The IBBY UK 2025 Conference

Whose History? Challenging historical narratives through writing for children and young people.

• What stories do we tell children about the past? 
• From whose point of view are these stories told? 
• Whose lives are considered to be important and are retrievable from the records? 
• What are historical facts and who gets to interpret them?

This year’s IBBY UK conference will explore these questions.

This is an in-person event and a sandwich lunch will be provided, but tickets to follow proceedings online are also available.

Programme:

9.30 – 9.50   Registration

9.50 – 10   Welcome and Introduction to the day

10 – 10.45   Farrah Serroukh

10.45 – 11.30   Chris Haughton

11.30 - 12.30   Panel: Gita Ralleigh (Chair), Bali Rai, Candy Gourlay

12.30 – 12.45   IBBY UK report

12.45 – 1.45   Lunch and Bookshop

1.45– 2.30   Darren Chetty & Karen Sands O’Connor

2.30 – 3.30   Panel: Sandra Agard (Chair), Catherine Johnson, J. T. Williams

3.30 – 4.15   Michael Rosen

4.15 – 4.30   Concluding remarks