Morag Styles has asked me to give you advance notice of an international conference, Poetry and Childhood, to be held on 20-21 April 2009, at the British Library, London. Confirmed speakers are Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate), Michael Rosen (Children’s Laureate), Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, and Lissa Paul. For more information, please email Hannah Drake [...]
On April 1 I asked for support for the International Institute for Children’s Literature in Osaka, which is in danger of being closed down by the governor of Osaka prefecture. Mikio Mukogawa, the Director of IICLO, reports that 32 organisations (including IRSCL) sent letters asking the governor to reconsider. In addition, many individuals have signed [...]
Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Astrid Surmatz invite papers for their conference Astrid Lindgren: Internationality and Intermediality, to be held at Växjö University, Sweden, 18-20 September 2008. See the conference website for information.
Our member Jean Webb has established the International Research Centre for Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity at the University of Worcester. Please visit the website for more information.
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