Sometimes a book event coincides so exactly with what you need to think harder about right. that. second. that you wonder if you've invented it. Happily, 'Are the Kids All Right? Representations of LGBTQ Characters in Children's and YA Literature' with B.J. Epstein, Mark Jennett and Letterbox Library at Housman's Radical Bookshop in King's Cross on Saturday was not… Continue reading Beyond Gay Penguins: LGBTQ children’s and YA books, past, present and future
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Happy Holidays! (No, not that kind…)
It's December! So I'm thinking about all the obvious things: ice-cream, beaches, pitching my tent on a hillside in the sunshine... No? No. To be honest, I'm mainly thinking about mince pies and how to rearrange my living room so there can be a tree in it. But an excited corner of my brain is thinking… Continue reading Happy Holidays! (No, not that kind…)
Oxford Children’s Book Group Conference: Story Sacks, Series, and Cinderella
If the Oxford Children's Book Group are going to be so kind as to hold a conference 20 minutes' walk from my house, all about stuff I love, it would be churlish not to pootle along. Even if I am a week away from deadline and my flat looks like someone has attacked it with… Continue reading Oxford Children’s Book Group Conference: Story Sacks, Series, and Cinderella
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