Kate Wakely-Mulroney

The Children’s Literature Association says that books for the young have long reflected “the privileging of dominant religions,” among other problematic worldviews. This got me thinking about one of the problems with children’s literature studies today. 🧵

@alicentweetland Can’t wait to read your chapter! Your paper on fishy riddles was fascinating.

@DrMichelleSmith @uniofeastanglia @mariamtatar @UEAPublishing He’s totally new to me — really looking forward to reading this!

Happy to recommend a collaborative project between staff and students at @uniofeastanglia , an edition of Frank Stockton’s The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales (1887). Personally pleased to see my endorsement alongside those of Jack Zipes and @mariamtatar @UEAPublishing

… but is rhyme incompatible with depth? Rhyme provides aesthetic pleasure and intellectual stimulation for young readers. It’s sad to see such a lack of stylistic diversity in the judges’ selections.

🧵 Each children’s book included in this year’s The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry is written in free verse (one contains a smidgen of blank verse). The chosen works are valued for their profound, meaningful language… muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

One of my biggest concerns right now about AI in the classroom is how AI views writing. Writing = a mundane chore that AI can eliminate; generic writing is fine. If we’re not careful, the tool controls our narratives about the value of writing, both the process and the product.

@CMBurlinson I had exactly the same reaction! Such intensity sustained for so long — what an experience!

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@NTU_English @ntu_humanities @uoyeducation 🌏⏰ (Please note that the timing on the poster refers to Singapore): 🇸🇬 SGT: Tues Sept 10 15:00 🇬🇧 BST: Tues Sept 10 8:00 🇩🇪 CEST: Tues Sept 10 9:00 🇮🇳 IST: Tues Sept 10 12:30 🇹🇼 CST: Tues Sept 10 15:00 🇦🇺 AET: Tues Sept 10 17:00

Interested in children’s literature and the activity of reading? Then join me on Sept 12 for a talk by Dr. Clementine Beauvais (York, UK) titled, “Reading Out Loud for Literary Education?” The talk will be held via Zoom, with times and registration link below. All are welcome!

Registration link: ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-event…

🌏⏰ (Please note that the timing on the poster refers to Singapore): 🇸🇬 SGT: Tues Sept 10 15:30 🇬🇧 BST: Tues Sept 10 8:30 🇩🇪 CEST: Tues Sept 10 9:30 🇮🇳 IST: Tues Sept 10 13:00 🇹🇼 CST: Tues Sept 10 15:30 🇦🇺 AET: Tues Sept 10 17:30

Please join me on September 10th for a talk by Professor Matthew Bevis (Oxford) titled “Echoing Laughter in Victorian Poetry.” The talk will be held via Zoom, with international times and registration link below. All are welcome! @NTU_English @ntu_humanities @engfac

@cptrigg 😂

If the Americans want us to return the Elgin Marbles to Greece, they should return these to us first.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s “Original Stories from Real Life” is an incredibly powerful book. Among many profound lessons, she urges children not to be suspicious of people begging in the streets, “for I would rather be deceived five hundred times, than doubt without reason.”

“Officially, the version for use at the Olympics has different lyrics, but as only the music was broadcast, Taiwanese fans belted out the actual lyrics of the island’s flag anthem as Lee and Wang held back tears on the podium.”

Singapore friends, come to the launch of my book "Memories of Unbelonging" (@UHPRESSNEWS 2023) on Friday, 30 August 2024 from 4-6pm! The book will be launched Abidin Kusno of York University, discussed by @taomo_zhou of NUS and moderated by @yyortiga eventbrite.sg/e/book-launch-…

@taomo_zhou @NUSingapore Congratulations on this next step! We will miss you, though!

Starting my first day of work @NUSingapore as Associate Prof in Chinese Studies and Dean's Chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences zhoutaomo.com

@RobGMacfarlane @jackiemorris Many congratulations — I can’t wait for this!

@danjohnsonhymns @BunyanSociety Many congratulations!

I’m astounded that my essay, ‘Isaac Watts and the Crisis of Dissenting Christology’, has won the Roger F. Poole Early Career Researcher award from the @BunyanSociety

“Convicted students who were formerly jailed are concerned about whether schools will accept them. Some institutions have been unsupportive of their students after they were arrested, Yau said.”