YA Book Stack
YA Book Stack is an in-conversation podcast with Australian authors who discuss the application of their text in the middle years English classroom and the ways their text is reflective of the experiences of young adult readers and the world they engage with. Through a focus on the text in the classroom, YA Book Stack aims to encourage educators to embrace the flexibility of the middle years and explore a broader range of texts in their curriculum.
YA Book Stack
National Reconciliation Week with Dr Lilly Brown
This episode includes a discussion with Dr Lilly Brown, CEO of Magabala Books, as well as reading recommendations including:
My Place by Sally Morgan
Love Unleashed by Melanie Saward
Dr Anita Heiss
Story About Feeling by Bill Neidjie
Desert Tracks by Linda Wells and Marly Wells
Bindi by Kirli Saunders
Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler
Hairy Holes 2 by Brenton E McKenna
Also discussed are:
- Books being more than just books
- The history and mission of Magabala Books, Australia's leading First Nations publishing house
- Ensuring that schools are safe learning places for all kids, through the literature we teach and the values we uphold in the English classroom
- Racial literacy and tips for building educator confidence when it comes to teaching First Nations texts
- The importance of National Reconciliation Week post-referendum, and how to meaningfully acknowledge this in schools
- The difference between cultural responsibility and the colonial burden