These days if we want answers to questions we turn to the internet. You can find the answer to almost any question online. But what is the most asked ‘how?’ question asked online? What set of instructions do we as a race of people look to Google for the most? Allow me to spell it …
It’s an exciting time to be living in Melbourne, Australia, The World. Last year Melbourne was announced as the second UNESCO City of Literature, closely beating out Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago for the honour. This meant that Melbourne needed to find an entity to be the centrepiece of the new City of Literature. After scouting …
Melbourne’s new Wheeler Centre – a History and a Plug Read More »
A quote on the cover of a book can do wonders for book sales. The right words will sell the right book to the right person. Putting review quotes on book covers can, however, be troublesome. Bob Harris wrote about some of the pitfalls of writing book review copy a couple of years ago in …
Christmas means different things to different people. For some it means celebrating love and peace. For others it means food and wine. But for me, Christmas means Batman. From Batman #285: The Mystery of Christmas Lost. Every year as Christmas gets closer I start seeing the Dark Knight everywhere; as if I’m wearing contact lenses …
Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Dropped it in the gorilla pit? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. ‘How can I prevent Camera Loss?’ I hear you ask, wishing I’d get to the …
Over the past few months I have been addressed as ‘Andrew’, ‘Sir’ and ‘Oh no, that guy is coming over to talk to us – fake smiles everyone – oh hello Andrew.’ I am content with all of these monikers. What I am less thrilled about is being known as the ‘Goat Skull Guy’. Ever …
Reflections on being the Goat Skull Guy (and pigeonholing in general) Read More »
I recently got an email from a teacher at Varsity College on the Gold Coast who had been reading The Greatest Blogger in the World with her Grade 5 class. Apparently they liked the book so much they decided to run their own in-class Greatest Blogger competition. They used the specs from the official competition …
Varsity College hold their own Greatest Blogger competition Read More »
Yes, I have been a bad blogger of late – ignoring my blog, not answering emails, writing in a real-life diary instead, etc. I have been in New York and Canada having what we call a ‘holiday’, what the locals there call a ‘vacation’ and what the US government calls ‘a valuable input of tourist money …
Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to thank you for starting up your very own ‘youth’ blog. As someone who has just written a book all about blogging it pleases me greatly to think of the Australian Prime Minister staring at a computer screen and screaming, ‘Why won’t this image upload? I keep pressing ‘Upload’ …