Wednesday 9th October 2013: 'An Exploration of the Management of 'Risk' in Young Adult Fiction: Caught in the Crossfire (Alan
Gibbons) and Un-arranged Marriage(Bali Rai)'. Kim Gilligan (University of Sunderland).
Wednesday 6th November 2013: Dr Helen Freshwater (Newcastle University). 'Consuming Childhoods: Work, Pleasure and the Performing child'.
Wednesday 4th December 2013 at
5.00pm: '"Song is the Magic Cape": Thomas Pynchon's Influence on
Popular Music'. Dr Barry Lewis (University of Sunderland).