Bronwyn Reddan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6560613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bronwyn Reddan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bronwyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Reddan |
| SIGNATURE | REDDAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9469-2890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Capital, labour and currency
This article examines the relationship between emotion, production and sales in the book publishing industry, specifically how ‘book love’ operates in the publication and promotion of Young Adult (YA) titles. Through interviews conducted in 2020–2023, the article examines how commissioning editors, booksellers and associated professionals in Australia experience and use emotion in their production and sale of YA titles. It argues that emotion pla…
Selfies and shelfies on #bookstagram and #booktok – social media and the mediation of Australian teen reading
This article explores how selfies and shelfies on the digital platforms Instagram and TikTok contribute to the dynamics of intermediation for Australian teen readers by presenting two contrasting case studies. The first features Australian Bookstagrammer @BookBookOwl whose social media accounts feature aspirational content in which identity construction is attached to her expertise as a bookstagrammer and book lover. The second is the TikTok acco…
Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing
The concept of #ownvoices writing has gained traction in contemporary publishing as both a genre of reader interest and a focus for debates about authors’ rights to write cross-culturally. This paper examines tensions the #ownvoices movement reveals between the commissioning, publishing, and critical reception of a book, using debate about Craig Silvey’s Honeybee , an Australian novel focalized through a young trans protagonist but written by a s…
Beyond the “good story” and sales history
In recent years, critics’ attention has been drawn to a persistent lack of diversity in the publishing industry. These claims are based on ethnic and cultural homogeneity amongst authors, publishing company staff and content. While scholars have pointed to the role that publishers’ decision-making processes have played in reinforcing a lack of diversity, this article focuses on how such processes position the audience, and how they contribute to …
Thinking Through Things
Magical objects are a characteristic feature of the fairy-tale genre. In the fairy tales written by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier, and Henriette-Julie de Murat between 1690 and 1709, objects animated by magic empower heroines to pursue their preferred lover and reject unwanted advances. I argue that the vital, lively things imagined by d'Aulnoy, L'Héritier, and Murat function as a metaphor for the agency of seventeenth-century…
Beyond the “good story” and sales history
In recent years, critics’ attention has been drawn to a persistent lack of diversity in the publishing industry. These claims are based on ethnic and cultural homogeneity amongst authors, publishing company staff and content. While scholars have pointed to the role that publishers’ decision-making processes have played in reinforcing a lack of diversity, this article focuses on how such processes position the audience, and how they contribute to …
Thinking Through Things
Magical objects are a characteristic feature of the fairy-tale genre. In the fairy tales written by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier, and Henriette-Julie de Murat between 1690 and 1709, objects animated by magic empower heroines to pursue their preferred lover and reject unwanted advances. I argue that the vital, lively things imagined by d'Aulnoy, L'Héritier, and Murat function as a metaphor for the agency of seventeenth-century…
Selfies and shelfies on #bookstagram and #booktok – social media and the mediation of Australian teen reading
This article explores how selfies and shelfies on the digital platforms Instagram and TikTok contribute to the dynamics of intermediation for Australian teen readers by presenting two contrasting case studies. The first features Australian Bookstagrammer @BookBookOwl whose social media accounts feature aspirational content in which identity construction is attached to her expertise as a bookstagrammer and book lover. The second is the TikTok acco…
Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing
The concept of #ownvoices writing has gained traction in contemporary publishing as both a genre of reader interest and a focus for debates about authors’ rights to write cross-culturally. This paper examines tensions the #ownvoices movement reveals between the commissioning, publishing, and critical reception of a book, using debate about Craig Silvey’s Honeybee , an Australian novel focalized through a young trans protagonist but written by a s…
Beyond the “good story” and sales history
In recent years, critics’ attention has been drawn to a persistent lack of diversity in the publishing industry. These claims are based on ethnic and cultural homogeneity amongst authors, publishing company staff and content. While scholars have pointed to the role that publishers’ decision-making processes have played in reinforcing a lack of diversity, this article focuses on how such processes position the audience, and how they contribute to …
Capital, labour and currency
This article examines the relationship between emotion, production and sales in the book publishing industry, specifically how ‘book love’ operates in the publication and promotion of Young Adult (YA) titles. Through interviews conducted in 2020–2023, the article examines how commissioning editors, booksellers and associated professionals in Australia experience and use emotion in their production and sale of YA titles. It argues that emotion pla…
Art (4 works) · Publishing (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works)