IBBY conference
The programme's up for the 13th annual British IBBY/NCRCL MA conference.
Saturday, 11th November 2006
Froebel College, Roehampton University
The title this year is "Time Everlasting: Representations of Past, Present and Future in Children's Literature", there are a few people talking on science literature things (although, I imagine more fiction than non-fiction). If you want to go, they suggest booking early as it often sells out.
Papers/ talks that might be of particular interest to readers of this blog:
- Author Theresa Breslin on her book, The Medici Seal set in the world of Leonardo Da Vinci.
- Charles Butler - The Henge as Wormhole: Prehistoric Sites as Portals in Children’s Fantasy.
- Nadia Crandall - But I Was Disturbed by the Wildest Dreams: Cyberspace and the Gothic Novel.
- Jessica Yates - The Near Future in Science-Fiction for Teenage Readers.
- Linda Buckley-Archer - Pandora’s Box: The Ethics of Time Travel.
- Science Fiction scholar Farah Mendlesohn, who has been working on a book on children's science fiction.
- Phillip Reeve, author of the Mortal Engines books, in discussion with Lisa Sainsbury.
... and I'm giving a paper titled What Albert Did next: Kuhnian Approaches to the Child in Science.