Wangari Maathai and Victoria's Centre For Youth Literature

March 2019 was a busy one: we read lots of books, watched lots of movies and TV shows, listened to lots of sweet jams, and learnt lots about Wangari Maathai and the closure of Victoria’s Centre For Youth Literature. Come join us on another educational journey - it’s like The Magic School Bus but for your ears!

Reading

• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• ‘A Normal Person Conversation with Sally Rooney’, The Cut On Tuesdays: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/a-normal-person-conversation-with-sally-rooney/id1437189814?i=1000433471487&mt=2
• Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter/Sea Horses: The Talisman by Louise Cooper/Any book you loved as a teen

Watching

• Queer Eye on Netflix
• ‘Queer Eye Season 3 Might Not Seem That Different But It’s Actually A Quiet Revolution’, Junkee: https://junkee.com/queer-eye-season-3/198200
• Three Identical Strangers
• ‘The Story of the Dionne Quintuplets Is a Cautionary Tale for the Age of ‘Kidfluencers’’, TIME: http://time.com/5555131/dionne-quintuplets-kidfluencers/?xid=tcoshare
• Instant Family
• Made In Mexico on Netflix
• Us

Listening

• Ulfilas’ Alphabet by Sundara Karma
• Sucker by the Jonas Brothers
• FM by Vince Staples

Politics

• ‘Wangari Maathai’, The Green Belt Movement: https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai/biography
• ‘Wangari Maathai’, The Nobel Prize: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/

Pop Culture

• ‘Writing’s On The Wall As State Library ‘Retires’ Youth Literature Centre’, The Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/writing-s-on-wall-as-state-library-retires-youth-literature-centre-20190308-p512p6.html
• ‘Why Victoria Needs A Real Centre For Youth Literature’, Publishing ArtsHub: https://publishing.artshub.com.au/news-article/opinions-and-analysis/writing-and-publishing/mike-shuttleworth/why-victoria-needs-a-real-centre-for-youth-literature-257478
• ‘’Alarm Bells’: Students Rally After Centre For Youth Literature’s Closure’, The Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/alarm-bells-students-rally-after-centre-for-youth-literature-s-closure-20190326-p517ot.html
• Danielle Binks Twitter: @danielle_binks
• Michael Pryor Twitter: @michaeljpryor
• Lili Wilkinson Twitter: @twitofalili
• Zhana Maticevski-Shumack Instagram: @ghostcryptid