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The Philippa Pearce Lecture 2025
In loving memory of Morag Styles VALERIE BLOOM 'Myself in a Poem' 5pm, Thursday 17th April
Homerton College, Cambridge PLEASE NOTE THE NEW DATE We are were all greatly saddened that the founder of the Philippa Pearce Lecture, Morag Styles, died in December 2024.
This year's lecture will therefore be held in loving memory of Morag and in celebration of her life and work. Morag was Professor of Children's Poetry at the University of Cambridge, and one of her proudest achievements was the Caribbean Poetry Project, which brought together poets, scholar and teachers from the Caribbean and the UK. So we are thrilled to announce that Valerie Bloom will be our speaker for this special event. Please note that this lecture is aimed at an adult audience and may not be suitable for children. Juno Dawson was unable to give this year's lecture, as previously announced, so this event will take place on a future date.
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Valerie Bloom MBE is the author of several volumes of poetry for adults and children, picture books, pre-teen and teenage novels and stories for children, and has edited several collections of children’s poetry. She has presented poetry programmes for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4, as wells as contributing to many other radio and television programmes.
Valerie’s poetry has been featured in ‘Poems on the Underground’, included in the GCSE and Caribbean exam syllabuses, and selected for over 600 anthologies. Her many awards include a Nestlé Smarties bronze award for Fruits and the 2022 CLiPPA award for Stars With Flaming Tails. She is also the winner of the Voice Community Award for Literature and has an Honorary Master’s degree from the University of Kent. In 2008 she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours. Now living in Kent, Valerie performs her poetry and runs writing workshops and training for teachers in schools, libraries and universities around the world. |
