The School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) iSchool@UBC will be hosting Jim Silverman at UBC. In his talk, Jim Silverman shares stories and pictures from children’s literary fairy tales published in California between 1868 and 1945. They range from a classic fairy tale biography of a Gold Rush eccentric called Emperor Norton, to libidinous tales spun and illustrated by a feminist-actress-mother of 10, to an Art Deco tale with a mortuary advertisement, and tales in which fairies promote a child radio star and pitch commercial products and kids discover the magic that happens by looking through a strip of colour film.
About the speaker: Jim Silverman is a librarian and historian of children and their books. Partnering with educator, Vicki Whiting, he wrote a popular newspaper feature about children in California history and supplements for The New York Times about children in New York. Jim is a Young Adult Librarian in the San Francisco Bay Area and known for grassroots programs that bring music and dance into the reading room, keeping alive the spirit of growing up in New Orleans.
Wednesday, March 27th, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Room 461, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, UBC