Centre for Research in Children's Literature at Cambridge

29/04/2022

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Graphic Brighton 2022 – Comics by and for young people, is a FREE event at the University of Brighton (Edward Street building), with talks, panel discussions, book signings and a workshop on how to make your own comics.

14/10/2020

This lecture may be of interest to children's literature scholars.

L’evento prevederà la trasmissione di un intervento preregistrato del Prof. Jack Zipes (University of Minnesota), da decenni studioso e traduttore in inglese delle opere di Gianni Rodari (il prof. Zipes sarà anche presente all’evento). All’intervento risponderà la Prof.ssa Vanessa Roghi (La...

14/10/2020

Unfortunately, Dr Matos' lecture has been cancelled.

09/06/2020

The Centre's blog is run by and represents students at the Centre for Research in Children's Literature within the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. The student body has been appalled to read the recent testimony of our colleague Breanna J. McDaniel on her mistreatment at the Centre, Faculty, as well as within the wider children's literature community. The following statement has been sent to all staff and students at the Centre and is published here as a public record of our demands. To stay silent is to be complicit.

This blog represents students at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature within the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. We have been appalled to read the testimony o…

27/05/2020

New ! Stella Miriam Pryce is a PhD candidate working on spectrality and children's literature. In this blog, she describes the uncanny experience of researching Philippa Pearce's classic "Tom's Midnight Garden" during the amorphous shift in time and space created by lockdown. Contains cats!

A classic of children’s literature about time travel, Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden is one of those books that has followed me around throughout my life. It was read to me as a chil…

22/05/2020

More details ahead of next week's Open Research Seminar with Peter C. Kunze: "Why Belle Loves Books: Industrial Approaches to Studying Children's Culture". The talk will be held over Zoom on Wednesday May 27 and will begin at 17:00 BST. Remember, if you would like to join us please email CRCLC Director Prof. Karen Coats to obtain the Meeting ID and Password

22/05/2020

Another day, another and today it's a two-for-one deal! Building from our last post from CRCLC PhD candidate, Gabriel Duckels, on the experience of reading and studying young adult fiction during lockdown, we thought today we'd reshare a post from our archives from MPhil candidate Amy Ryder that looks at the power of storytelling in medical environments before looking at how this power is being deployed in the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic. In a timely addition to Amy's original post, Gabriel takes us through a list of Covid-19 picturebooks and resources that he and Amy have compiled to help children, parents, educators and anyone involved in caring and working with children manage the complex and ongoing impact of the current pandemic on young people's wellbeing:

The current pandemic is a good time to remember a post by Amy Ryder last year on the power of storytelling in medical environments for children. Amy’s post is about how children (like adults!…

20/05/2020

We're excited to announce another virtual Open Research Seminar for Easter Term! Wednesday May 27 we will be pleased to welcome Peter C. Kunze, who will be presenting his talk "Why Belle Loves Books: Industrial Approaches to Studying Children's Culture". A visiting assistant professor in film studies at Eckerd College, Prof. Kunze will be discussing the complexity of authorship in Disney's Beauty and the Beast in order to demonstrate how an awareness of media industry practices and operations can enrich the study of literary culture. Those wishing to join us are invited to email CRCLC Director Professor Karen Coats for the Meeting ID and Password.

10/05/2020

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.…

07/05/2020

Today we'd like to post a shout-out to our friends at the Norfolk Children's Book Centre! If you've ever been to one of our conferences, you've no doubt visited one of the wonderful pop-up book stores put together by Marilyn Brocklehurst and her team at the NCBC. While the NCBC has had to close its doors as part of the UK lockdown, they are still taking orders online and are happy to make tailored recommendations if you are looking for a particular genre, format, theme etc. The current epidemic is hurting independent booksellers both here and abroad; Marilyn and her team have always supported us here at the CRCLC and our home in Homerton College and it would mean a lot to us if you would consider supporting them!

An independent children's book shop established for over 35 years specialising in books for children and teachers.