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1 Alison Lester's Book Magic Beach Was All about Kids' Imagination. A New Film Keeps the Focus Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2025 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , January 2025;

— Review of Magic Beach Robert Connolly , Susan Danta , Pierce Davison , Guy Howett , Jake Duczynski , Emma Kelly , Anthony Lucas , Simon Rippingale , Kathy Scarpi , Kate Harris , Marieka Walsh , Eddie White , Lee Whitmore , 2024 single work film/TV
1 Australian Author John Marsden Moved so Many with His Powerful Novels. Here Are ABC Arts' Favourites Nicola Heath , Mawunyo Gbogbo , Jared Richards , Katherine Smyrk , Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online} , December 2024;

— Review of Dear Miffy John Marsden , 1997 single work novel ; The Rabbits John Marsden , 1998 single work picture book ; Tomorrow, When the War Began John Marsden , 1993 single work novel ; Letters from the Inside John Marsden , 1991 single work novel ; So Much to Tell You John Marsden , 1987 single work novel
1 Gina Chick Already Had Life Lessons under Her Belt When She Won Alone Australia. Now She's Sharing Them Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2024;

'Gina Chick has a way of taking a rule and bending it beautifully.'

1 Paul Kelly Says Poetry Is 'thrilling' and, from Hip Hop to Instagram, There Are Many Ways to Embrace It Anna Kelsey-Sugg , Bec Zajac , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2023;

'Musician Paul Kelly argues that poetry "enhances and heightens life".' 

1 Boy, Lost Author Kristina Olsson Found a Way to Understand Her Mother's Grief and Guilt — and Her Own Anna Kelsey-Sugg , Bec Zajac , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , March 2023;
1 Audiobooks Centuries Old Show There's Nothing To Be Snobbish About Anna Kelsey-Sugg , Julian Morrow , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2021;

'Has anyone ever given you a sideways glance after learning you listen to audiobooks? If you've picked up on a sense of literary snobbery around reading with your ears, you're far from alone.

"There's sort of a particular form of shame associated with audiobooks; it's all too often perceived as not being real reading," says Matthew Rubery, professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University, London.'

Source : Introduction

1 How the Oxford English Dictionary Was Brought to Life in a Rustic 'scriptorium' Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2020;

'Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years.'

1 Children's Books Are Tackling Dark and Taboo Topics. Morris Gleitzman Says That's Nothing to Be Afraid of Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2019;

'In a Grimms' fairy tale from the early 1800s, two brothers are instructed by their father on how to kill a pig.' 

1 The Australian Working with Reese Witherspoon to Flip the Script on Women's Stories Anna Kelsey-Sugg , Verica Jokic , 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , April 2019;

'Years ago, at age 13, Sarah Harden wrote to Jana Wendt to express respect for the journalist's intelligence, humour and ability to handle Mick Jagger calling her "bossy boots".'

1 Ten Minutes i "i'm waiting", Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: BanQuet 2010 : A Feast of New Writing and Art by Australian Queer Women 2010; (p. 81)
1 The Circus Girl Anna Kelsey-Sugg , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: BanQuet 2010 : A Feast of New Writing and Art by Australian Queer Women 2010; (p. 15-16)
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