This episode is focused on content within Module 3: Genres and 21st Century Trends, with particular reference to contemporary fiction with LBGTQIA+ content, themes, and characters.
Recorded 16 August 2023
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Our guest
Our guest for this episode is Dr Emily Booth.
Emily Booth is a casual academic and research assistant at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Her PhD research explored how teenagers respond to adult influence on their reading practices in the contexts of leisure reading, school reading, and industry engagement. She has published widely on diversity in Australia’s young adult fiction publishing industry and received several grants for research projects in the area of teenagers’ reading.
Podcast highlights
Emily’s current working context. Emily describes her role and tells us about her school and her school library at 2:17.
Emily’s connection with Teacher Librarianship. At 4:17 Emily explains her ongoing interest in young adult literature and her related work experiences.
Emily’s research. Emily gives an overview of her research focus, which is access to the publishing industry for diverse authors, and the publication of previously unheard author voices from 6:42.
Connections between Emily’s research and Teacher Librarianship From 14:33 Emily reflects upon how her research can have implications for TL practice.
Value of collections with diverse literature. Emily shares further insights on the value of diverse literature in a school library collection from 25:41.
Advice for a new TL making the case for diversity in their collection. At 28:29 Emily shares advice and strategies.
Further resources:
Read more about Emily through her profile on the Sydney University of Technology website.
Access a list of Emily’s publications here.
To find out more about the Australian School Library Association, go to their website here https://asla.org.au/.
Check out the The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature’s Cultural Diversity Database. It offers a comprehensive collection of books which feature Australia’s culturally diverse population with the focus on understanding cultures, both similarities and differences.