Tuesday, April 17, 2012

From the Garden to the Trenches


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.


For more information and/or interviews contact:
Deirdre Baker
Tel: 416-927-1099
Linda Granfield
416-626-8429
Lissa Paul
Tel: 416-944-1587

2 comments:

Gabriele Goldstone said...

It's sounds incredibly interesting. I hope some of this info will become more widely available after the conference.

Unknown said...

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.