Between the bookshelves: A NSW Premier's Reading Challenge podcast
Between the bookshelves: A NSW Premier's Reading Challenge podcast
Podcast Description
Ever felt overwhelmed at the prospect of recommending a book to a reluctant or voracious reader?
Join Jade Arnold, the Premier’s Program Officer Reading and Spelling at The Arts Unit, every Friday for conversations with Australian authors, teacher librarians, PRC school coordinators, and education experts. Listen to book pitches, recommendations on what to read next, and strategies to develop a love of reading in a school library setting.
Designed with teacher librarians in mind, Between the bookshelves aims to make the process of recommending what to read a little less overwhelming!
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Content Themes
The podcast emphasizes themes such as promoting a love of reading, exploring diverse narratives, and providing practical strategies for teacher librarians. Episodes feature Australian authors discussing their books and share insights into cultural representation, challenges in writing, and the importance of school libraries, with examples like Lisa Fuller discussing themes in Ghost Bird and Ashleigh Barton addressing grief in How to Sail to Somewhere.
Ever felt overwhelmed at the prospect of recommending a book to a reluctant or voracious reader?
Join Jade Arnold, the Premier’s Program Officer Reading and Spelling at The Arts Unit, every Friday for conversations with Australian authors, teacher librarians, PRC school coordinators, and education experts. Listen to book pitches, recommendations on what to read next, and strategies to develop a love of reading in a school library setting.
Designed with teacher librarians in mind, Between the bookshelves aims to make the process of recommending what to read a little less overwhelming!
In Episode 8 of Between the Bookshelves, we’re joined byaward-winning author Lisa Fuller, a proud Wuilli Wuilli woman. Lisa is an academic, editor, literary agent, and author of the acclaimed young adult novel Ghost Bird and the fantastical new middle-grade adventure Washpool.
Lisa shares her Between the bookshelves pitch forboth of her books featured on the PRC booklists, sharing what makes each story powerful and why readers young and old should dive in, along with recommendations of what to read next.
Lisa discusses the themes woven through Washpool – fromembracing our differences to the joys of adventuring to another world – and shares the touching backstory of how the book was inspired by her nieces. Lisa also takes us behind the scenes of writing Ghost Bird, discussing the complexprocess of making the book culturally safe, the importance of following community protocols, and the decision to include Aboriginal English to honour voice and identity.
Plus, Lisa shares her thoughts on the growing representationof Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices in publishing, how literary awards empower writers, and her best writing and reading tips for budding storytellers.
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