With apologies for cross-posting
The next meeting in the series of talks about Children’s Literature
organised by the Education Librarians Group at Seven Stories, Newcastle upon
Tyne, will take place on Wednesday 19th September 2007, at 4pm. 

Michele Gill of Newcastle University, together with Prof. Kay Sambell of
Northumbria University, will talk about
 ‘The Trouble with Boys: Urban Myths and Modern Fictions’. 

Michele says: My talk will look at the ways in which teenage boys are
represented in contemporary culture in relation to education, emotional
literacy, and violent behaviour, asking why boys have come to be viewed as
harbingers of fear and positioned as problematic. I will follow this by
introducing a number of contemporary novels written for a young adult
audience which seek to represent boyhood in a more positive light, asking
whether these are the images we should be offering to boys.

Later talks in the series:

Graphic novels		Speaker:  Dr Mel Gibson, Northumbria University
                                                                           
Wednesday 14 November 2007

Multicultural literature	Speaker: Yinka Sunmona,  from Ebony Reads 
Wednesday 16 January 2008 (to be confirmed)

Picture books		Speaker:  Rachel Johnson, Worcester University 
Wednesday 12 March 2008

Crossover literature	Speaker and date to be confirmed

Special needs		Speaker and date to be confirmed.

These events will be of interest to librarians working with children and
young people, in schools and elsewhere, and also to teachers and students,
and anyone who is interested in children’s literature.
Each session will cost £6 (concessions £4) which will include entry to Seven
Stories and refreshments. Each meeting will take place from 4 ‘til 6pm at
Seven Stories, which should enable you to come along after work, have a cup
of tea and look at the Seven Stories exhibition before the talk begins. For
more information about Seven Stories, see their website at
http://www.sevenstories.org.uk/home/ 

The first meeting in the series took place on Wednesday 2nd May 2007, when
Dr Elizabeth Atkinson of Sunderland University spoke about the No Outsiders
project investigating Sexualities equality in primary schools. The project’s
booklist is available at
http://www.nooutsiders.sunderland.ac.uk/teachres/books-and-films/LGBT%20books%20for%20primary%20schools%2C%20alphabetical%20by%20title.doc/view


Please note that the start time for all sessions is now 4pm. There will not
be a session in July.
Please do not contact Seven Stories about booking, all booking is through ELG. 

To book, please contact Dulcie Pettigrew, ELG, [log in to unmask] .