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Historical fiction in the classroom: reflecting on Our Australian Girl and Do You Dare?
By Jane Goodwin
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
Our Australian Girl is a fiction series for girls featuring characters from different eras in Australian history, between 1808 and 1983. There are currently ten female characters, each with four books to their name, and each story set during a 12–18 month period of their life. The series is aime
Explore AustLit; explore our storytelling heritage
By Dr Catriona Mills
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
Integrating Australian literature into the curriculum and the classroom? Have you explored AustLit, the most comprehensive source of information on Australian story-telling? What is AustLit? AustLit is, at its core, a scholarly bibliography of Australian narrative, story-telling, and print cult
A way home: Emily Brewin’s heartfelt dive into youth and resilience
By Emily Brewin
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
Your new book, A way home, came out in April. Tell us a little about its story. A way home is told from the point of view of Grace, who is 16 years old and living under a bridge in Melbourne’s CBD. She’s experiencing homelessness and we discover that she’s there because she’s grown up with a
Celebrating 80 years of Puffin
By Dot Tonkin
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
At the start of World War II, as British children faced mass evacuations on an unprecedented scale, Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin, said, ‘The worst has happened, but evacuated children are going to need books more than ever. Let us get out half a dozen as soon as we can.’ And so one of the wor
Educational Lending Rights: Supporting Australian stories in school libraries
By Article by Education Services Australia (ESA)
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
Each year, the Educational Lending Rights (ELR) School Library Survey helps ensure Australian authors, illustrators and publishers are fairly compensated for their work. Here’s how your 5-minute contribution supports future generations of readers. The Australian Lending Right Schemes compensate A
Reading Australia
By Josephine Johnston
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
As we start the new year with some new resolutions and the all-important goal to read more books, it is also timely to think of how we can encourage young Australians to read more Australian stories. We all know the benefits of reading – it makes us happier, healthier, financially secure and mo
Can a chatbot write like an Aussie?
By Bridget Forster
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
in youth literature that many of these biases and limitations can be made plain for students. By using AI-generated texts as a foil against authentic Australian literature, students can come to appreciate the nuance of stories created in their own locale. This involves the teacher librarian selectin
Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–25: Sally Rippin
By Interview article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
Congratulations on your appointment as the Australian Children’s Laureate 2024–2025. Your theme as Laureate is ‘All kids can be readers’. Can you share what this theme means to you? What I’ll bring to my term as Laureate is the idea that reading isn’t something we’re all born with the capacity
Join the Educational Lending Right Survey: Shape the future of Australian literature and learning!
By Education Services Australia (ESA)
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
Lending rights payments are a significant part of my income and go a long way towards me being able to earn a living as a writer. – George Ivanof Here in Australia, we are lucky to have a government-funded Educational Lending Right (ELR) scheme that sees Australian authors, illustrators and publis
Language, literature and literacy during COVID-19 and beyond
By Annette Wagner
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
Over the last few months, learning has moved to the digital space, changing the perception of online learning tools. Annette Wagner, Creative Director of Story Box Library, discusses how teachers have embraced digital learning practices and online tools, including storytelling tools. During iso