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The ball is round

The phrase I keep coming back to when I write about football is ‘the ball is round’. The statement may have added significance here in Australia where the sporting landscape is dominated by handled...

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He called me a poof, so I blew him a kiss

This link takes you to my football fiction blog. It’s not been about football fiction for a while (it will again). Its more about football writing and more recently the 2012 European Championships. It...

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hunkered in the bunker

Spent a couple of days writing. I know. It shouldn’t be a surprise. I’m supposed to be a writer. The semester and prep for it (4/5 months worth) was so brutally busy, finding lumps of time to wrestle...

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found stories

I’ve been working on several projects of late and I will tell you about them (not all today though) – they’ve been getting in the way of blogging. I will mention one project. Street Reads is a new...

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interactive narrative

Three things, well, maybe four actually. The Street Reads project I mentioned last week is a good ‘un. It kicks off September 5 2012. We’ve put up the posters, the content is delivered and the QR nodes...

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Big Shout Out, Angela Slatter, British Fantasy Award Winner!

A very good friend, colleague, advisor, and a wonderful writer, Angela Slatter picked up a very well-deserved British Fantasy Award last week. It’s a big deal, HUGE. Her story The Coffin-Maker’s...

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Brisbane Roars

I’m working on a Bribane Roar project. I’ve got my season ticket and caught my first home game last night. A 5-0 win against Melbourne Victory. I’ve written about it here…In Rado We Trust! It’ll be up...

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Teacake, dinner and writers

I’ve posted more Roar reviews on this site’s footballing sister. This weekend I was down in gorgeous Stanthorpe to present a writing workshop to the friendliest people in town – and that’s saying...

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How did Darth Vader know what Luke Skywalker got for Christmas?

Posted a new football blogpost today. Most of it is about the Brisbane Roar’s last three games. Thinking about the games and how disheartening football can be – The Hope that Kills Us – made me realise...

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table football at a Biennale?

Hey I’m really sorry. I thought doing a PhD kept me busy, then I started trying to build a ‘track record’ as an early career academic. At the moment I’ve 5 different creative, academic, and other...

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