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Teens – like most of us – are influenced by each other when it comes to reading. They share their favourite books read in 2025, ranging from manga to crime to romance.
Social media communities on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have encouraged teens to read for fun. Now, Australian teens are banned from them until they turn 16.
Girls’ interests are too often trivialised or dismissed … but passionate, driven girls are making an impact – from Greta Thunberg to 14-year-old skateboarding gold medallist Arisa Trew.
Every year, parents have an opinion on the books on their kids’ reading lists – whether they think the books are stale, unchallenging or confronting. How are books and reading taught?
Pre-pandemic, reading rates among teenagers were falling. But BookTok, a subculture of social media platform TikTok, has made teens read more often – and influences what they read. Here’s how it works.
New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters and develop empathy.
The texts in this shortlist demonstrate how young characters have coped with trauma and uncertainty.
2020 has been a tumultuous year. Here are some books your kids can lose themselves in this summer.
Reading texts by and about diverse Australians will change the ways all young people see themselves and their communities. Here are five such books.
The latest What Kids Are Reading report finds that secondary school students aren’t challenging themselves – and it could limit their choices later in life.
Once children can read teachers and parents stop encouraging them to continue reading. But reading for pleasure is important, too.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Senior Tutor in Publishing & Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Teacher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Publishing and Audience Studies, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Research Fellow, Pathways to Teenage Reading, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne