Denise Chapman is a counternarrative storyteller, poet, critical autoethnographer, and academic who lectures in children’s literature and inclusive children’s media at Monash University. She has served as a literacy specialist for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia, Fiji, Singapore, UAE, and the USA. Her counter-hegemonic creative work continues the traditions of her Gullah heritage and explores themes of immigration, Black-motherhood, belonging, and racial literacy. Denise was shortlisted for the Queensland Poetry’s 2022 XYZ Prize, recently exhibited her poetry and interactive digital storytelling in the Volume: Bodies-of-Knowledge project at Brisbane MetroArts, and is a 2023 Mem Fox Visiting Research Fellow.
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Lunch/Break: Writing for Children & Parents
In this discussion, writers will explore the diverse terrain of children’s literature and underscore the importance of creating inclusive and representative fictional worlds.
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