Kit Kavanagh-Ryan
Librarian, Cat wrangler, and Writer in Melbourne, Australia
I am a librarian, academic and queercrip poet interested in cripping your kidlit. I hold PhD from Deakin University, and a Master of Information Management from RMIT Univeristy. My research specialises in children’s fiction, disability and secondary worlds.
My poetry and essays are published in Australian Literary Studies; Kill Your Darlings; Growing Up Disabled in Australia; Australian Poetry Journal,and Cordite. I lecture in young adult and children’s literature at Charles Sturt University and the University of New England.