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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 1d

#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])

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 2d

#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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 3d

#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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 5d

#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])

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 7d

#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/...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 10d

#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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 12d

#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/...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 13d

#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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 15d

#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

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 17d

#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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 18d

#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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 19d

#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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 25d

#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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Sep 10

#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/

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Sep 6

#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]

International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

American Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 The 2026 Emerging Translator Mentorship Program submission portals are open!

The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an experienced translator and an emerging translator.

Apply by 11/30: buff.ly/cpduT69

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Aug 24

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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Aug 23

#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]

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

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