Category Archives: Book History

Boredom is the Enemy

My new book is now available through Ashgate (hardcopy and e-book).   See http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409427322  

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New Publication

Finally my book on Australian soldiers’ experiences of education and entertainment is about to arrive!! Boredom is the Enemy: the Intellectual and Imaginative Lives of Australian Soldiers in the Great War and Beyond It is being published by Ashgate and will available … Continue reading

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Reading and Writing in the Western World

A Review of Martyn Lyons, A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)  As we move into the brave new world of digital books and the domination of the internet and digital media in … Continue reading

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