Beyond Words: The complexity of translating Australian picture booksÂ
National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature
Australians love an international success story! Using the NCACLâs marvellous collection of translated editions, I am working on a series of case studies demonstrating the ways in which Australian picture books are translated for overseas markets.Â
Books that tell my story
The Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Childrenâs literature is ubiquitous in Australian classrooms with picture books playing a particularly important role in early childhood classrooms. Historically, the majority of childrenâs literature has featured White characters and perspectives, excluding many children from seeing themselves and their lives reflected in books. The aim of this study was to explore how an assessment task could change the attitudes of preservice teachers towards future classroom practice.
Talking animals: Anthropomorphism in children’s literature
May GibbsÂ
Have you ever wondered why so many books for kids choose to use talking animals, rather than people, as the central characters?
Anthropomorphism in childrenâs literature helps create charming, memorable protagonists, but itâs also a powerful educational tool thatâs been used since the earliest people told stories.Â
Bush babies to treehouses: 100 Years of Australian children’s books
May GibbsÂ
If you go down to your local bookstore today, you probably wonât be at all surprised to see hundreds of Australian childrenâs books filling the shelves.
But it wasnât always thus. Writing for children is a relatively recent thing on the greater scale of literary history.
Darcy Does Things Differently
Blast Off, The School Magazine
DARCY Dawson Donnelly was a very distinguished dog who suddenly found himself solo in his senior years. Then Darcy met Dawn.Â
Culturally relevant reading books for Papua New Guinean children
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
Children have a right both to read and to see their lives mirrored in books. In this study we explored young Papua New Guinean childrenâs reading preferences of 500 digital books.Â
Grief, ghosts and giving yourself permission
WQ Magazine
Quiz time. Which would you choose: A room of oneâs own, or a room with a view? Theyâre equally appealing to most writers â and never moreso than in the age of lockdowns and limitations. The first time I settled myself into the Queensland Writers Centreâs âFishbowlâ, pulling the velvet curtain behind me and gazing out past the book stacks towards the Brisbane river, it dawned on me: I had found both!
Open, shut themÂ
Nightmare Fuel Magazine
Nightmare Fuel is an online magazine for dark fiction and poetry by Australian writers. Stories must be 666 words or shorter.Â
It’s A TraditionÂ
Nightmare Fuel Magazine
Nightmare Fuel is an online magazine for dark fiction and poetry by Australian writers. Stories must be 666 words or shorter.Â