Participants

Dr Evelyn Arizpe, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Prof Shirley Brice Heath, King's College London

Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian's Children's Books Editor

Dr Maureen Farrell, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine Story Centre, UK

Prue Goodwin, Independent Consultant on Literacy Education and Children’s Books

Prof Peter Hunt, Emeritus Professor

Prof Maria Nikolajeva, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge

Prof Kim Reynolds, Professor of Children's Literature, University of Newcastle

Dr Vivienne Smith, University of Strathclyde

Prof Morag Styles, Professor of Children’s Poetry, University of Cambridge

Dr Sylvia Warnecke, The Open University

Prof Jean Webb, Director of the International Centre for Research in Children's

Literature, Literacy and Creativity, University of Worcester