Reading
For access to books, journals, article databases, and ebooks, see if your campus library, National Library of Australia, or state/territory or public library has these titles. If not, ask if they will arrange an interlibrary loan. Any Australian resident can join the NLA or their state/territory library for free. To find the nearest copies of a print book, search in Worldcat.
- State Library Victoria guide to children’s literature – criticism (Victorian residents can join the library for free)
- Check-List of Books on the History, Criticism and Theory of Children’s Literature (fairly exhaustive list by Peter Hunt, up to 2014)
- University of Sydney guide to researching children’s literature
- Oxford University children’s and YA literature bibliography
- Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (open access journal)
- Jeunesse journal
- Papers journal
- Journal of Children’s Literature
- IRSCL journals list
Organisations
- Australasian Children’s Literature Association for Research (ACLAR) (on Facebook)
- Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP)
- Children’s Literature Association (ChLA – US)
- International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL)
- YA Literature, Music, Culture (UK)
- International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
- Internationale Jugendbibliothek (International Youth Library)
- Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association
- Modern Language Association (US – huge conventions)
Conference alerts
- IRSCL news
- Children’s literature CFPs (hosted by University of Pennsylvania)
- ChLA news
- #YALit
- #YACriticalTheory (reading group)
Library services’ organisations
For conferences, publications about teen reading, etc:
YA Research Australia 