Australian First Nations and culturally diverse authors talk about the balancing acts expected of them – and the pressure not to be ‘scarily diverse’.
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The owner of Robinsons Bookshop has listed several kinds of books ‘missing’ from its shelves, including ‘kids picture books with just white kids on the cover’.
Every year, parents have an opinion on the books on their kids’ reading lists – whether they think the books are stale, unchallenging or confronting. How are books and reading taught?
These two new romances starring bold, culturally connected heroines from Redfern and Western Sydney break the genre mould – but remain faithful to what readers love about romance.
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Sessional Academic, Children's Literature and Creative Writing, Victoria University
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Lecturer; program convenor master of writing, editing, and publishing, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Research Fellow, Data Science Institute, University of Technology Sydney