Professional criticism of children’s literature would be a topic I’d follow with interest to the ends of the Earth. Alas, the sole panel I could find on this topic at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair was entirely based on American and English criticism and a mere half an hour long. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the panelists in question included our own esteemed homegrown critic Leonard Marcus, featured alongside author/critic Michele Roberts.
Here’s a quick rundown of the d...
Published on March 22, 2022 09:48