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Iain McCalman Iain McCalman i(A84148 works by) (a.k.a. Iain Duncan McCalman)
Born: Established: 1947
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Malawi,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1965
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1 Jill Roe: My Boss, My Mentor and My Friend Iain McCalman , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: History Australia , vol. 14 no. 4 2017; (p. 584-587)

'I arrived at Macquarie University in January 1972 in order to get some clear air by taking work as a tutor in history while struggling to finish a postgraduate thesis at the Australian National University. I knew nobody at Macquarie and, as a relatively recent migrant from Central Africa, next to nothing about the history department. I’d been hired to tutor there in a large compulsory first year history course called ‘The West in Early Modern Times’, and also in a third year subject on ‘Victorian Social History’ taught by a Dr Jill Roe.' (Introduction)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Reef : A Passionate History Iain McCalman , Camberwell : Penguin , 2013 7916625 2013 single work non-fiction

'The Great Barrier Reef, argues Iain McCalman, has been created by human minds as well as coral polyps, by imaginations as well as natural processes. In this landmark book he charts our shifting perceptions of it, from the terrifying labyrinth that almost sunk Cook's Endeavour to a fragile global treasure.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 More Books than You Can Throw a Cook At Iain McCalman , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , August vol. 6 no. 7 2011; (p. 10)
— Review of Captain Cook : Master of the Seas Frank McLynn , 2011 single work biography
1 John Douglas Ritchie (1941-2006) Iain McCalman , John Molony , 2007 single work obituary (for John D. Ritchie )
— Appears in: Proceedings 2006 : The Australian Academy of the Humanities 2007; (p. 56-59)
1 Genre-Bending: From Crossover History to Autobiographical Travel Iain McCalman , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Readers, Writers, Publishers : Essays and Poems 2004; (p. 87-95) McCalman explains the process he underwent to transform his historically accurate portrayal of the life of Count Cagliostro into a work that would be accessible to, and popular with, non-specialist readers. His technique was to borrow from the structures of literary fiction, thereby preserving 'the suspense and pace of the story without compromising [his] core beliefs about what a historian can truthfully say about the past.' McCalman acknowledges that his editor and some reviewers were left wondering whether he was writing history or fiction.
1 The Empty Chador Iain McCalman , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 4 August 2004; (p. 17) McCalman examines Norma Khouri's fabrication in Forbidden Love in the light of previous Australian literary hoaxes.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro : The Greatest Enchanter of the Eighteenth Century Iain McCalman , Pymble : Flamingo , 2003 Z1158056 2003 single work biography
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