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SUMMARY:Marvellous Margaret Mahy: A Tribute - Catherine Butler\, Universit
 y of the West of England\; Adrienne Gavin\, Canterbury Christchurch Univer
 sity\; Elizabeth Hale\, University of New England (Australia) \; Alison Wa
 ller\, University of Roehampton
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Margaret Mahy (1936-2012)\, who passed away in July\, was New 
 Zealand’s most lively and distinguished writers of literature for childr
 en and young adults.  She wrote in a wide range of genres—novels\, poetr
 y\, picture books\, chapter books\, history and drama\, and with a continu
 al and joyful inventiveness of expression.  \n\nHer work was recognized in
  her lifetime by the Hans Christian Andersen medal\, the Order of New Zeal
 and\, the Carnegie Medal (for her supernatural coming of age novels\, The 
 Haunting and The Changeover)\, as well as many other awards.  And she was 
 much loved by her readers\, for works such as A Lion in the Meadow\; The B
 oy Who Was Followed Home\; The Tricksters\; Aliens in the Family\; Kaitang
 ata Twitch\; Alchemy\; Down the Back of the Chair.\n\nIt seems appropriate
  to pay tribute to this wonderful writer\, whose work was appreciated arou
 nd the globe\, and whose depth of thought and breadth of imagination have 
 greatly enriched the literary world of readers young and old.   \n\nYou ar
 e therefore invited to attend a tribute workshop\, held at the Cambridge/H
 omerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children’s Literature.  In this
  workshop\, British and New Zealand experts in the field of children’s l
 iterature will give talks on Mahy’s work.   Talks will be followed by a 
 round-table discussion about Mahy’s unique contribution to the world of 
 children’s literature.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nCatherine Butler\, University of 
 the West of England:\n‘The Librarian of Babel’\n\nAdrienne Gavin\, Can
 terbury Christchurch University:\n‘Kiwi Ingenuity: Margaret Mahy\, New Z
 ealand Mythmaker.’\n\nElizabeth Hale\, University of New England (Austra
 lia):\n'Security and Danger\, Magic and Mystery\, and the Marvels of Marga
 ret Mahy.'\n\nAlison Waller\, University of Roehampton:\n'Margaret Mahy an
 d Metaphors of Memory'\n\n\nFor further information\, and to register to a
 ttend\, please contact Elizabeth Hale\,  Visiting Scholar\, Faculty of Edu
 cation\, Cambridge University:  eh458@cam.ac.uk.  \n
LOCATION:Mary Allan Building room 104\, Homerton College\, Hills Road\, Ca
 mbridge CB2 8PQ
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