Fab PhD scholarship on marginalia available with lots of funding built in for archival research and conferences. Join me and the other great early modern scholars at the University of Newcastle. newcastle.edu.au/research-and-i… via @uni_newcastle

Come for the conference, stay for the escoffion wearing emus!

Young-ish Australians studying early modern lit: this generous grant changed the trajectory of my career and could do the same for yours. Please consider applying!

Due to issues arising from COVID-19, the ANZSA conference at the University of Newcastle has been cancelled. However, the facilitation of a digital conference on similar dates is currently being considered. Please watch anzsa.org for an EOI and further updates.

While we're all distracted by #COVID19Aus, the #NSW government is quietly introducing a tiered entry system into HSC, bound to exacerbate inequality and disadvantage migrant children and those with additional learning needs. #auspol educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nes…

amymcquire.substack.com/p/we-must-bear…

To give some idea of how long that line of international students in #Melbourne lining up for Food vouchers was.

Mining giant Rio Tinto was alerted six years ago that at least one of the caves it blasted in Western Australia's Pilbara region last month was of "the highest archaeological significance in Australia". abc.net.au/news/2020-06-0…

Tune into tonight at 7.30pm AEST to watch KINGS OF BAXTER! This doco follows Bell Shakespeare artists as they spend 12 weeks working with teenagers in a juvenile justice centre, tackling the ambitious task of putting on a live performance of Macbeth. More: bit.ly/2U8u6V4

This isn’t an oversight. It didn’t slip through the cracks. This is deliberate.

Super excited to find this in the mailbox today, thanks to Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 and Mark Houlahan. Please check out my chapter on the most underrated early modern play, Fletcher's The Wild-Goose Chase!

Wonderful work from the wonderful Kelly Peihopa EMWRN UON

The Spring 2020 issue of ELR is full of drama. Excellent sleuthing by @lucycmunro on new archival evidence proving (for the first time!) that Jonson had a financial stake in Blackfriars. Read with timely article by Dr Gabriella Edelstein on debt and credit relationships in Eastward Ho!

For those following along #16Days in Newcastle, this is an opportunity to donate to the vital frontline services for women and children that continue to be operating at over capacity. I just have.

Here I am in Australian Book Review discussing SydneyTheatreCompany's thought-provoking new production of Julius Caesar

I had so much fun watching Belvoir's new show The Boomkak Panto and writing about it for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand! Go see it if you feel like joyfully shouting swear words. theconversation.com/belvoirs-the-b…

The Boomkak Panto is an outrageously fun new pantomime from Belvoir which celebrates modern Australia. University of Newcastle's Gabriella Edelstein reviews the play. bit.ly/3E9lPFr

THIS SATURDAY: A Bit Lit launch their new events & courses with A Day Out at Shakespeare's Theatre, a fun, interactive online event featuring the latest historical discoveries and brilliant performances. Book below to join us! #ShakespeareDayOut #ABitLit eventbrite.com/e/a-day-out-at…