Emily Baulch

Emily is a McKenzie Fellow at The University of Melbourne. Her work examines children's literacy and media.

She holds a PhD in Publishing Studies and Cultural Studies from the University of Queensland, where she studied audiences, fandoms, and brands. She has studied copyright at Harvard Law School and completed the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford University.

Previously, Emily was the Producer of Publishing at Ludo Studio, managing the global publishing slate for the hit children's TV show Bluey. She is a New York Times bestselling children's author and continues to freelance as an editor. Her book on Australian reading cultures, Stories from the Shelf: Everyday Narratives of Home Book Culture, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press.