.

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There is quite a bit to explore here but a key takeaway from my visit is the development of both a whole school pedagogy and discipline-based threshold concepts. Follow my journey of school visits here: open.substack.com/pub/creativi...

My thoughts on #PaulAuster's 1990 novel #TheMusicofChance: something absurd in contemporary American life must have been foreseen in Auster’s terrible fables like this one.
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Pretty thrilled to see my essay on two apocryphal modernists — #ernmalley and #juseptorrescampalans published in Australian Literary Studies just a few days before Christmas www.australianliterarystudies.com.au/articles/mal...

Summer reading stack. Two more to add (one educational theory, and ‘Crime & Punishment’. My theory is that it’s an easier to read 10 books at once than 1. For non-fiction, I read maybe 10 or 15 pages and then move to the next title. Works even better with the cricket on in the background.

Look who has a 5-stars on their innovation sleeves? Congratulations to Hills Grammar (my tribe) and the other nominated schools! www.linkedin.com/posts/hills-...

If you are into Substack, here’s where i’m keeping mine. Basically musings on books I read, mostly fiction. Looking forward to creating a bookstack for summer reading real soon! #reader #books gatesywriter.substack.com?r=318oqc&utm...

I’ll try to write something about this soon. But for now let me just say, what a beautiful book! Crafted like a boat in Huon pine. Tears in my eyes as I read the last pages on an early summer afternoon. #limberlost #robbiearnott #australianliterature

Like anyone with sense, moving off X. My interests include fiction (published author) and music (independent singer songwriter). Hello, New World!