Monday, July 08, 2013

The Philippa Pearce Memorial Lectur

The Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture: celebrating excellence in children’s literature

July Newsletter

Booking is now open for the 2013 lecture, to be given by Kevin Crossley-Holland and entitled: FOOTPRINTS ON THE GRASS: SPEAKING OF GARDENS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS. 

The lecture will be at 5:00pm on the 5th of September, Homerton College, Cambridge

You can reserve a place by visiting the booking page at www.pearcelecture.com

The Philippa Pearce Memorial Lecture website has been redesigned. It now includes a blog on the front page, which we hope to keep regularly updated. If you have booked a ticket with us before, you will find that the booking page has changed somewhat too.


PHILIPPA PEARCE died in 2006, but respect and affection for her writing is as strong as ever. In her memory, a series of lectures is now underway, each intended to celebrate excellence in writing for children and to emphasize its continuing vital importance.  

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