Interview with Lucy Whitehead

The eleventh in our series of 12 interviews has Neil Broomfield learning and sharing with you how Lucy Whitehead (aka Lucy Literacy, for reasons that will become apparent as you listen.)

Lucy has moved from studying English and Japanese literature to teaching English to non English speaking students at university, and on to helping GECO (Geeveston ) to form and run a co-ordinated programme with 26TEN and Libraries Tasmania.

The discussion then moves to a wider pan-Australian level where a Federal Government Enquiry is underway now into the question of literacy and numeracy in our Continent’s population; then it moves back to some cheering examples of local successes with the programme.