Pauline McLeod

Pauline McLeod is the Children's and YA Literature Specialist at Riverbend Books, Bulimba. A Teacher-Librarian and former English and History teacher, for over a decade Pauline was a coordinator of UQ Library's award-winning school outreach program UQL Cyberschool. She has an MA in Children's Literature and Graduate Diplomas in Secondary Education and Teacher-Librarianship. She has a special interest in YA fiction and is passionate about promoting and encouraging Australian stories. In 2015 Pauline was awarded the ABA Elizabeth Riley Fellowship for Children's Bookselling. Pauline is a current judge for 2019 of the Older Reader’s category of the CBCA awards and facilitates the monthly Teacher-Librarian bookclubs at Riverbend.