Staff Profiles

Mat is currently working alongside fellow colleague, Nick Swarbrick on two projects. One on the sentient landscape (exploring the work of Alan Garner), and one on fatherhood in picturebooks. 

He is interested in taking his research further with regards to supporting families at home with Reading for Pleasure and exploring the importance of access to high-quality texts to help improve motivation and engagement for both parents/carers and their children. 

Mat is also interested the representation of diversity in children's literature and has focused on the the role of vernacular architecture in books published in the UK and their depiction of homes throughout the world

Other publications

• Swarbrick N, Tobin M, 'From Generation to Generation: An Exploration of Myth and Landscape in the Work of Alan Garner'
  (2017) Abstract Reading between the lines of landscape, and drinking in a sense of place from the unpicking of a collective memory, be it literary, anthropological, geographical, or our own sensory experiences, is something that has been toyed with for decades. The emotional and spiritual dimension of being in place, in the work of Alan Garner, powerfully reminds us of our connection to, and relationship with, the land and the memories/stories attached to it.Website 

Further information

http://mattobin.blogspot.co.uk/

https://oxfordbrookes.academia.edu/MathewTobi