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Thursday, June 19, 2014

Reading Children's Literature is Not Embarrassing

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Kevin Dooley/Flickr This post was published in my Conversation column on 17 June. When the Harry Potter series became a global phenom...
Friday, May 2, 2014

Valuing our Treasured Print History in the Era of the ‘Bookless’ Library

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I wrote the following  piece  for The Conversation in response to the successful campaign to ensure that the Mitchell Library at the State L...
Friday, April 25, 2014

The History of Gendered Children's Books ... And Their Segregating Present

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Includes "Gulliver", "Robin Hood" and "Robinson Crusoe" Scholars of children’s literature are accustomed ...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Case for Henry Handel Richardson's The Getting of Wisdom

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Image: State Library of Victoria This piece was originally published at The Conversation as part of the site's "The case for...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

“For the Sake of the School”: The History of the Girls’ School Story

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Frontispiece of The Governess (1749): The girls have their covetous eyes on the apples A few months ago, Routledge published a six-vo...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Cultural Cringe and Ja'mie, Private School Girl

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Lilley described as “a skinny, long-faced guy in his late 30s flouncing around with what looks like a horse’s tail on his head” in the rol...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Boobs vs Brawn: The TV Debut of "Lingerie Football"

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Originally published at The Conversation . 7mate will broadcast the first season of the new Australian Legends Football League beginnin...