The Narelle Oliver lecture was established in 2015 to raise the profile and value of children’s literature, to stimulate discussion and disseminate the results of current research on children’s literature.
In 2017 the lecture changed its name from the Book Links lecture in Children’s Literature to the Narelle Oliver Lecture in the memory of Narelle Oliver, her impact on Children’s Literature within Queensland as well as a being a founding member of Book Links.
We are pleased to announce that the guest speaker for the 2022 lecture will be Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright. This lecture will be held on Thursday 26 May 2022 at St Aidan’s Girls’ School, Corinda. The topic of the lecture is A is for Activism.
Read more about the upcoming 2022 Narelle Oliver Lecture here.
PREVIOUS LECTURES
2021 – Ursula Dubosarsky – The Library’s Child – Read for your life
2019 – Bruce Pascoe – Telling Children the Truth
2018 – Morris Gleitzman – Children need stories more than ever. Stories to delight, stories to beguile, stories to inspire, stories to move deeply.
2017 – Libby Gleeson on Books: The Possibilities for Change
2016 – Leigh Hobbs on The mystery of Visual Literacy, and, why humour isn’t taken more seriously.
2015 – Dr Robyn Morrow on Reading the wider world: Books as bridges for young readers.
