Reading Matters

#CBCAawards - Kaylee, Leah and Shehan talk with the chair of the Children’s Book Council Australia, Professor Margot Hillel, about the CBCA and the 70th Anniversary Book of the Year Awards. Professor Hillel has been involved in children’s literature over many years and also holds the position of Chair of the Academic Board at Australian Catholic University. Her main research interests are in the area of the construction of childhood in children’s literature and the history of children’s literature

#LibbyGleeson - Kaylee, Leah and Shehan chat with bestselling author Libby Gleeson who has published over 30 highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, been shortlisted for 13 CBCA Awards, and won three! Libby has been a teacher and lecturer and chaired the Australian Society of Authors from 1999-2001. In 2007 Libby was awarded membership to the Order of Australia and she was also the recipient of the 2011 Dromkeen Medal, awarded for significant contributions to the world of children's

#JudithRossell - Leah, Kaylee and Shehan chat with award winning author and illustrator Judith Rossell about her novel, Withering-by-Sea, which is set in Victorian England, where Stella Montgomery lives with her three dreadful Aunts at the Hotel Majestic. One day, she sees something she shouldn't have, and is plunged into an adventure. Can she overcome the sinister magician and his gang of thugs, a hand-of-glory, a clockwork beetle, a military pudding, mutton-in-aspic and an enormous, ghostly sea

#JackieFrench - Leah, Miani and Shehan speak with 2014/15 Australian Children's Laureate and 2015 Senior Australian of the Year, Jackie French about 'Read the World a Story' day and other projects. Jackie reads a snippet from 'Diary from a Wombat' with full sound effects and the team even converse with Jackie in Wobatese! http://www.jackiefrench.com/http://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/If you love our podcasts then you can support SBN's Youth Charity and several important youth initiatives by