Sarah Mygind

List of John Benjamins publications in which Sarah Mygind is involved.

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Children’s Literature Across Media: Concepts and perspectives of transmedia narratives

Edited by Nina Christensen, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind

This volume presents interdisciplinary research on children’s texts and media, transmedia storytelling and transmediality across production, artefacts, and reception.Based in international, interdisciplinary research, the chapters explore a wide range of transmedia narrative phenomena. They… read more

[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 21] 2026. ix, 231 pp. + index

Christensen, Nina, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind 2026 Introduction: Transmedia and intermediality studies and texts for and by children and young adults Children’s Literature Across Media: Concepts and perspectives of transmedia narratives, Christensen, Nina, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Chapter

Phenomena and practices of transmedia storytelling have been a central research interest in various disciplines for several years. As Matthew Freeman and Renira Gambarato state in their introduction to the Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies (2019): “The transmedia phenomenon has led to… read more

Mygind, Sarah 2026 Chapter 12. Adapting transmedia content for young adults across national contexts: The German public broadcasting service funk as a case. Interview with Jella Ritzen Children’s Literature Across Media: Concepts and perspectives of transmedia narratives, Christensen, Nina, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind (eds.), pp. 222–227 | Chapter

Jella Ritzen currently works for ZDF, one of Germany’s public broadcasting services. In her previous role, she served as an editor and content developer at funk — the public service content network aimed at audiences aged 14 to 29. Her work there included adapting the Norwegian web series SKAM… read more

Mygind, Sarah 2026 Chapter 11. The new generation of creators of content for children and young people: Interview with Elin Algreen-Petersen, head of the Cross-Media School of Children’s Fiction, Denmark Children’s Literature Across Media: Concepts and perspectives of transmedia narratives, Christensen, Nina, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind (eds.), pp. 211–221 | Chapter

Elin Algreen-Petersen is the co-founder and head of the Cross-Media School of Children’s Fiction in Copenhagen, Denmark. She established the school in 2020 together with Dennis Glintborg. Today, it operates as a full-time educational program funded by the Danish Ministry of Culture. Prior to… read more

Mygind, Sarah 2026 Chapter 9. “You can merge two brains”: Youth literary practices in a local, collaborative context Children’s Literature Across Media: Concepts and perspectives of transmedia narratives, Christensen, Nina, Ute Dettmar and Sarah Mygind (eds.), pp. 170–190 | Chapter

This chapter explores youth literary practices through a qualitative case study of Univers, a Danish talent school for young people aged 14–18. Situated in Aarhus, Univers fosters collaborative creation of visual texts, challenging traditional notions of literary production, authorship, and… read more