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2024 Week 23: And the Words of the Prophets were written on the Library Desks …

Posted on June 11, 2024 by mgbauer

When I started at the University of Queensland in the 70s (!) there was an out-of-the-way area on the upper levels of the MAIN LIBRARY where I used to regularly sit with a group of friends. The desks looked like … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 22: Home again, Home again, Jiggity-Jig.

Posted on June 5, 2024 by mgbauer

Well we’re back home from CANBERRA and the Corridors of Power and just in time too! WINTER has now officially arrived. Of course it’s a well known fact that if born and bred Queenslanders are trapped down SOUTH when WINTER … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 21: Our brief Canberra visit explained in (badly) rhyming couplets.

Posted on May 28, 2024 by mgbauer

Mike and Adriana BAUERIn the Corridors of POWERThere to visit Uncle JIM(Back row, middle boy – that’s HIM!) Then Ar-bor-e-tum shared its VIEWWith 50,000 trees they GREWAnd even more there was to SEEUp on the peak of Mount AINSLIE* (*Author’s … Continue reading →

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2024 Week 20: I read the news today, oh boy …

Posted on May 20, 2024 by mgbauer

When my first young adult book was about to come out, my publisher Dyan Blacklock predicted that I would love being part of the children’s writing community in Australia. As usual, she was right. I did. And I do. In … Continue reading →

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