Season 2, Episode 8 Elizabeth interviews Susanne Gervay (Children's book author, speaker and social justice advocate)
Get out of Teaching
English - August 31, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEducation Business Careers teaching career transition education teachers helping professions escape exit strategy interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Susanne Gervay OAM
Susanne Gervay accidentally fell into teaching and found her passion for education and young people. After ten years she wanted a change where she used those skills to become a writer, speaker and anti-bullying and social justice advocate. Awarded the Lifetime Social Justice Literature Award by the International Literacy Association, Order of Australia, nominee for Australia for Lindgren Memorial Award, Susanne Gervay is now recognized for her writing on social justice. Her award winning stories are published in literary journals and anthologies including the cross Sub-Continent- Australian anthology 'Fear Factor, Terror Incognito' on terrorism alongside the works of Sir Salman Rushdie and Thomas Keneally. She represented Australia in ‘Peace Story’ an IBBY, UNICEF anthology where 22 authors, 22 illustrators from 22 countries wrote for peace.
She writes from picture books to young adult novels. Butterflies is recognised as Outstanding Youth Literature on Disability. Her award winning I Am Jack children’s books which have become rite-of-passage on school bullying adapted into an acclaimed play by Monkey Baa Theatre has toured theaters across Australia and USA. Her books are endorsed by The Cancer Council, Room to Read, bringing literacy to the children of the developing world, Children’s Hospital Westmead Sydney, Books in Homes reaching indigenous and disadvantaged schools, Life Education, many anti bullying and literacy organizations.
An acclaimed national and international speaker, Susanne Gervay is head of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators SCBWI Australia East and New Zealand, Ambassador for many literacy, reading and equity campaigns. www.sgervay.com
Social Media
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sgervay
Twitter- https://twitter.com/sgervay
Instagram - https://instagram.com/susanne_gervay/
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/sgervay
Linked in - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanne-gervay