Upcoming conferences and events on children’s literature and culture
Trócaire / Poetry Ireland competition, “Imagining a Just and Free World”, open to children and adults, closing date Friday 27th January 2012. Download entry form here.
RTÉjr Radio has announced a brand new book programme Little Pages for Ireland’s only children’s radio station. Little Pages is a new children’s book programme aimed at RTÉjr Radio listeners and their parents. The show debuts on Sunday 16 October and will air twice per week, at 9am on Sunday mornings and again at 5pm on Friday evenings. Its aim is to help parents and children choose high quality, enjoyable and well-written books for young readers aged five to ten. http://www.rte.ie/digitalradio/rtejr/#
Children’s Book Council of Australia “Multistoried” CBCA biennial National Conference. Adelaide, 17-19 May 2012. http://cbca.org.au/
Federation of Children’s Book Groups “Words Within Worlds” Bradfield College, Reading, 14-16 April 2012. http://www.fcbg.org.uk/conference/
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St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra Jerry Griswold, Director of the National Center for Study of Children’s Literature in San Diego, California, will visit St. Patrick’s College this year. The author of significant books on children’s literature, such as the award-winning Audacious Kids: Coming of Age in America’s Classic Children’s Books (1992), The Meanings of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2004), and Feeling Like a Kid: Childhood and Children’s Literature (2006), has accepted an invitation to participate in a series of events hosted by St. Patrick’s Centre for Children’s Literature and Culture Studies in October 2011. He will give a public lecture in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. For further information contact the Director of St. Patrick’s Centre, Dr Julie Anne Stevens, JulieAnn.Stevens@spd.dcu.ie.
Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, “Revisitar o Mito / Recycling Myths”, 2nd – 4th May 2012. The enduring power of mythical narrative is testified by its very plasticity, subject to multiple re-creations informed by changing concerns and insights. Mythical narratives have attracted the interest of various disciplines, from ethnology and history to philosophy, literature, sociology, politics, history of religions, and art history. This interdisciplinary conference aims to study how myths are inscribed and recycled within our individual and collective heritage, and to examine the personal and political implications of our multifaceted engagement with myths, as one of the forms whereby we try to make sense of our perplexities. View the call for papers here. Deadline for proposals (individual papers and thematic panels) 20th November 2011.
IBBY UK/NCRCL MA Conference at Roehampton University, London. Conference entitled It Doesn’t Have to Rhyme: Children and Poetry will explore aspects of poetry that impinge on young people, with a focus on the question “Why does poetry matter?” Plenary speakers include Morag Styles, Michael Rosen, Jacqueline Wilson and Susan Bassnett. Conference date is 12 November 2011. Further details from Pat Pinsent patpinsent@aol.com.
Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies “Vampires: Myths of the Past and the Future” An interdisciplinary conference organised by Simon Bacon, The London Consortium in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory, Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London. 2-4 November 2011. http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/index.php?id=496
No Grants Gallery/The Culture Box, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Dublin: ‘Images Beyond Borders’ is a collection of children’s illustrations by artists from Ireland and Austria. It is the result of an exciting collaboration between the Irish children’s books laureate, Laureate na n-Óg, Siobhán Parkinson, and the Austrian Embassy. The exhibition comprises work by five Austrian and five Irish children’s illustrators which have been brought together for the first time: Maria Blazejovsky, Helga Bansch, Linda Wolfsgruber, Heide Stöllinger, Michael Roher, Bruce Ingman, Annie West, Niamh Sharkey, Adrienne Geoghegan and Oisín McGann. The exhibition will be lauched on 7th October and runs until 27th October 2011. Exhibition organiser: Nessa O’Mahony nessaomahony@iol.ie
Laureate na nÓg/Children’s Literature Laureate Event A Seminar entitled Books Beyond Borders will be held at the National Library of Ireland on Saturday 22 October from 10.00am-1.30pm. The seminar is a collaboration between the Laureate na nÓg, Children’s Books Ireland and the Austrian Embassy. Chaired by Celia Keenan, speakers include Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson, Austrian writer Rachel van Kooij, Hildegard Gärtner, publisher, Dr Margit Böck, Dr Sheila Greene, Mairead Duggan and Irene Barber. Booking via Nessa O’Mahony at info@childrenslaureate.ie.
School of English, TCD A public lecture by Prof Jerry Griswold (San Diego) on ‘Ten Significant Moments in American Children’s Literature’ will take place Monday 17th October at 10am in the Arts block room 4050A. All are welcome.
NUI, Galway, Moore Institute Irish Postgraduate Children’s Literature Network in association with ISSCL: 4th Children’s Literature Symposium: ‘Getting Published: Practical Aspects.’ With Dr Kelly Coate (NUIG) and student presentations on postgraduate research. Saturday, October 8th 2011. For more info contact ipclnetwork@gmail.com
Church of Ireland College of Education
“From Instruction to Delight: Reading Traditions in Irish Primary Education.” Celebrates bicentenary of founding of Kildare Place Society. Dublin, 14-15 October 2011. Download conference programme here. www.cice.ie
Children’s Books History Society Day Seminar on The Centenary of The Secret Garden at the Church Hall of the Great Crown Court Church of Scotland in Covent Garden, London on Saturday 15 October, 2011 from 10.00am-5.00pm. Speakers include Dr Dennis Butts, Dr Carole Dunbar, Professor Gretchen Gerzina, Anne Harvey, Professor Peter Hunt and Dr Ann Thwaite. Fee of £20. Bookings via The Secretary, Robert Kirkpatrick, 6 Osterley Park View Road, Hanwell, London W7 2HH.
Institute of Historical Research From Uniformity to Reform: Education in the Very Long Eighteenth Century (1660-1870). A workshop will be held in the Court Room, Senate House, University of London on Saturday 15 October 2011. Keynote speakers include Jill Shefrin and Mary Hilton. Further information at http://www.history.ac.uk/events/seminars/252.
Dartmouth College
“100 Years of The Secret Garden!” Hanover, New Hampshire, 29-30 July 2011 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/events/2011/secretgarden.html
International Research Society for Children’s Literature
“Fear and Safety in Children’s Literature.” Brisbane, 4-8 July 2011. http://www.irscl.com/history.html and http://irscl2011.com/
Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy
“Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition: A Centenary Conference.” Sussex Centre in collaboration with the University of Chichester. Chichester, 15-16 July 2011 http://www.chi.ac.uk/english/MervynPeakeConference.cfm
