Experience

The Wheeler Centre

• Australia
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Youth Programming Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Present



LaTrobe University

• Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

• Sessional Tutor

  • Feb 2019 - Present



Hardie Grant Publishing

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance writer

  • 2012 - Present

  I have written teachers notes for a variety of titles published by Hardie Grant. I have written teachers notes for a variety of titles published by Hardie Grant.



Booked Out Speakers Agency

• Australia
• Events Services

• Education Consultant, Public Speaker

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  I am available for talks and workshops with students and teachers in school and at festivals and PD seminars. For full booking information see my Booked Out profile. I am available for talks and workshops with students and teachers in school and at festivals and PD seminars. For full booking information see my Booked Out profile.



Bec Kavanagh freelance

• Melbourne, Victoria

• freelance writer/reviewer

  • 2010 - Present

  Publications include The Big Issue, The Guardian, ABR, Viewpoint, Bookseller & Publisher as well as teachers notes and other articles for publishers. I am also a specialist on YA fiction, taking speaking engagements through Booked Out. Publications include The Big Issue, The Guardian, ABR, Viewpoint, Bookseller & Publisher as well as teachers notes and other articles for publishers. I am also a specialist on YA fiction, taking speaking engagements through Booked Out.



Bookseller & Publisher

• Freelance reviewer

  • 2009 - Present

  I review various children's and young adult titles and often write questions for author interviews. I review various children's and young adult titles and often write questions for author interviews.



Readings

• Australia
• Retail Books and Printed News
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bookseller

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2021



The Australian

• Australia
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Book Reviewer

  • Aug 2018 - Feb 2019

  I’ve written freelance reviews for books including Angela Meyer’s ‘A Superior Spectre’ I’ve written freelance reviews for books including Angela Meyer’s ‘A Superior Spectre’



Stella

• Australia
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Schools Program Manager

  • Jun 2014 - Oct 2018

  I am responsible for setting up the schools program for the Stella Prize, which includes the creation of teaching units on all shortlisted books from the first two years of the prize, as well as additional material relating to the prize and the issues that it encompasses. I conceived teen feminist writing festival, Girls Write Up and programmed the first three years of events as well as overseeing growth into ten locations across Australia. In addition to Girls Write Up, I have developed numerous programs to engage teens with ideas of language, gender and power, to develop writing and critical thinking skills, and to build confidence. I have been committed to diverse programming and creating opportunities for emerging writers. Show less



Penguin Random House Australia & New Zealand

• Australia
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance writer

  • 2011 - Oct 2016

  I have written a variety of resources for Penguin, including articles for 'Off the Shelf', a magazine for teachers, teachers notes for a variety of titles, and I have spoken at Professional Development Seminars here. I have written a variety of resources for Penguin, including articles for 'Off the Shelf', a magazine for teachers, teachers notes for a variety of titles, and I have spoken at Professional Development Seminars here.



Viewpoint journal

• Melbourne

• Freelance Writer

  • 2011 - Jun 2015

  I am a regular reviewer for Viewpoint, writing features and columns on current Young Adult titles, as well as running a variety of author interviews. I am a regular reviewer for Viewpoint, writing features and columns on current Young Adult titles, as well as running a variety of author interviews.



Radio National Books & Arts Daily

• frequency - 774AM

• guest reviewer

  • Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  In 2014 I appear on Radio National's Books & Arts Daily reviewing some great current titles in young adult fiction. In 2014 I appear on Radio National's Books & Arts Daily reviewing some great current titles in young adult fiction.



Australian Book Review

• Freelance Reviewer

  • 2010 - 2011



A Thousand Words Festival

• Melbourne, Victoria

• Festival Director

  • 2009 - 2011

  A Thousand Words is an Australian literature festival that celebrates children’s stories, brings books out of the classroom and helps to develop a wide-reaching network for readers and writers. We believe in the social act of reading and the power of books to bring us together. A Thousand Words is an Australian literature festival that celebrates children’s stories, brings books out of the classroom and helps to develop a wide-reaching network for readers and writers. We believe in the social act of reading and the power of books to bring us together.



The Little Bookroom

• bookseller

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2010



Melbourne Writers Festival

• speaker

  • 2010 - 2010

  2010 MWF schools program - panellist 2014 MWF schools program - chair 2010 MWF schools program - panellist 2014 MWF schools program - chair