Join us on Thursday 21 August for author Megan Daley in-conversation with Meredith O'Connor for Raising Readers (fully revised and updated!).

Now fully revised and updated, Raising Readers is a practical and essential guide that contains everything you need to know about childhood literacy, written by teacher librarian extraordinaire Megan Daley. Includes a foreword by Australian Children's Laureate, Sally Rippin.

Some kids refuse to read, others won’t stop – not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child’s literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years?

Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley, the passionate voice behind the Your Kid’s Next Read podcast, has the answers to all these questions and more. She unpacks her twenty years of experience into this personable and accessible guide, enhanced with first-hand accounts from well-known Australian children’s authors and educators. Raising Readers is a must-have resource for parents, carers and educators to help the children in their lives fall in love with books.

This new edition has been completely revised to include the latest information on the Science of Reading, a chapter on inclusivity and representation, as well as new and updated recommended reading lists.

Megan Daley is an author, podcaster, teacher librarian and early childhood educator. She has been awarded the ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year, the QSLA Queensland Teacher Librarian of the Year and the national Dromkeen Librarian’s Award, presented by the State Library of Victoria. A former national vice-president of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, Megan is also the artistic director of Somerset Storyfest. She is a seasoned speaker and workshop presenter, and the co-host of the Your Kid's Next Read podcast. Her other books include Teacher, Teacher (Affirm, 2023) and The Beehive (Walker Books, 2024).

Meredith O'Connor is currently Deputy Principal at the Queensland Children's Hospital School located in Brisbane, Queensland.