Online Articles

CBC Conference Roundup
Report on the Second Children's Book Council of Australia conference, held in Melbourne, 1994
Scan: The Journal for Educators Volume 13, Issue 3, Jul 1994

Conference report: 3rd National Children's Book Council of Australia Conference: 3rd-6th May, 1996
Scan: The Journal for Educators Volume 15, Issue 3, Oct 1996

Old Tales, New Readers
On fairy-tale retellings for teenagers, the subject of my MA Thesis. This paper was based on a presentation given by me at a seminar for the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen.
Scan: The Journal for Educators Volume 24, Issue 3, Aug 2005

A New Literature Project for Young People in Western Sydney
Scan: The Journal for Educators Volume 27, Issue 2 May 2008

We are the Mirror of each other: an interview with Jeannie Baker
Introduction by me, interview by Cath Keane
Scan: The Journal for Educators Volume 29, Issue 4, Nov 2010

In Praise of Children's Books
The Wheeler Centre, 18 March 2014

"There and Nowhere": A Conversation with Jaclyn Moriarty
The Horn Book Magazine, September 2014

'Read the Damn Books': Ten Tips for Writing about Books for Children and Teenagers
The Wheeler Centre, 3 October 2014

Does your child only read graphic novels? That’s OK – it’s helping them build literacy skills
with Professor Robyn Cox
The Conversation, 4 May 2026

Australian children’s classics: Seven Little Australians is our own Little Women – but naughty, not earnest
The Conversation, 27 August 2026