Upcoming conferences

1. Green Gables to Globalization: Crossover, Canada and Children’s Books
One-day conference to be held on October 18 2008 in The Church of Ireland College of Education, Upper Rathmines, Dublin 6. Queries to: secretary@ibbyireland.ie.

2. Childhood in its Time: The Child in British Literature
A two-day international conference to be held at Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK, Saturday-Sunday 28-29 March 2009. For Paper Call and information about the conference, see the conference website.

New publications

Member Sandra Beckett has published not one but two books in the last two months:

  • Crossover Fiction: Global and Historical Perspectives (Routledge)
  • Red Riding Hood for All Ages: A Fairy-Tale Icon in Cross-Cultural Contexts (Wayne State University Press)

Congratulations, Sandra!