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Anna Burkey, the head of the Australia Reads, introduces the recently released Understanding Australian Readers report offering commentary on this important reports relevance to school libraries, all educators and the wider community.
Anna Burkey, the head of the Australia Reads, introduces the recently released Understanding Australian Readers report offering commentary on this important reports relevance to school libraries, all educators and the wider community.
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Anna Burkey is the Head of Australia Reads, a national not-for-profit aiming to get more Australians reading more books, more often. Hailing from Scotland, where she was on the founding team of Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature, she currently lives on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung lands. After several years in leadership roles with State Library Victoria, leading the Centre for Youth Literature and establishing the Children’s Quarter, Anna is working with partners across the country to grow Australia Reads, secure investment in reading, and increase national reading rates. Anna herself is on a mission to connect with great library colleagues, and is happy to share the inside story on the many engagement programs she’s been a part of - from the trickier and stickier aspects to the heartwarming moments.