Dr Eleanor Spencer-Regan

Principal, Janet Clarke Hall; Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Arts & Culture

The viral publishing sensation that may be BookTok’s last

As the US faces a potential ban on TikTok, the viral success of Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series shows just how influential the BookTok community has become

Arts & Culture

Book extract

Why children’s stories are full of orphans, evil stepmothers and boarding schools

While ideas of family are changing, from Charles Dickens to Harry Potter, absent parents endure in children’s literature