British IBBY/NCRCL MA Conference, November 15th 2008

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Deep into Nature: Ecology, Environment and Children's Literature

Global warming is a dominant narrative of our time, and we are surrounded by stories of a doomed future of environmental catastrophe. But landscape and our relationship with nature have long preoccupied children’s literature in the UK and internationally. For their 2008 conference, the British Section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) and the NCRCL (National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature) want to look at how the environment, and the human/child relationship with the natural world is treated in books for young readers. We will also examine how children’s publishing can respond to issues of consumption and sustainability.

For more information: www.roehampton.ac.uk/ibbyconference

National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature
Roehampton University
Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 5PH

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