Paul Dawson

Lines of Desire Book Launch with Paul Dawson | Better Read Events Join us with Paul Dawson to celebrate the release of Lines of Desire! Paul will be in-conversation with Craig Billingham.

The hottest ticket in town this month is the launch for my new collection of poetry, Lines of Desire (@puncherwattmann.bsky.social 2025). Come along for cheap wine, poetry performed the way it should be, awkward book signings, and celebrations into the night:
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My newest book has arrived. The last time I published a collection of poetry, social media did not exist. John Howard was still Prime Minister of Australia and my teenage daughter had not yet been born. Narrative theory was not even a twinkle in my eyes. Thanks Puncher & Wattmann. #poetry #auspoetry

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Very proud of my latest article: "Brittany Higgins' story or the Brittany Higgins story? Journalism, politics and narrative rhetoric." It's open access. Check it out.

#auspol #Istandwithbrittany @lisawilkinson1.bsky.social

It appears my flock has yet to migrate from the other place.

#twitter #X #socialmedia #echochamber #safespace

Bio-diversity Note Moving through this climate-fucked world in a racialised body made Australian by birth made Asian by an askance glance of the white gaze claimed hybrid by the pride of identity politics and antholo…

This poem will appear in my forthcoming collection, Lines of Desire (Puncher & Wattmann, 2025). cordite.org.au/poetry/treat...

#poetry #australianpoetry #auspoetry #identity

#narrative #journalism #auspol #politics

Who controls ‘the narrative’? journalistic emplotment and political discourse in the networked public sphere - Paul Dawson, 2025 Over the last decade there has been a massive spike in use of the word ‘narrative’ in both media reportage and political discourse. This essay interrogates the ...

What does it mean when journalists write about 'controlling the narrative'? A study of @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @wsj.com @newyorkpost.bsky.social @usatoday.com @kevinroose.com