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The twists and turns of teenage years take on new meaning in these 5 books about LGBTQ+ youth.
If you want your kids to read more, my research shows it’s crucial to support kids to choose what they read. Here are some practical, affordable tips, plus great reads picked by kids.
Even for people who regularly look to social media platforms for book recommendations, recommendations from friends, family members or colleagues are a main way of choosing what to read.
A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
Summer reading is a byword for light escapism – but it can mean anything, from catching up on the classics to a new romance novel. Julian Novitz travels to the 19th century to trace its evolution.
How can you get your kids to read this summer? Research has found they respond well to reading non-fiction – so we’ve gathered 6 top non-fiction books, recommended by the kids themselves.
A scholar of queer literature takes a closer look at five books that are pushing the envelope on society’s understanding of LGBTQ life.
Picture books and young adult biographies can introduce kids to design-based thinking and engineering habits like creativity and persistence.
Books can play a role in activism and change. Here are five books that will help young people build their racial literacy.
2020 has been a tumultuous year. Here are some books your kids can lose themselves in this summer.
A children’s literature professor recommends some of her favourite books for high school kids.
Instead of expecting parents to help kids stay sharp during the summer, schools should offer more programming, a literacy instructor argues.
Go on, treat yourself - read a science book over the holidays. Here are a few ideas to get started.
A handful of our business economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
Get your summer reading recommendations from the literature and crime professors themselves.
Challenging, inspiring and funny: a handful of our economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
There isn’t a lot of time for recreational reading when you’re running a university. But when year-end holidays roll around, Africa’s vice chancellors can finally read for pleasure.
Hell is not, as Sartre suggested, other people – it’s a holiday without books. So if you want a real break on your travels, take note.
It’s summer, which means that the inevitable annual scrum to read the newest and hottest book on the block has begun. How exhausting.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Victoria University
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Sessional Tutor, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Lecturer in Science Education, Deakin University
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Distinguished Professor, Stellenbosch University
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Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University
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Reader in English, Lancaster University
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Professorial fellow, Monash University
