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Discovering Children's Literature
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The British Library
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United KingdomRefund Policy
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Join us for a study day in the British Library Knowledge Centre theatre to hear five experts speak about the history of children’s literature. You’ll learn about early printed children’s books from the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures Underground’, and how they have been collected and cared for at the British Library. You will hear about the very first children’s books and who was reading them, the development of animal characters in children’s stories, and how gender has been represented and explored across the genre of children’s literature. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the morning and afternoon sessions.
Tea and coffee will be served from 10:30am.
11.00 Welcome
11.05 The Origins of Children’s Literature
Matthew Grenby, University of Newcastle
11.35 You Can Talk: 2500 Years of Animals in Children's Literature in 30 Minutes
Piers Torday, Children's Author
12.05 Thinking about Gender in Children's Literature
Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, University of Reading
12.35 Q&A plenary with morning contributors
13.00 Lunch (not provided)
14.15 Children’s Literature and the British Library
Lucy Evans, Curator of Printed Heritage Collections
14.45 Words That Shape Lives - The impact and Obligations of Children’s Literature
Imogen Russell Williams, Children’s Literature Critic
15.15 Q&A plenary with afternoon contributors
15.45 Close
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