The Emerging Writers’ Festival acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live, learn and work, and pays respect to their Elders past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
EWF celebrates the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.
Writers for children are responsible for arming their readers with the tools for making the future a better place. Join these three writers as they discuss the ways to empower young readers through storytelling, the importance of creating fictional worlds that are inclusive and representative, and what it means to diversify children’s literature.
Hosted by Denise Chapman
Presented in partnership with Readings State Library
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Dr. Denise Chapman is a counternarrative storyteller, spoken word poet, and critical autoethnographer who lectures in children’s literature, early literacy, and inclusive children’s media at Monash University.
H. Hayek is the second-youngest of seven children, born to Lebanese-Australian parents. She was born in Adelaide, grew up in Perth and now lives in Melbourne.
Julianne Negri’s debut children’s novel, The Secret Library of Hummingbird House, was published by Affirm Press in 2020 and is a CBCA 2021 Notable book.
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