Symposium 2014

Writing the Past: Yesterday Was Once Today

A Symposium at Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont, November 14-16, 2014

Presenters at the Symposium will include: M. T. Anderson, Susan Cooper, Sarah Ellis, Shane Evans, Jack Gantos, Katherine Paterson, Elizabeth Partridge, Neal Porter, Leda Schubert, Barbara Scotto, Brian Selznick, Robin Smith, Suzanne Fisher Staples, and Deborah Taylor.

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Mythic Journey 2015

Join us for an exhilarating journey that includes an online course and a study tour to Greece. We will read and discuss early Greek literature and its timeless and universal importance in the education of young people.

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Email Barbara Scotto, CLNE Liaison, for more information.

Course starts January 10, 2015 and study tour is scheduled for April 17-26, 2015.

"A Visit With Ashley Bryan"
Inaugural Show, Ashley Bryan Center!

This July, a celebration of Ashley Bryan’s work opened on the Maine island Bryan calls home. Housed in Acadia National Park’s Islesford Historical Museum on Little Cranberry Island, the exhibit “A Visit With Ashley Bryan” is the inaugural event of the Ashley Bryan Center, established in 2013. The free summer show runs daily this summer to Sept. 30, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through August; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in September (except Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). The island is reached by a short ferry ride or water taxi from Mount Desert Island.

• To read the press release, click here
• For more information about the exhibit, click here
• For more information about the Ashley Bryan Center click here or email Donna Gold

Brian Selznick
Congratulations!

Brian Selznick will present the 2015 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Author and illustrator Brian Selznick will be speaking at the 2014 CLNE Symposium in November. He also presented at the 2008 CLNE Colloquy. Among his award-winning works are illustrations for two Sibert Honor Books and a Caldecott Honor Book. His work, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, was awarded the 2008 Caldecott Medal.

Walter Dean Myers
In Memoriam

With a sense of great loss, we announce that Walter Dean Myers died on July 1, 2014 at the age of 76. Myers was the author of more than 100 books. HIs works were honest, entertaining and dramatic. He was a tireless advocate for reading and for books that reflect the lives and backgrounds of contemporary children and teens. In 2012 he was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. He was awarded the Coretta Scott King Award six times, was a three-time finalist for the National Book Award (young adult literature) and twice received a Newbery Honor. We were delighted that Myers was a speaker at Am I My Brother's Keeper?, the 2002 CLNE Summer Institute at Radcliffe College of Harvard University.

Please click here to see the announcement from Harper Collins.

Frances Foster
In Memoriam

It is with sadness that we note the passing of Frances Foster, inspirational editor and staunch and enthusiastic supporter of CLNE. In 2002, at the summer institute AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?, held at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA, she delivered the Heins Memorial Lecture. As a frequent participant in our institutes, she was welcoming and open to all who approached her, listening with that slight tilt of her head and her gracious smile. She offered wise words of support and was prompt to promote new ideas. Many of her authors and illustrators came to CLNE through her generous support. She will be remembered with affection for all that she gave to the CLNE family.

John Rowe Townsend
In Memoriam

John Rowe Townsend, of Cambridge, England, died on March 24th. He was a prominent scholar and lecturer in the field of children's literature. He was also the author of many novels for young people. Respected and beloved by many CLNE participants, he was a lecturer at Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature, a former Adjunct Board member of Children's LIterature New England, Inc. and a frequent speaker at Children's Literature New England symposia. Our deep condolences are offered to his wife, Jill Paton Walsh. Please read his obituary from the Guardian.