CALL FOR PAPERS: Let’s Talk About Sex in YA
We are pleased to announce that the Centre will hold an international conference on the role of sex in young adult fiction on the 11th and 12th of September 2020.
Category: Children’s Literature
In Support of our Support Staff
Today’s blog post represents a statement from the graduate student community in support of the CRCLC’s administrator, Lucian M. Stephenson, who has been informed by the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge that his position is at risk of redundancy.
Cataloguing the Lealan Collection: Post #1
James Brigden, Catologuer at Homerton Library, offers an insight into the kind of research that is undertaken when cataloguing rare books.
New in the Library – Top Picks! Special Edition: Children’s Fiction
Originally published by Cambridge Faculty of Education Library blog on June 26th 2019, take a look at our bumper edition of new Top Picks! with the theme of Children’s Fiction.
Building New Communities in UK Children’s Literature Research: A Colloquium
PhD Candidate Stella Miriam Pryce reporting back from a recent colloquim – organised by CRCLC PhD candidates and hosted by Seven Stories The National Centre for Children’s Books
Empathy: a neutral force for potential good
In time for #EmpathyDay, current PhD candidate Vera Veldhuizen explores the framing of empathy in recent educational and literary discourse.
What Makes a Successful Conference? Don’t Serve Rubbish Coffee
“You don’t want people popping to the Costa during the allocated breaks because your coffee is frankly undrinkable and then missing out on a chance to mill and mingle.”
Madwomen in the Attic and Drama Queens: Considering Katharine Jones Sullivan’s Recent Talk
MPhil graduate Gabriel Duckels reports back from the CRCLC’s seminar with Katharine Jones Sullivan
From the Children’s Rare Book Collection: A ‘linen’ book
“Since joining Homerton in 2013 I’ve catalogued some very rare, unusual and quirky items…Never before, though, have I handled a book made completely from fabric.”
Cats in Children’s Literature (aka, that longing for a pet when you can’t have one)
From the Vault: Beka Kimberley was an MPhil student in Children’s Literature in 2016-17. It is the greatest sadness of my adult
