Republicofchildhood

Republic of Childhood co-founder, Aidan Wilson, examines the role of student activism in fighting the climate crisis with Alexis Benns in this video of their interview for the Writers Festival radio Podcast.

Don’t miss this conversation between Neil Wilson and Iceland’s Andri Snaer Magnason on climate, social change and the power of the imagination Andri is an acclaimed activist, author and filmmaker. The Casket of Time is a fantastical tale of time travel and environmental calamity. Teenage Sigrun is sick of all the apocalyptic news about the situation" and, worse, her parents' obsession with it. Sigrun's family - along with everyone else - decides to hibernate in their TimeBoxes(Reg TM), hoping for someone else to fix the world's problems . But when Sigrun's TimeBox(Reg TM) opens too early, she discovers an abandoned city overrun by wilderness and joins a band of kids who are helping a researcher named Grace solve the "situation." https://writersfestival.org//republic-of-childhood-the-cas

November 20 is Universal Children’s Day and the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. To celebrate we are launching our fourth Republic of Childhood season with an exciting program of interviews of writers by students, conversations with young activists and innovative educators weighing in on amplifying the voices and concerns of children and youth. Today's episode of the podcast celebrates two of Canada’s most acclaimed writers for y...oung readers. Governor General’s Award winner Kenneth Oppel takes questions from Ottawa students about his latest, Hatch, book two of the Bloom Trilogy and Governor General's Award winner Deborah Ellis discusses her new novel, The Greats, with Alan Cumyn, winner of winner of the Mr. Christie’s Book Award for children’s literature. https://writersfestival.org//fal/writing-for-young-readers

"The self-knowledge trans kids have also challenges the notion that young people don’t know what’s best for themselvesa belief that seeps into many of the legal structures that impact the lives of young people."

Join us tonight at 7pm for our final Youth Forum session exploring how to make the margins visible and accessible. Don't miss out - register for free now: http://bit.ly/yf-fri-night

Whose voices are included in literacy and story telling? Join us this Friday as we explore how intersectional issues of gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity and more impact whose perspectives are centered and whose is sidelined in literacy. Register for free now: http://bit.ly/yf-fri-night