Biographer, scholar & special collections librarian in Perth, Australia. Author of THE RED WITCH, 2023 WA Premier's Prize Book of the Year. Working on a biography of John Curtin. https://nathanhobby.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mwwm6pcbgk2xNew post on my blog about how one of John Curtin's famous quotes has been frequently misdated. https://nathanhobby.com/2026/10/03/i-shall-not-chase-my-destiny-the-brief-history-of-a-mistake-and-the-virtue-of-slow-writing/03 Oct 2026 00:14 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwwm6pcbgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mwawqm2hak2tAs someone with ME/CFS, I really appreciate George Monbiot's informed advocacy in his new Guardian column. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwawqm2hak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3muirydp6rk2cI'm looking forward to Jeff Sparrow's biography of Lesbia Harford. Taster on LNL https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/lesbia-harford-poet-jeff-sparrow/10710477202 Sep 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3muirydp6rk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mu7j47clqs2jI grew up in the South West but never heard the legend of the Deadwater wreck - intriguing! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-29/deadwater-wreck-mystery-baffles-centuries-on/107050790?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other29 Aug 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7j47clqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mtzelfxlz22dLost book exchanges of Western Australia: 1. Stock Road Book Exchange [Bibra Lake - was this a later name for the Last Hurrah Bookshop?]26 Aug 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzelfxlz22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mrykqr3pdk24It's the Royal Western Australian Historical Society's booksale today and tomorrow. Best source of WA books in the world.01 Aug 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrykqr3pdk24https://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mry3qqpe6k2tI just realised the encyclopedia article I promised to write is not 5000 words but 5000 CHARACTERS and the pressure has lifted a little.31 Jul 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mry3qqpe6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mpkbhvakd22kNew acquisition. Published in 1999, I don't think many copies were printed. First time I've seen it for sale in 12 years of looking and I've never even seen a physical copy in a library, only the badly formatted ebook.01 Jul 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkbhvakd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mmm2qtw6dk2eSiri Hustvedt unconvinced by precisely recalled conversations in memoirs.24 May 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmm2qtw6dk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mmlhexduwc2a'What exactly is a happy ending? One has to stop the story at just the right instant.' - Siri Hustvedt, Ghost Stories, p. 143.24 May 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmlhexduwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/nathanhobby.bsky.social/post/3mk3e3izir22uIn time for Anzac Day: a new book, Challenging Anzac: Stories That Don't Fit the Legend (NewSouth) edited by @miamh.bsky.social, Carolyn Holbrook and Joan Beaumont. My chapter is 'Bolshevik Anzac: the politics, celebrity and mythology of Hugo Throssell VC'. 1/22 Apr 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:3w4ntnd7azeb3fevqd7bay4g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3e3izir22u