I am taking over Gerard's blog today because I want to find out why YOU (the reader) should come to his 'Meet the Author' event at Jeffreys Books on Wednesday, 10th of June...

"How's the book going?" asks my editor... I had to tell her the truth... I haven't written a word!

It's Mother's Day, so I'm dipping into my memoir, Wayback, to find stuff to share with you about my wonderful mother - Leondis Dean...

Every year around this time, we leave our classrooms and walk out to the front of Dimboola Memorial High School, where we join our teachers and visitors wearing soldiers’ medals on their suit jackets...

Old Bill Shakespeare was not well regarded in my classroom, although my teacher disagreed... Read the full story in Wayback by Gerard Dean...

It seemed like a good idea at the time - but was making an iconic slab-sided German Tiger tank as easy as I thought it would be? Read the full story in Der Tiger by Gerard Dean...

Usually, I brave imaginary black snakes dropping from the roof or a huge emu kicking the toilet door in, but tonight there is an extra hazard... Find out more in Wayback...

Do you have a spare year with nothing planned? Read the full story in Der Tiger by Gerard Dean...

How did Geoff Griffith’s FJ Ute save my life? Read the full story in Wayback...

Mrs Devine announces the name of today’s poem, My Last Duchess, by Robert Browning. It is the dumbest poem you could ever read…

When a new boy arrives from Melbourne, he quickly has to learn what all Wimmera boys need...

I LOVE eBooks!!! And here are my top five reasons why...

We are sitting down to our favourite meal of lamb chops, peas, beans and mashed potato when Kristen asks a question...

There are times in all our our lives when everybody needs a 'cricket bat' moment! (Thanks, Uncle Jim!) 🏏

Wayback, by Australian author Gerard Dean is a memoir with a difference...

Our Granma wasn’t renowned for her sense of humour. But, she did have one joke that became a classic amongst her grandchildren...

Gerard Dean's review of South of the Netting Fence by Ron Dodds

Can you judge Gerard Dean's memoir, Wayback, by its cover? Read on to find out...

They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. But we all do when we see the front cover of Nick Lloyd’s epic The Western Front on the bookshop shelf...

‘Gerard and Joe said they are shooting reindeer tonight... they might shoot at Santa’s reindeer. Then he won’t bring our Christmas presents down the chimney...’