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		<title>Life in chronic land</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 08:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In year 12 I had a dream in which I fell into a coma and woke years later, emaciated and &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2026/05/11/life-in-chronic-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New publication: my Hugo Throssell essay in Challenging Anzac</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Katharine Susannah Prichard's associates and connections]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It turns out I can&#8217;t leave behind Katharine Susannah Prichard and her world. I am honoured to have contributed an &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2026/04/22/new-publication-my-hugo-throssell-essay-in-challenging-anzac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>John Curtin&#8217;s vision &#8211; a free short course</title>
		<link>https://nathanhobby.com/2026/03/11/john-curtins-vision-a-free-short-course/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[John Curtin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my day job, I helped develop &#8220;John Curtin&#8217;s Vision&#8221;, an online credential on the life and prime-ministership of Curtin &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2026/03/11/john-curtins-vision-a-free-short-course/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Katharine&#8217;s birthday tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Katharine Susannah Prichard turned 142 yesterday. It&#8217;s her annual birthday celebration at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers&#8217; Centre tomorrow, 6 &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/12/05/katharines-birthday-tour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Review &#8211; The Good Fight: What does Labor stand for?</title>
		<link>https://nathanhobby.com/2025/12/02/review-the-good-fight-what-does-labor-stand-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a treasure Quarterly Essay is. Great Australian essayists engaging with politics and culture in style. The 100th quarterly essay &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/12/02/review-the-good-fight-what-does-labor-stand-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Biography review &#8211; Hector Harrison: God&#8217;s Larrikin by Margaret McLeod</title>
		<link>https://nathanhobby.com/2025/09/19/biography-review-hector-harrison-gods-larrikin-by-margaret-mcleod/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hector Harrison (1902-1978) was a prominent Presbyterian minister who led St Andrew&#8217;s Church in Canberra from 1940 until his death. &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/09/19/biography-review-hector-harrison-gods-larrikin-by-margaret-mcleod/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The War Within Me by Tracy Ryan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m honoured my family is the dedicatee of Tracy Ryan&#8217;s new novel, The War Within Me, published by Transit Lounge. &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/09/03/the-war-within-me-by-tracy-ryan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Living in the secret pandemic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve found myself muted for three years now, unable to say as much as I used to. It&#8217;s partly because &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/08/29/living-in-the-secret-pandemic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Red Witch featured on the Biographers in Conversation podcast</title>
		<link>https://nathanhobby.com/2025/08/22/the-red-witch-featured-on-the-biographers-in-conversation-podcast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 01:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My interview with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about The Red Witch and the art of biography has just been released on &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/08/22/the-red-witch-featured-on-the-biographers-in-conversation-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The deaths of John Curtin: his biographers&#8217; accounts of his last days</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister John Curtin died 80 years ago on 5 July 1945 in an upstairs bedroom at the Lodge. He&#8217;d &#8230;<p><a href="https://nathanhobby.com/2025/07/04/the-deaths-of-john-curtin-his-biographers-accounts-of-his-last-days/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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