School Magazine

The School Magazine is a literary magazine for children which has been published continuously by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training in its many incarnations since 1916. It was originally subtitled, “A Magazine of Literature for Our Boys and Girls”. Its editors have includes some of the best known names of Australian children’s literature: Noreen Shelley, Patricia Wrightson, Lilith Norman, Duncan Ball, Anna Fienberg and, since October 2005, Tohby Riddle. The list of past and present editorial staff features many authors who have been recognised by awards or by popular acclaim: these include Joanne Horniman, Dianne Bates, Cassandra Golds, Margrete Lamond, Geoffrey McSkimming, and Ursula Dubosarsky.

The magazine has thrived as a showpiece of original writing for children from authors in Australia, New Zealand, the US, India, the UK, and a number of Asian, Pacific and African nations.

The magazine has played and continues to play a role in fostering new talent in writing for children. In particular, it is the largest publisher of poetry for children in Australia and provides a critical resource for teachers in this notoriously difficult area. A number of children’s writers and illustrators who are now justly celebrated cut their teeth in its pages. The magazine has led the way in children’s literature on many occasions: the most recent is the graphic novel The Mostly True Story of Matthew and Trim by Cassandra Golds and Stephen Axelsen, published by Penguin Books Australia and based on a cartoon serial published in the magazine over two years.

The current editor is Suzanne Eggins.

The magazine's website is at [http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/schoolmagazine/about/index.htm http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/services/schoolmagazine/about/index.htm]