⏰ Only a few days left to sign up to present at our 'In a Nutshell' competition for postgraduate students! Submit your presentation title and a short bio (approx. 50 words) by 10th May to [email protected] to compete 🏆

Join us for our first Postgrad Coffee Morning of 2026! ☕📚 We'll focus on 'Conferences and Publications', which will be especially helpful for MA and PhD students at the start of their conference and publishing journeys. Open to non-ISSCL members! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-post...

A reminder of our postgraduate coffee morning next Friday, 11am, in DCU. The event is free and all are welcome! Book your place here: www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-post...

Our next posgraduate coffee morning is in person and focuses on the transition from MA to PhD! We'll discuss applying for PhDs, writing proposals, finding supervisors, and PhD life itself. For more information and to register, visit our Eventbrite link: www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-post...

☕️ Our first online postgraduate coffee morning is next Friday at 11am! A great opportunity to meet, catch-up, and discuss your research with fellow researchers of children's and YA literature. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isscl-post...

Our first online postgraduate coffee morning of the academic year is happening on Friday 26th Sept at 11am ☕ A great opportunity to meet, catch-up, and chat with other researchers of children's literature! 📚 Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-post...

To celebrate this year's publication of the 'Irish Studies Review' special issue on "Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture", we are hosting an online launch on Friday 6th June! Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1377335279...

Congratulations to Anja Voigt, the recipient of ISSCL's Master's Thesis Award 2025 for her thesis “Young Adult Gothic and the Construction of Adolescent Queerness"! "Having my work be recognized as innovative and valuable is immensely affirming and motivating for me as a young academic" - Anja

Looking forward to hosting @isscl.bsky.social 21st birthday @dublincityuni.bsky.social on Sat 22/03! Join us for a day in celebration of the joy & magic of children’s lit & archives! www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-symp...

Can’t wait to speak at the @isscl.bsky.social event on 22nd March—hope to see you there!

Love reading and discussing children's books (I mean who doesn't...) and want to attend a creative writing workshop? Join us for a day of celebrating, chatting about, and writing children's books on 22nd March in DCU! Register below on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/isscl-symp...