What books did Australian teens enjoy reading most in the last two years?

Sep 30, 2024 | Findings, Uncategorized

What books did teens enjoy most in 2023 and 2024? The Discovering a Good Read (DAGR) study is about to publish some findings from our survey about Australian secondary school students’ leisure reading behaviour. Published in the Synergy in early October 2024 our...

Teen Reading Project Update

May 2, 2023 | Findings

2023 is the final year of our project: ‘Discovering a ‘Good Read’: Cultural Pathways to Reading for Australian Teens in a Digital Age’. Earlier this year we published a newsletter providing an update on our research activities in 2022 and a preview of some...

New publication: Beyond the “good story” and sales history: Where is the reader in the publishing process?

Mar 6, 2023 | Findings

In this paper we investigated whether there might be structures within the book industry that mitigate against publishing a greater quantity of diverse stories, or that might hinder a search for more diverse authors or a diverse readership. We interviewed a range of...

New publication: #Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing

Mar 6, 2023 | Findings

In this paper we examine the effects of the #ownvoices movement in the market for, and consumption of, young adult fiction through a focus on the promotional strategies and critical reception of a single book: Australian author Craig Silvey’s most recent young adult...

Where do teens discuss books online?

Sep 1, 2017 | Findings

This blog post provides an extract of the findings from the Teen Reading in the Digital Era pilot report. You can read the full report here

Who pays for eBooks and how are they shared?

Aug 25, 2017 | Findings

This blog post provides an extract of the findings from the Teen Reading in the Digital Era pilot report. You can read the full report here