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Tag Archives: Children’s literature
Tales for the Young by Hans Christian Andersen
It was the birthday of the great Victorian fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen yesterday, so here’s a useful page at the British Library, allowing you to view his classic Tales for the Young.
Young Adult Literature Convention, London, July 2015
This looks an exciting convention on YA and children’s Literature–part of the London Film and Comic Con. Of special interest is that Cassandra Clare, author of the splendid Mortal Instruments YA paranormal romance series (and its clockpunk prequel, the Infernal … Continue reading
CFP: Enchanted Edwardians Conference, University of Bristol, 30-31 March 2015
An exciting conference on fantastic literature of the Edwardian period.
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged anthropology, Arabian Nights, CFP, childhood, Children's literature, Conference, Edwardian, Fairy tales, HG Wells, Kipling, landscape, mysticism, myth, orientalism, Peter Pan, science, Wind in the Willows, Yeats
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Finding the Gothic in Mary Poppins
“When I’m writing for kids …I’m always assuming that a story, if it is loved, is going to be re-read. So I try and be much more conscious of it than I am with adults, just in terms of word … Continue reading
Maria Popova, ‘The Best Illustrations from 150 Years of Alice in Wonderland’
There is some astonishing and beautiful artwork here in this account of the illustration of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, many of which I’d not seen before. I hadn’t known Tove Jannson had illustrated the work, and hers are especially lovely.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Children's literature, illustration
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Podcast: A.S. Byatt discusses the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Novelists A. S. Byatt and Lawrence Norfolk venture together into Germany’s dark woods to discover witches, goblins, lost children and treasure.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged A.S. Byatt, Children's literature, Fairy tales, Grimm brothers, Lawrence Norfolk, witches
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CFP: Wonderlands: Reading/Writing/Telling Fairy Tales and Fantasy, 23 May 2015, University of Chichester
Apologies for the late posting of this CFP for the postgraduate symposium at the University of Chichester–the deadline is 31 January 2015, so anyone interested (and I can’t see why they wouldn’t be!) will have to hurry. Timed to coincide … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, CFP, Children's literature, dystopia, Fairy tales, Fantasy, utopianism, wonder lands, YA Fiction
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – 150th Anniversary
Lewis Carroll’s two classic novels for children are not immediately Gothic, or related to the undead, but they are central to any research on the fantastic and on children’s literature. This is a very rich portal to resources on Alice’s … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Children's literature, Lewis Carroll
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Miriam Allott Visting Writers Series: Bestselling Novelist Neil Gaiman, University of Liverpool, 5 March 2015
The (literally) marvellous Neil Gaiman–author of splendid works of fantasy, of graphic novels, and children’s literature–is at the University of Liverpool in March to launch the Centre for New and International Writing.
Ursula Le Guin: ‘Wizardry is artistry’
Not strictly Gothic, but affiliated with that genre, Ursula K Le Guin’s writing has certainly been groundbreaking in the genres of science fiction and high fantasy (including children’s/YA fiction). Her novels are thoughtfully radical and remarkably well-written (particularly for genres … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Children's literature, Fantasy, SF, Ursula Le Guin, YA Fiction
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