Various things in my work recently have made me aware that while I'm on board in theory with the aim of having a more representative children's literature, in practice a lot of my knowledge (and thus my work) is centred around a canon which is still predominantly white and also surprisingly male (relative to the gender balance in cl as a whole ( Read more... )

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I just found unmistakeable evidence of American books being Anglicised for a British market. Whoever heard of a peanut butter and jam sandwich? It's all wrong.

I swear they never used to do this *grumps away*

Saturday, Saturday. I had every intention of sleeping through till noon today, as yesterday the cold which has been threatening for weeks finally hit. Predictably, it being the weekend, I woke up at ten. Still, I rebelled against the implication that I should have a productive day and have thus far failed to get out of bed. I've been reading fic ( Read more... )