Maggie Chan

So thrilled that my story, The Map We Followed (Sort Of) has won second place out of the 595 entries! A Million thanks to @IAmInPrint @LittleTigerUK. A forgetful grandpa, a questionable treasure map and the small adventures help us hold on to each other, even when memories fade.

A brilliant week in June at the 27th IRSCL Congress, University of Salamanca, where I presented ‘Flowing Borders: Disability Representation, Water Metaphors and Liminal Spaces in Contemporary Picturebooks’! #IRSCLCongress #ChildrensLiterature #Picturebooks #DisabilityStudies

We are beyond grateful for our continued partnership with the lovely team at @LittleTigerUK for sponsoring and judging the I Am Writing Picture Books category. The team loved reading their entries and are super excited to announce their winners here! Well done, everyone!

Delighted to share that my review of Speech and Silence in Contemporary Children’s Literature by Danielle E. Price is now out in International Research in Children’s Literature: euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/ir…

@clpe1 @lantanapub 🎈

Today we have an exciting chance to win a copy of 'The Playdate' by Uje Brandelius, and published by @lantanapub. To enter drop a 🎈 below. Good luck! T&C's on our website.

Happy #WorldDownSyndromeDay ! It can be hard to find children's books featuring characters with Down Syndrome so here are some I'd like to recommend. #WDSD25 Inclusive Children's Literature: A Focus on Down Syndrome alibrarylady.blog/2025/03/21/inc…

'The Power and Pleasures of Reading: How Books Can Engage, Empower and Enrich Us' Please join me to celebrate all things books and reading! 😍 Online or in-person: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le…… @scottishbktrust @Literacy_Trust @Booktrust @lal_edscot @EdinCityofLit @WorldBookDayUK

Thrilled our 'Reading for Pleasure' book is out!!😃 It focuses on understanding readers, texts, pedagogies and contexts supportive of RfP 😊Huge thanks to our brilliant contributors! 👇 @TeresaCremin @OpenUni_RfP @The_UKLA @MorayHouse

'So that's really the core of reading. It gives you an understanding and an insight and maybe hopefully an empathy into those experiences that you were not gonna have yourself' Our @LeverhulmeTrust reading/wellbeing research with @scottishbktrust is out: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

'The Power and Pleasures of Reading' Join me for a public lecture celebrating the empowering and enriching effects of reading books, and how we can work collectively to foster a love of reading. 23rd April -in-person/online: eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-le… @MorayHouse @EdinburghUni

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Tomorrow we release our annual #ReflectingRealities report, exploring representation of racialized minorities in UK children’s literature. Find all our previous research so far on our website. ow.ly/ufRj50UgAZt

📢The new @clpe1 #ReflectingRealities report shows a decrease in the number of racially minoritised characters in UK children's books⁠. The latest survey shows a drop to just 17% of titles published in 2023, compared with 30% in 2022.⁠ Find out more clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-…

Delighted that our newest paper with @clareuytman & Catriona Rennie is now published open access -- @QMUToyResearch Unlocking imaginations: lessons learnt from using story stem completion with young children buff.ly/490OYTg

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We are back with another Online Symposia! Please join us on 11th December 3pm GMT for talks from @jiya_pandya, @vishinair5, and @_AnkitaMishra on disability in the geopolitical south. Get your tickets here: buytickets.at/disabilitymatt…

Out on the 3rd December - my Disability Studies (third edition) published by Sage.

UK Disability History Month starts today, focussing on work and unemployment. There is good and bad to reflect on: ukdhm.org. In happier news, I've had three books reflecting on disability for children out this year (details below) 1/ #ukdhm

🥳 New paper introducing neurodiversity research...for kids! With @cjcrompton @KatieCebula @SueReviews Frontiers for Young Minds is an open scientific journal where kids review alongside adults, making ideas accessible. Great classroom resource! kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Upcoming @UoELiteracyLab talk on Neurodivergent Representation in YA Fiction, with @charlwebber_ . Sharing our research with @scottishbktrust @Booktrust @Literacy_Trust + others. Librarians, teachers and authors - please join us! 26th Nov, sign up below blogs.ed.ac.uk/literacylab/ev…