This page was updated on January 24, 2025

The most recent articles are listed first.

• How to Write a Concrete Poem by Meryl Brown Tobin

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/how-to-write-a-concrete-poem-by-Meryl-Brown-Tobin

• To Verse Or Not to Verse? by Emma Cameron

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/10/05/to-verse-or-not-to-verse/

• In Verse: Why and How I Write Verse Novels by Sally Murphy

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/09/18/in-verse-why-and-how-i-write-verse-novels/

• Tips for Writing Rhyming Verse by Stephen Whiteside

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/09/12/tips-for-writing-rhyming-verse/

• How to Run a Writing Competition by Dianne Bates

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/09/03/how-to-run-a-writing-competition/

• Some Thoughts on Poetry – Why Do I Read It? by Dianne Bates

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/08/18/some-thoughts-on-poetry/

• “Teaching” Poetry in Primary Schools by Stephen Whiteside

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/08/16/teaching-poetry-in-primary-schools/

• Writing for Children without Writing about Children by Stephen Whiteside

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/08/11/writing-for-children-without-writing-about-children/

• First Lines of Children’s Poems by Ed de Cario

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/08/07/first-lines-of-childrens-poems/

• Children as Poetry Judges

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/08/04/children-as-poetry-judges/

• Student Activities with Poetry by Di Bates

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/07/30/student-activities-with-poetry/

• Growing up and Glasses by Janeen Brian

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/07/27/growing-up-and-glasses/

• Articles about Children’s Poetry – information supplied by Dianne Cook

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/05/06/articles-about-childrens-poetry/

• Viva La Poetry Revolution

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/2014/04/17/viva-la-poetry-revolution/

•  Entering poetry competitions

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/entering-poetry-competitions/

•  A meeting with Max Fatchen by Janeen Brian

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/a-meeting-with-max-fatchen/

• The Fulfillment of a Lifetime Quest: Writing the Billy That Died With Its Boots On and Other Australian Verse – by Dr Stephen Whiteside.

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/the-fulfillment-of-a-lifetime-quest/

• Why are booksellers afraid of children’s poetry?

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/why-are-booksellers-afraid-of-childrens-poetry/

• Passion for Poetry and Delight in Communication – Edel Wignell interviews poet, Dr Stephen Whiteside

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/passion-for-poetry-and-delight-in-communication/

• Using Technology for Poetry Creation and Presentation with Kids

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/using-technology-for-poetry-creation/

• Playing with Words by Meredith Costain

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/playing-with-words-by-meredith-costain/

• Try Tetractys by Edel Wignell

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/try-tetractys-by-edel-wignell/

•  An Atmosphere of  Possibility: Teaching Creative Writing by Harry Laing

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/an-atmosphere-of-possibility-teaching-creative-writing/

• Some Thoughts on Poetry by Dianne (Di) Bates

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/some-thoughts-on-poetry/

• How to Read a Verse Novel by Sherryl Clark

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/how-to-read-a-verse-novel/

• The Book As Artefact: Children’s Responses to Nursery Rhymes © Virginia Lowe

https://australianchildrenspoetry.com.au/articles/the-book-as-artefact-childrens-responses-to-nursery-rhymes-dr-virginia-lowe/