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Amanda Lastoria

@amandalastoria.bsky.social

North America's 1st PhD in Publishing Adjunct Prof at Simon Fraser University Sessional at Emily Carr University of Art + Design EA at SHARP Children's and YA Book Reviewer at Quill & Quire Former Editor of Lewis Carroll Review

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Registration for online #kidlit conference 'Mothers, Motherhood, and Mothering' is open! indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3701/ I'll present 'Mothers of the Avant-Garde: Depictions of Mothering in Childrenโ€™s Art History Picture Books'. Thx @jenniegouck.bsky.social at Uni of Mรผnster for organizing!

01.10.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Childrenโ€™s Literature and Culture: An Introduction Childrenโ€™s Literature and Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through childrenโ€™s literature. Childrenโ€™s literature has long been used as a mechanism by whic...

Thanks to @drbecca.bsky.social I'm delighted to have written the Publishing Industry chapter in new undergrad textbook Children's Literature and Culture: An Intro. It's published by Routledge, where I had my first proper job in publishing :)
www.routledge.com/Childrens-Li...

#kidlit #bookpublishing

09.09.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History | Stanford University Press Digital spaces are saturated with metaphor: we have pages, sites, mice, and windows. Yet, in the world of digital textuality, these metaphors no longer function as we might expect.

๐Ÿ† We'd like to officially congratulate @eve.gd, whose *Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History* (Stanford University Press, 2024) won our 2025 SHARP Book History Book Prize! www.sup.org/books/media-...

15.07.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Then that randomly drawn raffle prize happens to be very well deserved!

10.07.2025 23:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t believe itโ€™s your first SHARP prize!

10.07.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Many, many congrats! Now I feel we shouldโ€™ve done a fancier slide for you to screenshot, though!

10.07.2025 23:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Heading to @sharpweb.org in Rochester this summer? Take advantage of this chance to chat with a UMass Press editor!

20.06.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I received and returned proofs of my chapter on #kidlit #bookpublishing in less than 2hrs โ€“ hooray for one of the best stages of publishing!

01.05.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SHARP Officer Position Descriptions โ€“ SHARPweb

If you are a member of SHARP, consider standing for our Treasurer position! Get in touch to learn more. Nominations are due by April 7th.

sharpweb.org/about/office...

26.03.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Peter Lang Verlag - Alice Through the Looking-Glass ยซThis volume is colossal in all senses: most obviously โ€“ at over 500 pages โ€“ in its sheer physical heft, but most importantly in its ambition, scope ...

P.S. do get your hands on the (surprisingly affordable) looking-glass companion. it offers a very wide range of perspectives, incl. my piece on publisher's peritext.
www.peterlang.com/document/132...

04.03.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i submitted 2.5 months early! i was slated to present on class, race & gender in designs of posthumous editions of wonderland at SHARP last year. unfortunately, i had to back out, so this would be a great venue for finally sharing that work!

04.03.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hot off the press!
I'm pleased to have contributed a chapter โ€“ 'Reflections on Book Publishing Strategies: A Guide to Types of Editions of the Alice Books' โ€“ alongside brilliant Carrollians.
Thx to @frankendodo.bsky.social and Justine Houyaux for wrangling us!

20.08.2024 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here comes my first post ...
I won an Excellence in Teaching Award from Simon Fraser University for teaching Publishing grads and undergrads. It was a tougher-than-usual semester to be a sessional, so it's nice to wrap it up with an award!

18.12.2023 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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