Bibliograph

The book that made me, edited by Judith Ridge

Type

Label

The book that made me, edited by Judith Ridge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For young adults

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The book that made me

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Judith Ridge

Summary

A celebration of the books that influenced some of the most acclaimed authors from Australia and the world

Table Of Contents

Forword / Judith Ridge -- A Feverish Desire to Possess / Rand Abdel-Fattah -- Twelve Reasons / Markus Zusak -- A Short Leap / Cathy Cassidy -- "What Happens Next?" / Will Kostakis -- The Great Sense of Unease / Mandy Hager -- Hooked (and a Bit Unsettled) / Shaun Tan -- Thwack! / Fiona Wood -- Becoming Human / Bernard Beckett -- Looking Where I'm Standing / Felicity Castagna -- This World is More Than What Can Be Seen / Ambelin Kwaymullina -- What the Doctor Recommended / Queenie Chan -- Of Magic and Memory / Kate Constable -- The Big Scooby-Doo Reveal / Rachael Craw -- Sweet Dreams and Social Fails / Simmone Howell -- Every Disgusting Detail / Benjamin Law -- Challenging the Machinations of Racism / Jared Thomas -- Invested with Enchantment / Alison Croggon -- It Looks Like a Comic / Mal Peet -- My First Reader / Ursula Dubosarsky -- In Folded Arms / Cath Crowley -- What Would Edith Do? / Emily Maguire -- Putting the World to Rights / Catherine Mayo -- Beyond the Influence / Ted Dawe -- Only White People Lived in Books / Catherine Johnson -- Set My Senses Alight / Sue Lawson -- Happy Endings / Brigid Lowry -- You'll Go Blind: A Cautionary Tale about the Power of Reading / Julia Lawrinson -- Ingenious Decisions / Sue McPherson -- James Remembering / James Roy -- Seeing Red / Jaclyn Moriarty -- About the Authors -- About the Indigenous Literacy Foundation -- Books Mentioned in the Collection -- Writers Mentioned in the Collection -- Acknowledgements