The Eventbrite page for the Conversation on 'Ecologies' now says 'Sold Out' but email [email protected] to register for the event!

Note, the 2nd and 3rd Conversations are open to ISSCL members only.
Not a member yet? Join here! issclblog.wordpress.com/join-the-isscl/

Looking forward to talking about food choices and climate change awareness in P. Agbabi's Children's cli-fi 'The Infinite' at ISSCL Conversation series, on 30 April! Registration link in thread 👇

The ISSCL Conversation Series begins on 23rd April with a panel discussion on 'Family in Children's and YA Literature', followed by the second Conversation on 'Ecologies' (30/04) and third Conversation on 'Controversy' (07/05)

Book your ticket here!
eventbrite.com/e/isscl-conver…

We'd like to celebrate #TravellerEthnicityDay by sharing our newest title Grow up Strong, this book offers a unique insight into the world of Traveller children, sharing their stories and artwork that highlight the significance of their experiences. kidsown.ie/product/grow-u…

🚌We are so excited (and only a little bit nervous!) to announce the route for the #WholeWildWorld Bus Tour!🚌

This April, Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde is bringing a (literal) bus full of children’s writers and illustrators to schools, libraries, bookshops and cultural venues…

We're really excited to host our first postgrad student coffee morning of the year next Friday at 11am. Register on Eventbrite for the Zoom link!

eventbrite.com/e/isscl-postgr…

I have just added 12 new Irish authors and illustrators to the #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks spreadsheet for 2024.
The amount of talent on this island is astounding! It looks like there will be 200+ books written or illustrated by Irish creators or those living in Ireland this year!

FULLY-FUNDED PhD Moore Institute University of Galway CASSCS in 'Gaeltacht Families and Multilingualism (GAELFAM)' (SFI-IRC Pathways project). Note: fluency in Irish/another lang a bonus but not req. Scaip an scéal, le bhur dtoil!

mooreinstitute.ie/2024/02/12/ful…

Our Postgraduate Student Coffee Mornings are back! ☕️
This is a fantastic way to meet other postgrads researching children's literature and children's culture.

Our first online meeting is on Friday 23rd February at 11am.

Register here: eventbrite.ie/e/isscl-postgr…

📢CFP for ISSCL's special issue on Race, Ethnicity and Representation in Irish children's and YA literature and culture in 'Irish Studies Review' journal! To be published in May 2025.

Send your 300 word abstracts to [email protected] by Friday 14th July

Could your school library do with an upgrade?

Say, 100s of new books, resources and workshops with Irish children's artists?

Applications are NOW OPEN for our next year of book-gifting, to all primary & secondary schools on the island of Ireland!

➡️ childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/bo…

A joy to discuss Irish identity as ‘both/and’ not ‘either/or’ at the ISSCL conference!

👏Anna McQuinn Jennifer Horan Fahmeda Naheed katie 🦎 Méabh Ní Choileáin / Collins & all panelists

👏keynotes speakers Nora & Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold

👏Dr Jane Suzanne Carroll & ISSCL committee

Breakfast and a thesis break to listen to the fabulous Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold's keynote at the ISSCL conference 😍

Thank you very much to all of our presenters, chairs, virtual and in-person attendees for making the ISSCL 2023 conference such an enriching and thought-provoking event.

Enormous thanks to our two fantastic keynote speakers, Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and Nora!

Really enjoyed attending ISSCL’s fascinating conference - I learned so much from the speakers and it was great to connect with Irish children’s lit specialists. And grateful that my presentation from a Scottish perspective was received so positively too!

Thank you ISSCL for organizing such an amazing conference! Thoroughly enjoyed listening, speaking, sharing, and learning about so many important topics around identity, community, and visibility in Children's Literature 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you to all our presenters and chairs for a fantastic start to the ISSCL conference! 🥳

We start tomorrow at 10am at Trinity College Dublin and we're so excited for another day of presentations and conversations on the representation of all forms of Irish identities