School Magazine
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The School Magazine is a literary magazine for children which has been published continuously by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities in its many incarnations since 1916. It was originally subtitled 'A Magazine of Literature for Our Boys and Girls'.
Its editors have includes some of the best known names of Australian children’s literature: Noreen Shelley, Patricia Wrightson
, Lilith Norman, Duncan Ball
, Anna Fienberg
, Jonathan Shaw and Tohby Riddle
. The list of past and present editorial staff features many authors who have been recognised by awards or by popular acclaim: these include Joanne Horniman
, Dianne Bates, Cassandra Golds
, Margrete Lamond, Geoffrey McSkimming
, Ursula Dubosarsky
and Sue Murray. Some of the many illustrators are Kim Gamble, Tohby Riddle, Stephen Axelsen, Noela Young, Craig Phillips, Sarah Davis and David Legge.
The School Magazine publishes four literary magazines for children: Countdown, Blast Off, Orbit and Touchdown. Each 36-page full-colour magazine contains a mix of stories, plays, poetry, nonfiction articles, book reviews, puzzles, comic serials and other texts.
The magazine has thrived as a showpiece of original writing for children from authors in Australia, New Zealand, the US, India, the UK, and a number of Asian, Pacific and African nations.
The magazine has played and continues to play a role in fostering new talent in writing for children. In particular, it is the largest publisher of poetry for children in Australia. A number of children’s writers and illustrators who are now justly celebrated were first published by The School Magazine, which still accepts unsolicited manuscripts.
To foster literacy skills, The School Magazine also publishes Teaching Units, which offer lesson plans and worksheets to assist teachers in maximising the use of the literary material with their students.
The current editor is Alan Edwards
.
Its editors have includes some of the best known names of Australian children’s literature: Noreen Shelley, Patricia Wrightson
Patricia Wrightson
Patricia Wrightson was an Australian author who wrote a number of highly regarded and influential children's books. Her reputation came to rest largely on her magic realist titles. Her books, including the widely praised The Nargun and The Stars , were among the first Australian books for children...
, Lilith Norman, Duncan Ball
Duncan Ball
Duncan Ball is an American-born Australian author who has written the children's series Selby and Emily Eyefinger...
, Anna Fienberg
Anna Fienberg
Anna Fienberg is an Australian writer of young-adult fiction and children's literature.-Biography:Fienberg was born in 1956 in England before moving to Australia at the age of three. She has worked as an editor for School Magazine. In 1988 her first work was published, entitled Billy Bear and the...
, Jonathan Shaw and Tohby Riddle
Tohby Riddle
Tohby Riddle is an Australian cartoonist and picture-book creator. In 2005 he became editor of The School Magazine, in which his illustrations, non-fiction pieces and poems appear regularly...
. The list of past and present editorial staff features many authors who have been recognised by awards or by popular acclaim: these include Joanne Horniman
Joanne Horniman
Joanne Horniman is an Australian author who has won several awards for her books for children, teenagers and young adults. Her novels often set in country New South Wales, and often deal with such themes as the search for identity, family relationships, growing up in rural communities, and...
, Dianne Bates, Cassandra Golds
Cassandra Golds
Cassandra [Mia] Golds is an Australian children's author.-Publications:*Michael and the Secret War *Clair-de-Lune...
, Margrete Lamond, Geoffrey McSkimming
Geoffrey McSkimming
Geoffrey McSkimming is the author of the Cairo Jim chronicles and Jocelyn Osgood jaunts, a children's book series. Since publication of the first Cairo Jim story in 1991, the series has never gone out of print and has been translated and released in many countries throughout the world.McSkimming...
, Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula Dubosarsky is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. She has won nine national literary prizes, including five NSW Premier's Literary Awards, more than any other writer in the Awards' 30 year history...
and Sue Murray. Some of the many illustrators are Kim Gamble, Tohby Riddle, Stephen Axelsen, Noela Young, Craig Phillips, Sarah Davis and David Legge.
The School Magazine publishes four literary magazines for children: Countdown, Blast Off, Orbit and Touchdown. Each 36-page full-colour magazine contains a mix of stories, plays, poetry, nonfiction articles, book reviews, puzzles, comic serials and other texts.
The magazine has thrived as a showpiece of original writing for children from authors in Australia, New Zealand, the US, India, the UK, and a number of Asian, Pacific and African nations.
The magazine has played and continues to play a role in fostering new talent in writing for children. In particular, it is the largest publisher of poetry for children in Australia. A number of children’s writers and illustrators who are now justly celebrated were first published by The School Magazine, which still accepts unsolicited manuscripts.
To foster literacy skills, The School Magazine also publishes Teaching Units, which offer lesson plans and worksheets to assist teachers in maximising the use of the literary material with their students.
The current editor is Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards AM MBE was an accomplished actor and founding Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia....
.