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Episode: The Pollard Collection of Children’s Books: Panel One
Description: Recorded  November 14th, 2025.
Dr Pádraic Whyte
The History of Harry Spencer: Paul Pollard and the beginnings of Irish Children’s Literature
Dr Maggie Masterson
Paul Pollard's anti-canon of unknown and uninteresting books
Prof. Aileen Douglas
The ‘new literature of animals’ and the Pollard Collection
Recorded as part of The Pollard Collection of Children’s Books: A Symposium
This collaboration between the School of English and Trinity College Library brought together a range of experts to discuss the history, significance, and impact of the Collection.
The Collection is one of the most important children's book collections in the world and contains o...