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Tag Archives: Don’t Call Me Ishmael
2024 Week 38: Zoomin’ through the week!
Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking (via ZOOM) to the Year 10 students of the French International school JMG Le Clezio, in Port Vila, VANUATU. The school has recently opened a French International Baccalaureate with an Australian studies theme, and … Continue reading
2024 Week 37: My Booook Festival memories.
Some time next year my wife and I are planning a trip to England to visit my sister and her family in London and to go on a driving holiday around the UK. One of the places we plan to … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Festival, China Mieville, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Driving holiday, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Tattoo, Garth Nix, Gruffalo, Ishmael Trilogy, Margo Lanagan, Michael Morpurgo, Patrick Ness, Roxburghe Hotel, Scotland, Shaun Tan
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2024 Week 36: The many faces of Ishmael.
Don’t Call Me Ishmael has been my most commercially successful book selling over 100,000 copies in Aust/NZ and being published in another seven countries including Germany where it has been a best seller and used as a school text. (The … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Call Me Ishmael, Ishmael Trilogy, Koblenz Germany, Koblenz Theatre
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2024 Week 34: Bananas, bookings, books and brekkie.
I had a rare school visit this week speaking to the Year 8 girls at Lourdes Hill College in Brisbane who had read my book DON’T CALL ME ISHMAEL. The students were lovely and the talk was fun. I actually … Continue reading

















