#CFP: seminar "Humour in Children's Literature and Media" as part of the ESSE 2026 Conference Santiago de Compostela, Spain 31st August - 4th September 2026 Deadline: 31 January 2026 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: www.esse2026.com/en/calls_par...

#CFP: Edited Collection on Waste and Children’s Culture: Thematics, Aesthetics, Ethics Abstracts Deadline: November 30, 2025 Email: Lydia Wistisen, [email protected]

The registration for "Mothers, Motherhood, and Mothering in Children's and Young Adult Literature" (12-14 November) is now open. This online conference is hosted by the University of Münster. Registration is free. To register and read the program: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3701/

Summer school: Children's Literature Summer School University of Antwerp 29 June - 3 July 2026 4 scholarships for PhD students with no or limited funding Email: [email protected] Website: www.uantwerpen.be/en/summer-wi...

#CFP: Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature IRCL Special Issue Deadline: November 15 2025 Email: Johari Murray ([email protected]) and Izaskun Elorza ([email protected]); and Roxanne Harde ([email protected])

#CFP: "Darkness in Children’s and Young Adult Literature" Barnboken: Journal of Children’s Literature Research Deadline for abstracts: February 1, 2026 Email: [email protected] Website: barnboken.net/index.php/cl...

#CFP: The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader, Volume II Desire, Difference, and Disruption Edited by Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2025 Email: Alison Halsall ([email protected]) and Jonathan Warren ([email protected])

#CFP: "Youth Writers and Their Worlds" Ninth International Society of Literary Juvenilia Conference (ISLJ) Valparaiso University, USA April 16 - 18, 2026 Deadline: November 1, 2025 Email: [email protected] Website: juveniliastudies.com/conferences/

Webinar: The Child in African Literature: Possibilities, Silences, and Interventions Book O'Clock in collaboration with the Children’s Literature, Media, and Cultural Entrepreneurship (CLMCE) Erasmus Mundus International Master’s programme 7 November 2025 4:00–6:00 PM GMT bit.ly/child_africa...

Excited to see submissions for this special issue of Children's Literature in Education, which I am editing with Hazel Sheeky-Bird! Our work on the Aidan and Nancy Chambers archive (held at Seven Stories in the UK) highlighted how important they both were to children's lit #kidlit #aidanchambers

Online webinar: Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101 Seminar series on translation for children The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World University of Reading Thursday 23 October 5pm UK Website: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

#CFP: The Everyday Horror of American Life: The Rhetorical Vision of Stephen King Edited book Deadline for chapters: January 1, 2026 Email: Jeanie Wills ([email protected]) and Roxanne Harde ([email protected])

#CFP: DIASPORA(S), EXILE, NOMADS AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE The Child and the Book Conference Department of Primary Education, School of Education University of Crete, Rethymnon May 29-31, 2026 Deadline: December 15, 2025 Email: [email protected]

#CFP: (Re)thinking the Borders in Children’s Nonfiction Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 17–19 September 2026 Deadline: 31 January 2026 Website: websites.auth.gr/nonfictionco... Email: [email protected]

#CFP: "Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature" IRCL Special Congress Issue 20.2 (2027) Deadline for full articles: November 1, 2025 Email: [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected])

#CFP: Aidan Chambers Memorial Issue Children's Literature in Education Guest editors: Dr Lucy Pearson (Newcastle University, UK) and Dr Hazel Sheeky-Bird (Independent Scholar) Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 2025 Email: [email protected] Website: link.springer.com/collections/...

Hybrid seminar: Intergenerational Pedagogies of Remembrance: Arts, Curatorship and Youth Participation Kick-off seminar of COREM: Collective Remembrance: Engaging Youth Through Curatorial Practices University of Wrocław Date: 8 October 2025 Time: 9-18:30 Website: www.upf.edu/web/corem/ev...

#CFP: Call for Paper 2026 for JIB - Journal of Interactive Books Deadline for abstracts: 12 January 2026 Email: [email protected]. Website: jib.pop-app.org/index.php/ji...

#CFP: Reading Girls: Literacy in 19th-Century Girls' Transatlantic Literature and Culture Edited book Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2025 Email: Dr. Sonya Fritz ([email protected]) and Dr. Miranda Green-Barteet ([email protected]) Website: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/09/...

#CFP: Global Committee Panel on Borders, Bridges and Belonging: Neighborhoods in Global Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture Children's Literature Association Conference 28-30 May 2026 Pittsburgh, USA Deadline: 30 September 2025, 11:59 p.m. Email: [email protected]

#CFP: SELF-TRANSLATION IN CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS Strenæ. Research on Children’s Books and Cultural Objects Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2025 Email: [email protected] Website: journals.openedition.org/strenae/11837

#CFP: The Citizen-Child: Global Perspectives on Children’s Literature and the Making of Modernity The Sixth International Children’s Literature Symposium (ICLS) 25-26 June, 2026 Hosted by the University of Antwerp Deadline: December 1, 2025 Email: Courtney Weikle-Mills, [email protected]

#CFP: "CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE FROM CANADA / TURTLE ISLAND: NEW PERSPECTIVES AND EMERGING CONVERSATIONS" Canada and Beyond: A Journal of Canadian Literary and Cultural Studies Deadline: December 15 2025 Email: [email protected] and [email protected] revistas.usal.es/dos/index.ph...

#CFP: Defiant, Untamed, and Outspoken: Reimagining Girlhood in Asian Youth Literature Research on Diversity in Youth Literature Deadline: December 1 2025 Guest editors Dr. Arpita Sarker [email protected] and Dr. Anurima Chanda [email protected] iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdy...

#CFP: "Picturing Otherness: The Historical Construction of Diversity in Western Children's Literature" Jeunesse Deadline: December 31, 2025 Email: guest editors Maria Lucenti ([email protected]) and Michelle Anya Anjirbag ([email protected]) utppublishing.com/journals/jeu...

#CFP: Nonsense and the Absurd in Children’s and YA Literature 4th International Conference on Children and Young Adults’ Literature 21-24 May, 2026 Baia Mare, Romania Deadline: October 15, 2025 Website: litere.cunbm.utcluj.ro/kidlit/

#CFP: European Children’s Literature and Sports Second Conference of the European Children’s Literature Research Network 19-21 October 2026 Munich, Schloss Blutenburg, International Youth Library Deadline: 1 December 2025 Email: [email protected]

Online Talk: "Playing hide and seek with Childhood in Kashmir" by Kamayani Kumar Association for Children's Literature in South Asia 20 September 2025 8 p.m. IST / 7:30 a.m. PT To register, please scan the QR Code on the poster or follow this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open position: Copyediting and article-layout design The Children’s Literature in English Language Education (CLELE) journal Deadline: 30 September 2025 Email: [email protected]

Proud to be a mentor for ALTA/SALT's 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program, for a translator of children's literature working from any South Asian language into English (based anywhere in the world). #xl8 #worldkidlit #kidlit #kidlituk #booksky

Hybrid lecture: The Spencer G. Shaw Lecture 2025 Cynthia Leitich Smith Husky Union Building, Room 250 University of Washington’s Seattle campus October 16, 2025, 7:30 PM-9:30 PM PT events.uw.edu/event/61eda3...

Call for Applications: Editorial Assistant International Research in Children’s Literature (IRCL) Deadline: 30 September 2025 Email: IRSCL President Sara Pankenier Weld at [email protected]

#CFP: Symposium CFP: Irish and Scottish Women Writers for Children, c. 1750-1940. Friday 12th December 2025, 9.30am – 5.30pm. The University of Edinburgh, UK. Deadline: 31 August 2025 Email: Lois Burke at [email protected]

Fellowship opportunity: Fellowship programme at the International Youth Library Munich Deadline: 30 September 2025 Website: www.ijb.de/en/fellowshi...

#CFP: Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature IRCL Special Congress Issue Deadline: November 1 2025 Email: Johari Murray ([email protected]) and Izaskun Elorza ([email protected]); and Roxanne Harde ([email protected])

#CFP: "Studio Ghibli Films and Beyond" Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura [Childhood: Literature and Culture] Deadline for full articles: January 4, 2026 Submit via the journal’s platform: www.journals.polon.uw.edu.pl/index.php/dlk Website: www.journals.polon.uw.edu.pl/index.php/dl...

Online Talk: Crossing Borders, Growing Citizens: Childhood and Nation-building in India by Samina Mishra Association for Children's Literature in South Asia 22 August 2025 7.30 p.m. IST / 7 a.m. PT To register, scan the QR Code on the poster or follow this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#CFP: "Mothers of the Magical Kingdom: Disney and Maternal Figures" Special Issue for The International Journal of Disney Studies Deadline for full articles: 1st May 2026 Email: Dr. Marissa Lammon – [email protected]; Dr. Ali Saha – [email protected]

We are glad to share the work of Sarah Caré (o.is.for.orange on Instagram), who was awarded a 2025 IRSCL Visual Conference Reporter Award at the 2025 IRSCL Congress. You can read her report here: www.flipbookpdf.net/web/site/524...

#CFP: "Children’s Literature and Graphic Narrative" Edited book, part of Routledge’s new series "Introductions to YA and Children’s Literature" Deadline for abstracts: 1 October 2025 Deadline for chapters' first drafts: 1 February 2026 Email: Alison Halsall [email protected]

#CFP: ChLA 2026 Call For Papers – "Imagined Spaces, Real Divides: Neighbors and Neighborhoods in Children's Literature, Media, and Culture" May 28-30, 2026 Omni William Penn Hotel ~ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Deadline: October 15, 2025 Website: www.childlitassn.org/2026-call-fo...

Call for Applications: International Research in Children’s Literature Early Career Researcher Board Deadline: 15 November 2025 Email: [email protected]

Dear colleagues and children's literature scholars, we are excited to present our new page on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/irscl We are glad to be there and look forward to sharing our CFPs and projects on that platform as well.

#CFP: Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature IRCL Special Congress Issue Deadline: November 1 2025 Email: Johari Murray ([email protected]) and Izaskun Elorza ([email protected]); and Roxanne Harde ([email protected])

Online conference: "The Multimedia Puppet: Illustrations from the Adventures of Pinocchio" The Carlo Collodi National Foundation in collaboration with Chapman University and The University of Iowa Saturday 5 July 2025 To attend online: www.youtube.com/live/PgPFi5u...

The 27th IRSCL Biennal Congress has just started! Don't forget to follow it on the official channels www.instagram.com/irscl2025_sa... and x.com/irscl2025_usal!

Dear IRSCL members, The 27th IRSCL congress starts tomorrow! You can find the updated programme here: irscl2025salamanca.usal.es/english-prog... See you in Salamanca!

As part of the 27th Biennial Congress of the IRSCL, the Library of the Faculty of Philology at the University of Salamanca is hosting a special temporary exhibition. Come explore a rich selection of picturebooks and scholarly works about migration. Palominos 28, Salamanca

A group of Erasmus Mundus students have just launched a web magazine! SLIDING magazine showcases their creativity, critical thinking, and passion for young people’s literature, media and culture. You can check their work in the following link: slidingmagazine.com

Hybrid talk: Reading Worlds: Exploring Identity, Justice, and Multimodality in Children's and Young Adult Texts The Children’s Literature and Literacies Team at the School of Education, University of Glasgow Tuesday, June 17, 2025 10:00 – 12:00 PM (GMT) www.tickettailor.com/events/eliza...