Nathan Hobby
@nathanhobby.bsky.social
Biographer, scholar & special collections librarian in Perth, Australia. Author of THE RED WITCH, 2023 WA Premier's Prize Book of the Year. Working on a biography of John Curtin. Covid & climate action now! https://nathanhobby.com
You're welcome, Wayne, and so glad someone read our bibliography 😆
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
You're welcome, Wayne, and so glad someone read our bibliography 😆
There's differences of perception, but there are also subjects who are actually paradoxical. How to depict these things biographically? Perhaps: a composite portrait, recognising limits of any one perception. A provisionality to judgements & traits.
August 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
There's differences of perception, but there are also subjects who are actually paradoxical. How to depict these things biographically? Perhaps: a composite portrait, recognising limits of any one perception. A provisionality to judgements & traits.
Variation on the theme in Martin McKenzie-Murray's profile on Richard Marles in yesterday's The Saturday Paper: 'in the funhouse mirrors of politics there’s no single prevailing view of anyone'.
August 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Variation on the theme in Martin McKenzie-Murray's profile on Richard Marles in yesterday's The Saturday Paper: 'in the funhouse mirrors of politics there’s no single prevailing view of anyone'.
This podcast series is now in its 3rd season. I'm grateful to Gabriella for her commitment to biographers and her talents in drawing out insights about biographical choices, which extends the work she did in her PhD thesis and her own biography, Breaking Through the Pain Barrier.
August 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
This podcast series is now in its 3rd season. I'm grateful to Gabriella for her commitment to biographers and her talents in drawing out insights about biographical choices, which extends the work she did in her PhD thesis and her own biography, Breaking Through the Pain Barrier.