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Editors’ Letter, Volume 1, Issue 2
Leaf Journal, 2023 Managing Editors Elen Caldecott and Lucy Cuthew introduce the articles and papers presented in this issue of 'Leaf Journal', many of which were presented at our inaugural conference.
Lucy Cuthew, Elen Caldecott
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Don’t Look Back In Anger: The Mythic World-building of Melinda Salisbury’s Her Dark Wings
Leaf Journal, 2023 Through a close reading of Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury and Ash Bond’s own work-in-progress this article examines the use of mythology as a megatext.
Ash Bond
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On Writing for Young People Conference 2023, Keynote Speech
Leaf Journal, 2023 A full transcript of Prof Emerita Julia Green’s keynote speech at the Leaf Journal’s ‘On Writing Conference 2023’. Julia sets out the origins of the discipline of Creative Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University and beyond.
Julia Green
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Leaf Journal, 2023 In recent years, Young Adult (YA) fiction has – following its speculative adult counterparts – seen an influx of feminist dystopias. With this increase, comes a vast assortment of patriarchal systems created to coerce and control young female ...
Sophie Clarke
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Reimagining “Beauty”: Young Adult Fairytale Retellings in Perpetuation of & Resistance to Patriarchy
Leaf Journal, 2023 In recent years, Young Adult (YA) fiction has – following its speculative adult counterparts – seen an influx of feminist dystopias. With this increase, comes a vast assortment of patriarchal systems created to coerce and control young female ...
Zoe Marriott
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Travelling Through Time on My Quest to be a Children’s Author
Leaf Journal, 2023 In her quest to become a published children’s author, Charlotte Teeple-Salas explores why she is compelled to write time-slip stories, and whether their appeal in the publishing industry is a passing trend, cyclical or enduring.
Charlotte Teeple-Salas
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Leaf Journal, 2023 This is a paper to open discussion about the representation of animals in children’s fiction. Arguing that the destruction of animal habitats and the reduction of non-human species intersect with colonial practice, the author looks at the tradition of ...
Mimi Thebo
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The Niagara Effect: Reimagining Emotional Intensity in Young Adult Writing
Leaf Journal, 2023 Contemporary Young Adult (YA) fiction often aims to capture and generate “emotional intensity,” which is held to be an inherent feature of the teenage experience.
Noah Weisz
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Book Lengths and Target Age Groups: Writing for Young People in Regions Outside the UK and US
Leaf Journal, 2023 Most guidelines for writers for young people concerning book lengths and target age groups found online and taught in creative writing courses are, understandably, geared towards the UK and US markets.
Kristien Potgieter
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Challenging Perceptions of Disability through Performance Poetry Methods: The "Seen but Seldom Heard" Project. [PDF]
, 2014 This paper considers performance poetry as a method to explore lived experiences of disability. We discuss how poetic inquiry used within a participatory arts-based research framework can enable young people to collectively question society’s ...
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