The Canadian Literature Discussion Group now invites proposals for two panels planned for the MLA 2015 conference in Vancouver, including one collaborative panel organized with the Children’s Literature Division. The due date for both is March 15th.

Visual Cultures and Young People’s Texts in Canada

Exploring visual culture produced by, for, and about young people in Canada, including comics, animation, picture books, photography, and digital forms. Abstracts (350 words) by 15 March 2014; Catherine Tosenberger (ctosen@gmail.com) and Jennifer Blair (jennifer.blair@uottawa.ca).

Coastal Canada

Papers on Canada’s coasts as/through: bioregions, shipping terminals, ports of entry/departure, stewardship, Pacific Rim/Transatlantic/Trans-Arctic relations, seaside-inland connections, First Nations perspectives, exploration, climate change, coastal labor, coastal cities. Abstracts (250 words) by 15 March 2014; Jennifer Blair (jennifer.blair@uottawa.ca).