Movable Book Society Conference (2023) – Review by Jaqueline Reid-Walsh
From September 28 to October 1, the Movable Book Society held its biannual conference in Cleveland USA. In a much-appreciated hybrid mode, I attended the Saturday presentations virtually. The engaging presentations provided insight into this wide-ranging group. The first three were pedagogical. Doctoral Student Jodie Coates presented her dissertation “Paper-Engineered Poetry and Pedagogy.” She organized her virtual talk by age-based government standards but with associated creative projects. She referenced a new article “The paper engineered Pumpkin King” https://academic.oup.com/adaptation/advance-article/doi/10.1093/adaptation/apad031/7281583 Next was Liz Garcia’s video-taped sharing of her book A-Z Words. Notably, she chose words and mechanisms that defined and enacted the meanings. A live...
