Talk:Children's Literature Lecture Award

What happened in 1969?

The official page (ref name=about) states: "When accepting the award in 1969, she recalled 'that long stretch of years ...'" We now quote that here without the lead-in "When accepting the award in 1969".

Evidently interpreting the same source, we say in the biography May Hill Arbuthnot: "In the inaugural lecture, Arbuthnot spoke of the importance ..."

It is a natural interpretation of [ref name=about] that Arbuthnot delivered the inaugural lecture as the first recipient of the honor. But the official list of winners (and ours) identifies the first honorary lecturer as Margery Fisher in 1970.

Arbuthnot died in October 1969, so she did not introduce the 1970 inaugural lecture in person. Broadly, what happened may be that she was named the first honorary lecturer aka "Award recipient" but died before the event (probably the 1970, perhaps late 1969), perhaps after writing a version of her intended lecture. It may be that she was informed in 1969 of the award/lecture's creation in her honor and she formally accepted not the first rendition of the honor but the honor of its being named for her.

--P64 (talk) 20:19, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Children's literature

The lecture should be "a significant contribution to the field of children's literature" (nonfiction). Some recipients are recognized for such work in the field. Some for practical work such as children's library organization(?). Some for writing or otherwise producing children's books, the object of study and practice in the field.

I suppose that most blue links are writers and illustrators; most of the black links are not. --P64 (talk) 15:09, 4 May 2013 (UTC)