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blog 56: In which I cover a lot of things quickly but not well.

Well I’ve come to the end of ten straight weeks packed full of school visits and author events, all of which involved on my rough reckoning – 24 Schools, 3 Festivals, 4 States, 9 Cities and 13 plane trips. And I … Continue reading

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blog 55: In which I have a Close Encounter of the Canine kind.

What Rough Beast Is This? Yesterday morning. Ard and I are collecting money in our street for a very good cause. We enter a yard, climb the steps to the front door and knock. A slow, ominous, ten-testicle-deep howling, moaning … Continue reading

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blog 54 (Where are you?): In which ERIC VALE OFF THE RAILS has an Epic Win and Joe and I make a video.

Recently ERIC VALE OFF THE RAILS was selected by the GET READING organisation as one of their 50 Books You Can’t Put Down for 2013. GO ERIC! And here is a very short video Joe and I put together about … Continue reading

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Melbourne Writers Festival 2013

I’m flying to Melbourne tomorrow to take part in the Melbourne Writers festival. At the MWF I’ll be mainly talking about the ERIC VALE series. I have sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the Schools Program. Two sessions are … Continue reading

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