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Official call for papers for the conference I'm co-organising in March. Children's lit in Oxford -- you know you want to!

Place and Space in Children's Literature
27-28 March 2009, University of Oxford
Keble College, Oxford

Keynote speech by Philip Pullman

The University of Oxford Children’s Literature and Youth Culture Colloquium invites papers on the themes of place and space in children’s literature for its conference to be held at Keble College, Oxford. The keynote speech, opening reception, and delegates’ dinner on the evening of Friday 27 March will be followed by a day of panels and discussions on Saturday 28 March, 2009.

Confirmed speakers include Peter Hunt, Farah Mendlesohn, Margaret Kean, and Diane Purkiss.

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Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Desk

So.

Philip Pullman justified the existence of my dissertation today.

( Alright, so not directly, but he justified it in principle )

I was already a fangirl to begin with, but this just clinches it. I'm just sad all of my copies of his books are three thousand miles away.

And, on an unrelated note, today's rehearsal of Oedipus yielded the best performances yet from the principals. Oedipus was genuinely scary! Which is precisely what I was looking for. The Chorus still needs lots of work -- maybe I should assign them a night to go out together for drinks so they can become a collective?

Current Mood: excited
Current Music: Hayley Westenra - Dark Waltz