
Time: November 14, 2009 all day
Location: Roehampton
Event Type: conference, call for papers
Organized By: International Board of Books for Young People
Latest Activity: Jun 11
Please find the call for papers for our next conference, and be sure to save the date. Note that proposals should be emailed to Pat Pinsent using the email address at the bottom of this email – not to me.
IBBY UK/NCRCL MA CONFERENCE, 14 NOVEMBER 2009 Roehampton University, London. Call for Papers: The theme this year is Comics and Graphic Novels.
Graphic novels are becoming increasingly popular and diverse in the UK and have been highly valued in many countries, notably France, Belgium and Japan, for many years. The 2009 IBBY UK/NCRCL MA conference will explore the developing interest in this medium from a variety of perspectives, in addition to considering developments in the range and content of comics available to children and young people.
The conference will include keynote presentations by well-known writers, publishers and academics. Proposals are welcomed for workshop sessions (lasting about 20 minutes) on the following or other relevant issues:
International perspectives – comics and graphic novels in a particular culture and/or across cultures
Comics from a contemporary or historical perspective. Has the number and range of comics declined and, if so, why?
Manga - its origins in Japan and developments and adaptations in other cultures
New literacies – the changing interface between visual images and text
Links between media – computer games, films, internet comics, character toys
Animations and cartoons
The work of individual and collective creators of comics and graphic novels. What collaborations are involved in the production of a graphic novel? Is the author a major or minor player in the design of a graphic novel?
Use of artistic styles – colour/black and white artwork/photography/fonts and typography. What are the technical complexities of producing comics and graphic novels?
Engagement of children and young people with/through this medium. Is there a particular appeal to the ‘reluctant’ reader?
Gendered reading. Do comics and graphic novels have more appeal to male readers?
Controversial issues/taboo subjects – the notion of ‘appropriate’ material for
What is the appeal of a graphic novel as against an illustrated book? How do picture books compare in popularity with graphic novels for a younger age group?
We welcome contributions from interested academics and others. of these areas. Brief accounts of the papers that are presented at the conference will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of IBBYLink, the journal of British IBBY.
Also we hope that the proceedings of the conference will be published later that year in full in book form.
The deadline for proposals is 20 July 2009. Please email a 200-word abstract (for a 20-minute paper) as an attached Word document to Pat Pinsent and also contact her if your require any further information on this call for papers. Please also include a short biography and
affiliation.
Pat Pinsent, 23 Burcott Road, Purley, CR8 4AD.
Tel: (020) 8668 4093.
Email: patpinsent@aol.com
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