Adventures in the Pollard Collection

Recorded  November 14th, 2025. Presentations from Students on the M.Phil. programme in Children’s Literature: Jovyn Anderson, Shumane Cleary, Judit Climent Torras, Alice Andrea Dall’Alba, Cleo Daly, Eryne Decluy-Mason, Isabelle Duffy, Bianca Embrén, Annelise Hoffman, Eva Hughes-Sutton, Susan Stewart, Paulina Tittertington, Jiaying Wu. 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 over 12,000 books ranging from the 16thC to the early 20thC amassed over a twenty-year period by Mary ‘Paul’ Pollard, the former Keeper of Early Printed books at Trinity College Library. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub