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Ritwika Roy
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PhDing in Children's Literature; Co-Founder at Assoc for Children's Lit in South Asia (aclisa.in); pretend grown-up; fangirl; likes rainy days with dry laundry; loves spoilers. #kidlitinsouthasia #postcoloniallit
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Ritwika Roy @fangirlrika.bsky.social · Nov 18
Hello lovely people following me for some reason!
I'm a PhD Student at Jadavpur University, researching on contemporary Indian English KidLit; & co-founder at aclisa.in. I love Doctor Who & K-drama; love/hate Duolingo & don't remember the last time I read a book for grown-ups.
#introductions
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Morag Styles obituary
First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry
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January 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
fangirlrika.bsky.social
My reference article on @ParoAnand's Anand's No Guns At My Son's Funeral is now up in the Literary Encyclopedia! Thank you to the editor, Dr. Grace Moore, from whom I learned so much! #kidlit #southasiankidlit

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No Guns at My Son's Funeral
No Guns at My Son’s Funeral (2005) is the acclaimed Indian children’s...
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January 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Here are two CFPs for #ASA2025 (Puerto Rico, Nov. 20-23, 2025)
🔵 Puerto Rico, Empire, and Children’s Literature
🔵 Children, Making/Destroying Empire
Proposals are due Jan. 17, 2025.
➡️ Full details here: www.theasa.net/communities/...
Please share! Thank you!
Children and Youth Studies Caucus
The Children and Youth Studies Caucus joins scholars who engage in interdisciplinary perspectives on the individual experiences, social conditions, and rights of children and youth in both historical and contemporary contexts. Children and Youth Studies aims to understand the complex experiences and conditions of young people in global, national, and local settings.
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December 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Hybrid Lecture: "Eco-Passions: Climate Anxiety and Climate Trauma in YA Literature" by Christine Lötscher (University of Zurich)
University of Wrocław
5 December 2024
10.15 a.m. Warsaw time
MS TEAMS
To register, please contact Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak (justyna.deszcz-tryhubczak@uwr.edu.pl)
November 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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I created a YASA starter pack! If you’d like adding, let me know. Equally, if I’ve added you by mistake or you’d like out, I’m sorry. Let me know and I’ll take you off it.

#YASA #YALit

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November 23, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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New in Feminist Theory

Farooqui, J. (2024). From a toy to a tool: the reception of Barbie and cultural ambiguity in contemporary Pakistan. Feminist Theory, 0(0).

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November 21, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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CALL FOR PAPERS 🌿

@ebonyteach.bsky.social Ebony Elizabeth Thomas & I are co-editing a book!

ANNE FOR EVERYONE: GREEN GABLES, CHILDREN OF COLOR, and GLOBAL CHILDHOODS @upmississippi.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/AnneForEvery... proposals by Dec 1!

#AnneOfGreenGables #ChildLit #ProfessorLife #iSchoolUI
November 21, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Friendly reminder! If you work on any area of youth culture, consider submitting to the virtual 2025 Children's Literature Association Conference, June 9–14. (Our name is deceiving as our members study all forms of texts and media for children and young adults.) www.childlitassn.org/2025-virtual...
2025 Virtual Conference
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November 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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#CFP: Fairy-Tale trouble and the art of fluidity: gender, genre, media
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge
21-22 March 2025
Deadline: 20 December 2024
Email: conferencefairytaletrouble@gmail.com
Website: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/44790/
November 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
fangirlrika.bsky.social
Hello lovely people following me for some reason!
I'm a PhD Student at Jadavpur University, researching on contemporary Indian English KidLit; & co-founder at aclisa.in. I love Doctor Who & K-drama; love/hate Duolingo & don't remember the last time I read a book for grown-ups.
#introductions
November 18, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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irscl.bsky.social
#CFP: Norms of (Dis)ability in Nordic Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Barnboken: Journal of Children’s Literature Research
Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2025
Deadline for articles: 1 October 2025
Email: barnboken@barnboksinstitutet.se
Website: barnboken.net/index.php/cl...
November 18, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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Okay, made a starter pack of people working in children’s and young adult literature (though possibly I missed the starter pack wave already)! Almost certainly missed some people, so let me know if you’d like to be added or, of course, removed #yalit #kidlit #mglit
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November 11, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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And the first post from the Assoc for Children's Lit in South Asia (ACLiSA) Fantasy Feature Series is out now! Shreya Prasad writes about growing up with fantasy fiction and making it her research specialisation!

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Reading Fantasy Is Way Easier Than Writing About It - Association for Children's Literature in South Asia
Shreya Prasad Childhood is a magical time filled with stories of fairies, goblins, quests and adventure. Perhaps it is because the fantastic reach of magic helps a child comprehend the unfamiliar. But...
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November 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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#CFP: Delicious, Nutritious and Fictious: Food in Popular Culture

Free online #academicconference

25-26 September 2025

Online and in person in Sydney Australia

Abstracts by 31/5/25
To submit go here - tinyurl.com/mrxeys35
Conference registration: tinyurl.com/2hyksxn8
queries popcrn@une.edu.au
November 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Online symposium: Online Symposium on Pinocchio
University of Cambridge
12 December 2024 1:45 PM - 8:15 PM GMT
Website: www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
November 14, 2024 at 10:24 PM
fangirlrika.bsky.social
Is there a Children's Literature Studies starter pack around I can sneak into? 👀
November 15, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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So I did a TV thing with Atlanta News First.
Behind the Story with SCAD Atlanta: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Learn About the Origins of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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November 15, 2024 at 2:34 AM
fangirlrika.bsky.social
KidLit folks, what's a good word to substitute "children and young people" with? I'm trying to edit a paper to fit the word count and this is 4 words I've repeated too often. I keep thinking "youth" but the Venn diagram of children, young people, and youth is not a circle.

Help!
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Looking forward to speaking at this Tolkien Society event on 23 + 24 Nov, to celebrate Christopher Tolkien, Middle-earth’s cartographer and first scholar. I’ll be talking about editing new works by #Tolkien from his manuscripts.
The event is online and free: www.tolkiensociety.org/events/chris...
Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference
The Tolkien Society is pleased to announce it will be hosting the online Christopher Tolkien Centenary Conference on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November 2024. This November marks 100 years since th...
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November 14, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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I'm looking for Creative Writing academics - do you know any here?
I made a Starter Pack for those I've spotted already, but I know there must be many more (and my list skews female right now!).
Reply to be added (or taken off, of course). Thanks!
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November 14, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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#CFP: Diversity Committee of the Children’s Literature Association
“One Day and Someday and Now”: Exploring Time in Diverse Youth Literatures
Virtual Conference, June 9-14, 2025
Submission deadline for proposals: November 11th, 2024
Email: capshaw@uconn.edu
October 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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blankpaige.bsky.social
Hey, y'all! If you work on any area of youth culture, consider submitting to the virtual 2025 Children's Literature Association Conference, June 9–14. (Our name is a bit deceiving as our members study all forms of texts and media for children and young adults.) www.childlitassn.org/2025-virtual...
2025 Virtual Conference
www.childlitassn.org
November 12, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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In-person event: Pinocchio's Strings: Critical and Creative Encounters
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
Wednesday, December 4 · 5:30 - 7pm GMT
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pinocchios...
November 13, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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Very excited about this forthcoming conference, co-organised by the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic and children’s literature colleagues at the School of Education, University of Glasgow!
Full CFP here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...
October 30, 2024 at 8:27 PM