IBBY Conference 2023 Programme
Pages for Power and Protest: Children’s Literature and Politics
IBBY UK conference on Saturday 11th November 2023
Venue: Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, 44 Webber Street, London SE1 8QW
| 9.30 am – 9.50 am | Registration |
| 9.50 am – 10.00 am | Welcome and Introduction to the day |
| 10.00 am – 10.45 am | ‘Children’s power matters, and how to give it to them’: Shelina Janmohamed discusses her new book ‘Story of Now: Let’s Talk About the British Empire’ |
| 10.45 am – 11.30 am | Phyllis Ramage ‘Exploring neocolonialism and the colonial gaze in contemporary British children’s fiction’ |
| 11.30 am – 11.45 am | Comfort break and move to parallel sessions |
| 12.00 am – 1.00 pm | Parallel sessions |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm – 2.45 pm | Beverley Naidoo and Helen King in conversation |
| 2.45 pm – 3.30 pm | The Politics of PublishIng: Lesley Parr, Christine Pillainayagam, Cerrie Burnell, chaired by Ken Wilson Max |
| 3.30 pm – 4.15 pm | Illustrated books on Protest and Empowerment – Emily Haworth-Booth, Nadine Kadaan, Cory Reid chaired by Holly Tonks |
| 4.15 pm | Concluding remarks |
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