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A collection of links, some of them related to recent posts and things of interest, some that I came across quite some time ago.

Swallows and Amazons memorobilia here!

A critical review of Diana Wynne Jones's The Game (in lieu of my thoughts which I never did write up) by a DWJ fan.

Author Hilary Mantel talks about looking for female role models in 19th century novels
with specific reference to Jo March, Katy Carr and Jane Eyre, discussiong her childish reaction to them, and some other aspects, such as the picture of contemporary London and interaction with real personages in What Katy Did Next.

A nice description of 'Remembering my best find'. I don't hink I can remember a best find so clearly, but I do know from experience that it's always worth trying even the least promising shop.

A review of the production of Daisy Pulls it Off that I saw.

Greyladies a new publishing venture that's just registered on me radar - Girls Gone By's older sister? - that I'm definitely interested in.

Wikipedia's potted history of Josephine Elder.

ETA: I nearly forgot, Happy Easter!
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Resources:
Ju Gosling's wonderful The Virtual World of Girls, which kept me interested throughout last summer, particularly The History of Girls School Stories. It's very comprehensive and interesting, even though I'm unconvinced by certain arguments. (The later portion, about technology and its implications is already really dated.)

Livejournal communities:
[livejournal.com profile] girlsown This community is devoted to vintage girls' fiction, mostly British and Australian. Think Brent-Dyer rather than Betsy-Tacy!

[livejournal.com profile] new_atalanta This is a community for articles, discussion, character studies and reviews – all directly related to Girls' Fiction. [...] New Atalanta is a group blog [...] Participants are asked to make 'post proposals' - book reviews; character studies; articles or essays on individual books or series, or on themes across series; graphics; recs and links to fic or to other people's meta.

Collecting Books and Magazines - wide-ranging information available here on Abbey, Biggles, Billabong, Billy Bunter, Chalet, Dimsie, Famous Five, Merry, Jennings, William, Anne of Green Gables, Gem, Observers, Ladybirds, Magnet, Wonder Books and many other literary subjects. ANNUALS, ARTICLES, ARTISTS, AUTHORS, BOOK COLLECTORS and COLLECTING, CHILDREN'S AUTHORS, CLUBS, EPHEMERA, FANZINES, MAGAZINES, NEW BOOKS and special presentations, NON-FICTION GENRES & SERIES, PAPERS, POCKET LIBRARIES, READERS, SERIES and STORY PAPERS.
I've only dipped in so far - it's probably not safe for me to do otherwise.

Publishers:
Girls Gone By I can personally recommend their service. Republishing hard-to-find gems (I've been using them heavily for Oxenham, but they do Brent-Dyer, Gwendoline Courtney and many more, not to mention related non-fiction.)

Fidra books - (re)publishes Mabel Esther Allan books among other children's adventure stories (see the list!)
The publisher's blog is here.

Booksellers:
Topsy Turvy Children's Books sellers of 2nd-hand books.

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