05-29-2019, 09:01 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48437458
Children's authors and illustrators are failing to get recognition, despite huge sales, The Gruffalo writer Julia Donaldson has said.
Speaking at the Hay Festival, she said new books risked going out of print unless the creator had star appeal.
Donaldson has written 200 books, including fiction for young adults and picture books.
But, she said her contemporaries were "certainly not getting the press coverage they deserve".
She added: "There are some great authors and illustrators out there, but because of the way that there are so few bookshops now, and not so many libraries, and that big online companies have taken over, it's a bit much.
Well, there are a few who have managed to obtain recognition in recent years: J.K. Rowling is the most obvious example, but others (like Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson) have managed it.
However, I do hope that celebrities (like David Walliams) don't just completely take over children's literature. All that'll do is reinforce the stigma of it as a 'lesser' branch of literature, rather than a distinct field which requires its own particular skills.
Children's authors and illustrators are failing to get recognition, despite huge sales, The Gruffalo writer Julia Donaldson has said.
Speaking at the Hay Festival, she said new books risked going out of print unless the creator had star appeal.
Donaldson has written 200 books, including fiction for young adults and picture books.
But, she said her contemporaries were "certainly not getting the press coverage they deserve".
She added: "There are some great authors and illustrators out there, but because of the way that there are so few bookshops now, and not so many libraries, and that big online companies have taken over, it's a bit much.
Well, there are a few who have managed to obtain recognition in recent years: J.K. Rowling is the most obvious example, but others (like Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson) have managed it.
However, I do hope that celebrities (like David Walliams) don't just completely take over children's literature. All that'll do is reinforce the stigma of it as a 'lesser' branch of literature, rather than a distinct field which requires its own particular skills.
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