Planting mangroves in Kiribati, speaking to audiences in Istanbul to reaching indigenous children in the Outback, Susanne Gervay spreads hope through her books to young people in Australia and the world.

Awarded an OAM awarded the Social Justice Literature Award by International Literacy Association she reaches into the great issues of our time - feminism with Shadows of Olive Trees, disability Butterflies, harmony Elephants Have Wings, bullying I Am Jack books, vision The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses, Heroes of the Secret Underground championing young people, The Edge of Limits on consent.

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Virtual Session Details

Talk: Peace through literature (Yrs 6-9)

Heroes of the Secret Underground, demands its young readers to examine. Unafraid of tackling topics of war and grief and hope. Susanne holds the reader by the hand in this classic voyage and return adventure narrative. Steeped in the rich and dramatic history of wartime Europe. Heroes of the Secret Underground, invites its readers to literally step into the shoes of the oppressed and journey back to walk with them to better understand and find healing courage and new and heroic meaning to their lives.

Wed 28 Feb: 1pm - 1.45pm (Brisbane time - AEST)