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Call for Papers: Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association

Call for Papers Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association, English Department of Soochow University Contact email: tclra101@gmail.com Children’s literature as a field of academic study has grown steadily in Taiwan over the past several years. Many other Asian nations have also seen a concerted interest in both the production and criticism of literature for young people. This interest has given rise to the creation of the Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association (TLRCA), a distinctly Taiwanese organization in the process of formation that is dedicated to the study of children’s and young adult literature. The first action of the TLRCA is this conference, held in conjunction with the Children’s Literature Association (ChLA), that seeks to unite Asian scholars of children’s literature with each other and with scholars from regions where the study of children’s literature has had a longer tradition. By focusing the theme for this conference on “the Child in the Book” we wi