Reading Australia

Providing quality resources that make it easier for teachers to spread a love for Australian texts.

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

It's our great pleasure to announce the 2025 Reading Australia Fellow: @LibbyJBaker! 🥳 Libby will investigate character diversity in picture books using a functional grammar analysis. We look forward to following her progress! @CopyrightAgency | 🔗 https://t.co/foBmlLk1FL

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@aleaaustralia @englishteachers @ETA_NSW @ETAQld @ETAofWA @TATE_tweets @ACTATE_Aus @aliaschools @aslanational @SLAVConnects @QldSLA @WASLApln

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If you're looking to have respectful and inclusive conversations about disability and accessibility, don't go past our new teaching resource for 'Come Over to My House'! | 🔗 https://t.co/dajFGRjRLe
✏️ Eliza Hull, Sally Rippin
🖌️ @dgraybarnett
📖 @HardieGrantCP
🎓 Year 3

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@aleaaustralia @englishteachers @ETA_NSW @ETAQld @ETAofWA @TATE_tweets @ACTATE_Aus @aliaschools @aslanational @SLAVConnects @QldSLA @WASLApln

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

We're proud to announce that our resource for 'The Secret River' is now available. This comprehensive unit of work will help you navigate this complex novel with sensitivity and rigour. | 🔗 https://t.co/SkC46qzRDn
✏️ Kate Grenville
📖 @text_publishing
🎓 Senior Secondary

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

@aliaschools @aslanational @SLAVConnects @QldSLA @WASLApln

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

In 10 days we're attending our first @aslanational Biennial Conference! You can visit our stall AND attend our panel on Fri 30 May, feat. Anna Burkey (@australiareads) and @karyswrites. We'll have new resource lists and books to peruse. Come say 'hi'! | 🎫 https://t.co/n2Nal3qZW6

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

@aleaaustralia @englishteachers @ETA_NSW @ETAQld @ETAofWA @TATE_tweets @ACTATE_Aus @aliaschools @aslanational @SLAVConnects @QldSLA @WASLApln

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

1 week to go until #NSS2025! Enhance your celebrations with our upper and lower primary resources, PLUS activities for parents and caregivers. All freely available from @ALIANational and on our website. 🐈🚚 | 🔗 https://t.co/P5Yxkfb8s5 | #LibraryStorytime @HardieGrantCP

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Rediscover the timeless and universal story of 'The Arrival' with our newly updated and Version 9.0-compatible unit of work. | 🔗 https://t.co/b5aK8VY0mP
✏️ Written and illustrated by Shaun Tan
📖 Published by @HachetteAus
🎓 Year 10
💭 Belonging, change, home

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Our resource for 'One Minute's Silence' is now compatible with Version 9.0 of the Australian Curriculum. | 🔗 https://t.co/UMUtcqSfGX
✏️ Written by David Metzenthen
🖌️ Illustrated by Michael Camilleri
📖 Published by @AllenAndUnwin
🎓 Year 5
💭 Anzac Day, history, war

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Our resource for 'Reg Saunders: An Indigenous War Hero' has been substantially reviewed and now contains Version 9.0 codes. | 🔗 https://t.co/sY4LfUmRUn
✏️ Hugh Dolan and Adrian Threlfall
📖 NewSouth Books
🎓 Year 7
💭 Australian history, Indigenous rights, war

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Thrilled to debut our resource for 'Carpentaria', an epic and award-winning novel by one of Australia's most important writers. | 🔗 https://t.co/ARouGKOR2r
✏️ Written by Alexis Wright
📖 Published by @GiramondoBooks
🎓 Senior Secondary
💭 Colonialism, spirituality, storytelling

[Reading Australia @ReadinAustralia]

@aleaaustralia @englishteachers @ETA_NSW @ETAQld @ETAofWA @TATE_tweets @ACTATE_Aus @aliaschools @aslanational @SLAVConnects @QldSLA @WASLApln

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Our #NSS2025 resource is now live! Get ready to read 'The Truck Cat' on Wed 21 May! #LibraryStorytime @ALIANational | 🔗 https://t.co/OVvgw0N1YY
✏️ Deborah Frenkel
🖌️ Danny Snell
📖 @HardieGrantCP
🎓 F–Y6 + caregivers
💭 Belonging, friendship, home

[Copyright Agency @CopyrightAgency]

📚 Happy #WorldBookDay!

At Copyright Agency, we believe in the power of stories—and it starts in the classroom.

Explore top primary & secondary resources on @ReadinAustralia, bringing Aussie voices to life: https://t.co/J3QD5pSqBz

#ReadingAustralia #AusLit #WorldBookDay

[Copyright Agency @CopyrightAgency]

LAST WEEK!
Are you an experienced English and literacy teacher or teacher librarian?
Do you have a research project in mind that benefits educators nationally?
Apply now for the 2025 @ReadinAustralia Fellowship
See 🔗 for more information & to apply online https://t.co/hYJkYtFXFQ

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If you're an English and literacy teacher or teacher librarian and you're thinking of applying for a @ReadinAustralia Fellowship, check out this article by Shannon Meyerkort in SchoolNews Australia https://t.co/WwnqiUVbVq before applying, don't miss out! https://t.co/MB8tfs3MyK

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@aleaaustralia @englishteachers @ETA_NSW @ETAQld @aliaschools @aslanational @QldSLA

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EOIs for the pilot LitUp program are coming in fast! Apply by Fri 2 May for the opportunity to connect students with authors, illustrators, and the joys of reading. EOIs are open to primary schools in regional or outer-metropolitan QLD or NSW. | 🔗 https://t.co/GZsM79baoR