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I am the Professor of Cultural Studies at Flinders University. I have written 22 books, 12 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. 4.48 avg rating — 29 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
	Know What You Do Not Know: Information Literacy for PhD Students 4.20 avg rating — 10 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
	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
	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 Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes: Global Insights and Perspectives by Christina Ballico	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
I have no idea how this book has been published. How could referees allow such a book to emerge from Palgrave? The lack of engagement with fifty years of place-based popular music studiess is only matched by the non-existent theorization of 'periphery ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it The Science of Reading in Action: Brain-Friendly Strategies Every Teacher Needs to Know by Malia Hollowell	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 has a bit of the - drinking-the-Kool-Aid to it. So if you are interested in 'the science of reading' - noting the epistemological ambiguity around that 'science' - then this is your book. Ten 'lessons' about sound to print. Valuable, if pred ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it The Morphology of Thought: How Ideas Emerge From Combinations, Constraints and Culture by Richard King	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
I thought this book was going to be an absolute ripper. And - yep - the first fifty pages are fascinating. But from page 80, the drip-drip-drip of religion, theology and catholicism emerges, when any other area of life would have been more relevant. S ...more
Jul 18, 2026 04:22PM · 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 The Morphology of Thought by Richard King. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Morphology of Thought by Richard King <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing The Evolving Science of Reading: Building a Continuum from Foundations to Fluent Thinking by Anthony Fitzpatrick	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
I did not have high hopes for this book. The title has two red flags for me. 'Evolving' as a word in a title signifies that the writer over-simplified (and over-unified) development, change, progress and evolution. The Darwinian overtones - without c ...more
Jul 16, 2026 04:28PM · 2 likes · like · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of The Evolving Science of Reading by Anthony Fitzpatrick. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — The Evolving Science of Reading by Anthony Fitzpatrick <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing Language at the Speed of Sight by Mark Seidenberg	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
A great book. A stroppy book. A potent intervention in teacher education, particularly the teaching - about teaching - reading. The book exists under the umbrella of "the science of reading." Seidenberg is an outstanding researcher and writer. A rare ...more
Jul 04, 2026 07:47PM · 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 Language at the Speed of Sight by Mark Seidenberg. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Language at the Speed of Sight by Mark Seidenberg <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen, and Audio by Naomi S. Baron	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 clear and well organized book that presents a convincing argument. 'New' technology does not destroy 'old' technology. This book explores the research for the reading of print, digital text and - yes - audio. The research - qual and quant - ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction by Meghan Cox Gurdon (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
A fascinating book that aligns academic research, with popular journalism and personal stories. This book is well written and offers a convincing argument about the power of reading aloud to children and adults. The subtitle does not capture the argum ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book liked it Reset 2.0: Reset Your Mind. Reset Your Habits. Reset Your Life. by RV Kumar	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 takes a human being where they are - information overload, dopamine economy, exhausted - and offers concrete strategies and exercised to create different decisions and aa different reality. It is not simply another self help ...more
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Tara Brabazon rated a book it was amazing HOW KNOWLEDGE BREAKS AND REMAKES ITSELF: THOMAS KUHN AND THE SECRET LIFE OF SCIENTIFIC CHANGE by Boris Kriger	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
An outstanding book. Kriger has offered a careful, considered, rigorous but revelatory revisioning of Thomas Kuhn. He showed the consequences of 'paradigm' - as a word and trope - leaving Kuhn's books and 'entering the wild.' That wild was - unfortun ...more
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