L5 Possibility Room
From the Golden Age to Librarian’s Nightmare: Illustrated Books Over the Years

Leonard Marcus (Historian, Writer, Book Critic, Exhibition Curator)

What makes a picture book a picture book? How has shifting societal values changed the stories that are told in picture books? Leonard Marcus goes back to past to trace the evolution of picture books into what we recognise today as some of our most beloved children’s literature.

Part of: Writers & Illustrators Conference