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I am the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University. I have written 22 books, 13 audiobooks, over 350 refereed articles and book chapters, and over 600 research outputs. I have podcasted since 2008 and vlogged since 2016.

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	Comma. How to Restart, Reclaim and Reboot Your PhD. 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Dieting: From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	12 Rules for (Academic) Life: A Stroppy Feminist’s Guide through Teaching, Learning, Politics, and Jordan Peterson 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Hemlock: Internet Education and the Poisoning of Teaching 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Popular Music 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trump Studies: An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know What You Do Not Know: Information Literacy for PhD Students 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Revolution To Revelation: Generation X, Popular Memory And Cultural Studies 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Setting Up Your Life to Write a PhD: Building a Doctorate One Sentence at a Time 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tara Brabazon rated a book did not like it Find Your Story: The 6-Week Story Planning Process by Jennifer Blanchard	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Oh No. I can't believe what I have read here. A 'story coach.' No. Really. A 'story coach' - who coaches on stories. Except, the 'story coach' uses a data set of one person - herself - to re-present her first novel. In this short book - 53 pages are used ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book situated - solidly - in pop marketing. StoryBrand is a methodology to - surprise surprise - tell the story of a brand. It is clear. Straight-forward. Simple. And very affirmative of the (endless) value of capitalism and corporations... Y ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok It's Not About You: A Brief Guide to a Meaningful Life by Tom Rath (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This short book - 34 pages - has an even shorter message. Don't be a selfish bastard. Yep. Agreed. No research is cited here. Just personal statements of struggle and growth. OK. Yeah. Nah. ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was ok Storying the Self: Performance and Communities by Jess Moriarty	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book could be a single star review, but I've given it 2 becaause it has potential. I think. In this 205 page book, I have taken just over one page of notes. I am an expansive note-taker, so this is a proxy for - put simply - a lack of content, a ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Will Storr	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is based on writing courses that have been designed and delivered by Will Storr. It maintains that instructional design to the chapter construction. The audience for this book is unclear. Is it fiction authors looking for a morphological sh ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book did not like it How Your Story Sets You Free by Heather Box (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Self evident. Basic. What is in this 113 page book? Focus on the why. Emotion builds a connection with an audience Yep - you've got it... The value of privacy, of living an interior life without external validation is not even a consideration. ...more
Sep 05, 2026 06:39PM · 1 like · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of How Your Story Sets You Free by Heather Box. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — How Your Story Sets You Free by Heather Box <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it Academic Flying and the Means of Communication by Kristian Bjørkdahl	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is OK. It is a long edited collection, and like so many edited collections, more work was required aligning the chapters. The book also reveals the scars of the pandemic year. Certainly the lack of mobility in that year is worth mentioning, but ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it Face the Mirror: Stop Waiting to Be Rescued and Start Building the Life You Actually Want by Gus Fares	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a solid book that intervenes in the stories that run through our lives. About popularity. About karma. About fairness. The goal is to stop looking and the crowd and - instead - face the mirror. Well written. Lacking references and research. But ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book did not like it Life Is Short And So Is This Book by Peter Atkins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Life is short. So is this book. It is self evident nonsense. Thankfully it is short.
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Tara Brabazon rated a book did not like it 55 Questions to ask yourself, Across 8 Dimensions For A New You! by Manoj Chenthamarakshan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Yes, another book by a life coach. 55 questions to ask about 'yourself.' So basic. No references or research. And the 'book' is 41 pages in length. Dear me. ...more
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