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What AI-narrated audiobooks tell us about reading and big tech.
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Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in English and Writing (children's literature), University of New England
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Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Communications Studies, Auckland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, RMIT University
