Tag Archives: University of Queensland

2024 Week 42: “Yeah, well, you know, that’s just like, uh, your opinion, man.” 

Posted on October 24, 2024 by mgbauer

Facebook memories today threw up some photos from 2019 when The Things That Will Not Stand won the Prime Minister’s Award for Young Adult Literature. The narrator of the book is a sixteen year old boy called SEBASTIAN. He’s currently … Continue reading →

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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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blog 119: In which I somehow find myself walking the Corridors of Power.

Posted on November 1, 2019 by mgbauer

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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