Writer Rosie Scott

May 10, 2017

Remembering Rosie Scott

Rosie Scott was a critically-acclaimed writer, a passionate human rights activist, a creative writing mentor, a wife, mother and grandmother. Born in 1948 in Wellington, New Zealand, her childhood was spent freely roaming the crashing, wild ‘edge of the world’ with her siblings. She began writing as a child, her curiosity and imagination likely inspired […]

February 6, 2017

Reading Australia and publisher Magabala Books bring Indigenous stories back to school

As Australian students and teachers begin the school year, one of the remotest publishing houses in the world, Magabala Books in Broome (WA) is gearing up to bring new Aboriginal perspectives to primary school classrooms all over the country. With a grant of $33,550 from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, Magabala Books will soon deliver […]

Image Credit: Courtesy of Utopia Art Centre

Image Credit: (L-R) Josephine Johnston, Siang Lu, Winnie Dunn and Julie Janson Photo by Dapper Dan Photography

Image Credit: 2025 Reading Australia Fellow, Libby Baker, a teacher librarian at Hughes Primary School, ACT. Photo by Melinda Heal.