#LoveOzYA and the 'Books of our own Backyard'
by Danielle Binks
Description
This session is linked to the young adult Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology – and the history of how this book came to be.
#LoveOzYA = ‘Love Australian Young Adult Literature’. How did this grassroots movement encouraging Aussie teens to read Australian stories take hold in 2016, and why is it important that we have a National Youth Literature in the first place?
* What is ‘young adult literature’? Brief history globally
* From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games – how YA took over Hollywood
* History of Australian young adult literature
* History of grassroots movements in an increasingly interconnected YA community - #WeNeedDiverseBooks, #OwnVoices and #LoveOzYA
* Who cares? – delving into why it’s important any country have a national arts culture, and tell their own stories.
* ‘Stories Raise Us’ – the collective upbringing of national story
* ‘Stories Change Us, and We Change Society’ – if you want to see your world change, art is the answer
* Teens to the Front’ – Aussie teens telling their own stories, and seeing themselves on the page
#LoveOzYA = ‘Love Australian Young Adult Literature’. How did this grassroots movement encouraging Aussie teens to read Australian stories take hold in 2016, and why is it important that we have a National Youth Literature in the first place?
Topics Covered
* What is ‘young adult literature’? Brief history globally
* From Harry Potter to the Hunger Games – how YA took over Hollywood
* History of Australian young adult literature
* History of grassroots movements in an increasingly interconnected YA community - #WeNeedDiverseBooks, #OwnVoices and #LoveOzYA
* Who cares? – delving into why it’s important any country have a national arts culture, and tell their own stories.
* ‘Stories Raise Us’ – the collective upbringing of national story
* ‘Stories Change Us, and We Change Society’ – if you want to see your world change, art is the answer
* Teens to the Front’ – Aussie teens telling their own stories, and seeing themselves on the page
Details
Audience
University and secondary-school students, teachers and librarians, emerging youth-lit authors
Duration
60-minutes
Requirements
Data Projector, and screen for a PowerPoint presentation. I have a MacBook Pro laptop – and can bring it along if a school has the necessary video adaptors, cables/plug-ins to hook my laptop up for projection. OR – I can provide the Presentation on a USB stick on the day, or via DropBox well in advance. Internet connection only necessary if DropBox is the preferred method of file-transfer. No videos or .mp4 necessary. Just a PowerPoint with still slides.