Literacy

The 48th UKLA International Conference

Crossing Places: Literacy, Life and School

University of Leicester
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July 2012

2011 Winning Article

Grounded literacies: the power of listening to, telling and performing community stories
Christine Hall, Pat Thomson
(Volume 44, Issue 2, July 2010)

Highly Commended

Reasons for reading: why literature matters
Gabrielle Cliff Hodges
(Volume 44, Issue 2, July 2010)

For more information and to view past winners, visit the UKLA website.

A themed edition of Literacy on Narrative

Edited by Bronwyn Davies and Gabrielle Cliff Hodges

Contributors are invited to submit articles that focus on narrative and literacy from different theoretical, pedagogical, practical, policy and/or research perspectives. Read more details here.

Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2012

Read the most recent Special Issue online:

Literacy and Politics
Edited by Janet Soler and Andrew Lambirth
Volume 45, Issue 3, November 2011

Previous Special Issues include:

Power of the Text

Guest edited by Vivienne Smith and Margaret Mackey

Volume 44, Issue 2, July 2010

Literacy and Identity
Guest Edited by Guy Merchant and Victoria Carrington
Volume 43, Issue 2, July 2009

Literacy as a Complex Activity
Guest Edited byMyra Barrs,Gordon Pradl,Kathy HallandHenrietta Dombey

Volume 42, Issue 2, July 2008