Book Review
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Looking out over my shattered world
As a senior English Teacher, I have had the pleasure of teaching Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven over the last few years. This presents some challenges due to the non-linear narrative. It is amazing to find modern text that blends genre and combines elements of social critic with philosophy. Some of my enthusiasm for…
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Understanding Fire
Understanding Bushfires is a most for life in Australia and few accounts of Black Saturday help to educate people like Adrian Hyland’s Kinglake 350 and Chloe Hooper’s The Arsonist .
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The great “Augustus”
A roman historian, I have always been interested in the period of Augustus as it marks the transition from Republic to Empire and the end of the civil wars. It is this interest that first led me to pick up John Williams historical novel “Augustus”. Not only did I find an outlet for my passion…
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Oh! Olalla
As a poet and an aspiring novelist I have been neglecting all my blogs a little, especially this one. Funny how when we’re busy we often cut out some of the things we are more passionate about in favour of other more pressing concerns. Even when I do have time after preparing class or working…