Dr Denise Chapman - On Diversity & Representation in Children’s Literature

Dr Denise Chapman is a counternarrative storyteller, digital media-creator, and spoken word artist who lectures in children’s literature and early literacy at Monash University. Here on Final Draft each week I speak with Australian writers and we explore the ways their stories reflect, explode or are just in conversation with our everyday world. A central thesis is that stories play an integral role in the ways we make sense of our world. Dr Denise Chapman joins us to discuss why representation in literature matters and challenge us to think about what it means when you can't see yourself in the books you read. Want more great conversations with Australian authors? You can hear the full audio for this and many more conversations from Final Draft on 2ser 107.3. Just search for Final Draft 2ser on social media and wherever you get your podcasts.