Jacqueline Wilson Festival

Reading Jacqueline Wilson Conference

Creator of Tracy Beaker and one of Britain's top writers for children, there’s hardly a young person in the UK that hasn’t heard of Jacqueline Wilson. The most borrowed author in Britain's libraries, over 30 million copies of Wilson's books have been sold in the UK alone and they have been translated into 34 different languages. Amongst her awards are the Smarties Prize, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Royal TV Society Best Children's Fiction Award. Jacqueline was Children’s Laureate from 2005-07 and was awarded an OBE in 2002 for services to literacy in schools. In 2008 she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson when she was awarded a DBE.

This one-day conference on 20th October 2011 celebrates the work of children’s writer Jacqueline Wilson as part of the Jacqueline Wilson Festival at the University of Central Lancashire. The conference will be preceded by a public event by Jacqueline Wilson and a workshop by illustrator Nick Sharratt on 18th & 19th October.

Jacqueline herself will be attending some of the conference.

Call for Papers (Proforma for submitting a proposal)

The deadline for proposals is 30th November 2010.  If you have any questions about the academic conference please email Helen Day HFDay@uclan.ac.uk . Any queries about the festival should be directed to Debbie Williams DJWilliams1@uclan.ac.uk .

Jacqueline Wilson webpage http://www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk/

Nick Sharratt webpage http://www.nicksharratt.com/