I have been fortunate enough to present my research all over the world. It has been a joy and a privilege to share this work with children’s literature scholars, teacher librarians and all those interested in diverse and inclusive children’s literature. Previous presentations are listed below. If you would like to get in touch with me about presenting, you can reach me at: [email protected].

November 2024
2024 Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research Conference, Waikato University, New Zealand. Children’s Literature as an Act of Defiance: My Place and the Rejection of “Eurocentric” Environmental Ideals.

July 2022
Assembling Common Worlds Conference, Vancouver Island University (online). The creek and the fig tree – Explorations of colonisation, industrialisation, TEK and Aboriginal Connection to Country in the Australian picture book My Place.

June 2022
Care Experience & Culture Book Club (online presentation). Why representation matters (v1.3). You can view the video here.)

October 2021
Top 9 finalist – Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, Asia-Pacific Final, University of Queensland, Brisbane (video presentation). The importance of family diversity in Australian picture books. (You can view the video here.)

September 2021
Library Network Workshop webinar presentation, Catholic Schools Office Diocese of Lismore. Why representation matters (v1.2).

July 2021
Webinar presentation, Australian School Library Association (ASLA). Why representation matters (v1.1). (You can view the webpage here.)

May 2021
Let’s Talk about Sex in YA conference, University of Cambridge (online presentation). When Harry met James – sex and the disparate yet parallel worlds of Harry Potter and CHERUB.

September 2019
Speaking engagement, National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature (NCACL), University of Canberra. Why representation matters – the importance of family diversity in Australian picture books.

August 2019
Silence and Silencing in Children’s Literature, IRSCL Congress, Stockholm City Conference Centre, Stockholm, Sweden. The silencing of family diversity in picture books.

March 2019
Radical Young People’s Literature and Culture, ISSCL conference, Marino Institute of Education, Dublin, Ireland. What makes a family? The radical portrayal of diverse families in picture books.

November 2018
Peripheral Visions, 23rd annual Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) conference
Curtin University, Western Australia. Out of sight – the censoring of family diversity in picture books. (You can view my abstract for the conference on page 101 here.)

September 2018
Top 10 finalist – Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, Asia-Pacific Final, University of Queensland, Brisbane. The importance of family diversity in Australian picture books. (You can view the video here.)

August 2015
A Sense of Wonder, children’s literature symposium, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand. Foster Care and the Representation of Trauma in Children’s Literature.