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2024 Week 30: You’ve got (more) mail.
I mentioned in a recent post that I’d had surprising emails from a German school in Mexico and a French school in Vanuatu. In both cases their students were reading Don’t Call Me Ishmael. Since then I’ve had more writing … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Don't Call Me Ishmael, education, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Max Fatchen, Reading, Rodney Forgets It!, Rodney Loses It!, teaching, The Running Man, White Ravens Festival, Writing
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2024 Week 11: In which I talk about all things ISHMAEL.
Old, battered, torn, faded and falling apart. But, enough about me – check out those covers! Are you in the same boat? Maybe it’s time your old copy of DCM ISHMAEL was given a face-lift. Or maybe it’s time you … Continue reading
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Tagged Book covers, Carl Hanser, Don't Call Me Ishmael, dtv, Germany, Gregory Peck, Herman Melville, Hoercompany, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Ishmael Trilogy, Moby Dick, Munich, Scholastic Australia, The Running Man, White Ravens Festival
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blog 119: In which I somehow find myself walking the Corridors of Power.
My YA novel The Things That Will Not Stand had its genesis in two thoughts that came to me one day when I was taking one of my regular walks around the neighbourhood. One was a memory from my Uni … Continue reading
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Tagged Annabel Crabb, Canberra, Coen Brothers, Don't Call Me Ishmael, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Jeff Bridges, Omnibus Books, Parliament House Canberra, Scholastic Australia, Schonell Theatre, Scott Morrison, The Big Lebowski, The Things That Will Not Stand, University of Queensland, White Ravens Catalogue, Young Adult
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blog 103: In which I say ‘Cheers & Thanks’ to Germany and post a video.
Apart from at home here in Australia, my books have been most successful in Germany. As well as having nine books presently published in the country, there has also been a radio broadcast of the complete Ishmael series, short-listings and … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Hanser, Dinosaur Knights, Don't Call Me Ishmael, Eric Vale, Germany, Hoercompany, International Youth Library, Internationale Jugendbibliothek, Julia Nachtmann, Just a Dog, Nennt mich nicht Ismael, The Pain My Mother Sir Tiffy Cyber Boy and Me, The Running Man
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