Previous Reading Australia Fellowship recipients
The Copyright Agency has awarded five Reading Australia Fellowships to date.
Bridget Forster
Head of Kerferd Library and VCE Literature Teacher at Mentone Girls Grammar, Victoria
- ‘My project explores the fate of the Australian written voice in the age of AI generated texts. Australian stories are important in both negotiating and affirming personal and cultural identity.’
Jantiena Batt
Deputy principal working within the ACT Education Directorate
- ‘The Fellowship is a transformative experience. You can’t unlearn what you discover so your practice is forever changed. The ripple has started…’
Edwina West
Sydney’s Oakhill College
- ‘In 2021 I had no idea what I wanted to be or what I wanted to do. I feel like the Fellowship has really centred me and brought me back to what I love to do.’
- In 2022 we recorded a video interview with Edwina West as part of the Literature Symposium 2022, interviewed by Reading Australia Editor, Jenny Ryan.
Karen Yager
Deputy head at Knox Grammar School in New South Wales (2020); Principal, Hills Grammar School (2022).
- ‘This Fellowship has reinvigorated me. My message for other teachers: never think it’s over. Keep trying. This will open new doors for you, just as it has for me.’
Alex Wharton – the inaugural recipient of the Reading Australia Fellowship for Teachers of English and Literacy
Head of Middle School, English Teacher (2019); Principal (2022) Carinya Christian School, Gunnedah.
- ‘The Fellowship has been life changing. Teachers can be reluctant to invest in themselves, but this is an opportunity to pause and invest in your own professional care.’