Hi Folks,
Here's a media release from a conference in May that I'll be attending. I'm very much looking forward to spending time with my fellow Canuck writers and meeting Michael Morpurgo...
Art
Media
Release
Conference
Announcement
April
10, 2012 – Toronto
Title: “From the Garden to
the Trenches: Childhood, Culture and the First World War”
Dates: May 10-12, 2012
Locations: Niagara and
Toronto
How did children’s books
prepare young people for the Great War?
How did WWI-era children’s
culture reflect the experience of war?
How do children’s writers today
grapple with the Great War?
Join international
speakers and children’s writers in conversation about the First World War in children’s
literature and culture.
Children’s writers include
Michael Morpurgo on his award-winning WWI drama “War Horse”, and Deborah Ellis
(The Breadwinner Trilogy) on children, war and hope. Also featuring: Linda
Granfield, Sarah Ellis, Kevin Major, John Wilson, Hugh Brewster, and Art Slade.
Speakers
include Paul Stevens on how Winston Churchill's boyhood reading prepared him
for the trenches of Flanders; Andrea Mackenzie on L.M. Montgomery's WWI novel
“Rilla of Ingleside'; Margaret Higonnet on stories of heroic girls; and Hans
Heino Ewers on WWI-era novels for traumatized German children.
Conference website:http://www.fromthegardentothetrenches.com
For more information and/or interviews contact:
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Deirdre Baker
Tel: 416-927-1099
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Linda Granfield
416-626-8429
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Lissa Paul
Tel: 416-944-1587
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2 comments:
It's sounds incredibly interesting. I hope some of this info will become more widely available after the conference.
I'm not certain what will happen with all the info. I know there will be video recordings of the sessions. If you are interested, best to contact the organizers.
I honestly can't wait for this conference. So much to discuss.
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