TEXT Special Issue No 32



	Special Issue Website Series Number 32 October 2015

	Why YA?: Researching, writing and publishing Young Adult fiction in Australia Edited by Jessica Seymour and Denise Beckton

	Jessica Seymour and Denise Beckton Young adult writing: setting the scene Anthony Eaton The spaces between: examining young adult creative practice within an academic context Denise Beckton Bestselling young adult fiction: trends, genres and readership Jessica Seymour ‘Youth theory’; a response to aetonormativity Shivaun Plozza The troll under the bridge: should Australian publishers of young adult literature act as moral-gatekeepers? Eugen Bacon Diminy: conception, articulation & subsequent development Catriona Mills Minority identity and counter-discourse: Indigenous Australian and Muslim-Australian authors in the young adult fiction market Gyps Curmi Kelly 4 Shannon 4eva Donna Lee Brien What about young adult non-fiction?: profiling the young adult memoir Jodi McAlister Girls growing up Gordie: the post-apocalyptic heroine and the Australian girl reader of Isobelle Carmody’s Obernewtyn Chronicles Maree Kimberley Fleur Jessica Seymour, Denise Beckton, Eugen Bacon, Donna Lee Brien, Gyps Curmi, Maree Kimberley, Jodi McAlister, Catriona Mills and Shivaun Plozza A series of fortunate readers: a collaborative review article of important Australasian YA writing

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	TEXT Special Issue No 32 Why YA?: Researching, writing and publishing Young Adult fiction in Australia October 2015 http://www.textjournal.com.au Editors: Jessica Seymour and Denise Beckton TEXT Special Issues Editor: Donna Lee Brien. Assistant Special Issues Editor: Dallas John Baker General Editor: Nigel Krauth text@textjournal.com.au