LRB Winter Lectures | Katherine Rundell: What is Children’s Literature for?
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Children’s literature possesses a unique power that can unexpectedly illuminate the human imagination. When taken authoritatively, it has the ability to not only educate but also transform and inspire. The discussion revolves around how children's fiction operates and the potential it holds for society today.
Katherine Rundell serves as a fellow at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, in addition to being a contributing editor at the LRB. She has received numerous accolades for her children's novels, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. Her literary contributions for adults feature Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize, as well as Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old And Wise.
This year, other lectures in the Winter series include:
Wednesday 22 January: Anne Carson: Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind
Friday 14 February: Perry Anderson: Regime Change in the West
This is the fourteenth year of the annual ‘London Review of Books’ Winter Lectures, which have featured notable discussions from prominent figures such as Judith Butler, Hilary Mantel, and Mary Beard, among others.
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