Discontent around content warnings

Kasey Garrison

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Keywords

Content Warnings
Collection Development
Children's Books
Young Adult Fiction

How to Cite

Discontent around content warnings. (2026). Synergy, 24(1). https://slav.vic.edu.au/index.php/Synergy/article/view/954

Abstract

Dr Kasey Garrison, our guest author of the Reflections and Actions section for 2026, explores the development of content warnings on fiction for young people, their uses and implications, both positive and negative, for the reader experience and collection development.

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