The Newsletter of the
Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Apr - May 2018
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Contents
Events at the Sussex Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
'Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald: An Influential Friendship’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Events around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Gramarye issue 13 available to pre-order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Events at the Sussex Centre
‘Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald:An Influential Friendship’ Saturday, 1 September 2018 The works of both the Scottish author, poet and minister, George MacDonald, and the English polymath Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) have been among the strongest of influences on writers of fantasy for the past 150 years. The relationship between these two Victorians is both deep and fascinating and a close examination of that friendship reveals the significant influence they had on each other’s work. This one-day symposium will examine the life and works of the two writers with particular reference to that friendship, which began in Hastings, and their interests in folklore, fairy tales and fantasy. Tickets will be available shortly.
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Other events around the world
Coraline 27 March – 7 April 2018, Barbican Theatre The opera's world premiere, based on Neil Gaiman’s story. http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/coraline-by-aletta-collins 'Mervyn Peake in Sussex', Miles Leeson, 4 April 2018, 2 p.m. Boxgrove Village Hall, Chichester In this illustrated lecture Miles Leeson will draw on work published during Peake’s time living near Arundel, and discusses the impact of landscape, family, and war on his life as both author and illustrator. https://www.chichesterliterarysociety. co.uk/events/ Wonderland 5 April - 7 October 2018, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne Wonderland explores how filmmaking, special effects and technology have reimagined one of the world’s most beloved characters. https://www.acmi.net.au/events/wonderland/ 4
Escaping Escapism in Fantasy and the Fantastic: Glasgow International Fantasy Conversations 26th – 27th April 2018, University of Glasgow https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/ announcements/955200/escaping-escapism-fantasy-and-fantastic Hidden Charms 2:The magical protection of buildings Saturday 21st April 2018, Salisbury, £40 http://www.apotropaios.co.uk/conference-2018.html CfP: Working Life: Belief, Custom, Ritual, Narrative 27-9 April 2018, Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading http://folklore-society.com/events/working-life-beliefcustom-ritual-narrative
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CfP ‘Gardens Of Good and Evil: Growing Life, Plucking Death’ Australian Fairy Tale Society 5th Annual Conference 10 June 2018, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, Australia https://australianfairytalesociety.wordpress.com/2018conference-registration/ Health and Healing in Legend and Tradition The Thirteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society 1- 2nd September 2018, Scarborough Spa, Scarborough If you're interested in shrew ashes, zanies, plague pits, smallpox goddesses or illness as metaphor, we'd like to hear from you. Email bhallmuseum @gmail.com http://folklore-society.com/events/health-and-healing-inlegend-and-tradition Call for Papers: The 8th Conference of Young Folklorists 19-21 September 2018, Riga Themed on "Reflecting on Disciplinary Ethics in Folkloristics". Deadline for abstracts: 2 May 2018. http://en.lfk.lv/Call-for-Papers-The-8th-Conference-ofYoung-Folklorists 6
Gramarye issue 13 available to pre-order
Gramarye issue 13 is now available to preorder from our online store. This issue’s contents include: • ‘Fairy Tale Architextuality and the Prince’s Pleasures’, Lucy Fraser • ‘Flying Carpets in the Arabian Nights: Disney, Dyâb … and d’Aulnoy?’, Ruth B. Bottigheimer • ‘prick song’, Zoe Gilbert • ‘Tolkien’s style’, Colin Manlove • ‘My favourite book when I was young’, Cristina Bacchilega • A review of Bryan Senn’s The Werewolf Filmography: 300+ Movies,Willem de Blécourt • A review of Simon Young and Ceri Houlbrook’s Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 A.D. to the Present, Katherine Langrish • A review of Lucy Fraser’s Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of “The Little Mermaid”,Victoria Leslie • A review of Zoe Gilbert’s Folk,Victoria Leslie 7
• A review of Brian Wagner’s The Tar Baby: A Global History, B.C. Kennedy • A review of John Matthews’ The Mystery of Spring-Heeled Jack, Anthony James O’Shea • A review of Andrew Simms’ Knock Twice, Joanna Gilar The printed edition of Gramarye will be out in May 2018 and is only available to pre-ordering customers and subscribers. To guarantee your printed copy of future issues, please subscribe here. Exclusive offer Gramarye readers are entitled to 20% off Scrivener software, the project management tool for writers. Just visit http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php and enter the coupon code ‘SUSSEXCENTRE’. The printed edition of Gramarye can also be ordered from: • Atlantis Books (London) • Kims (Chichester) • Treadwells (London)
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If you have any queries or feedback about this newsletter, please contact Heather Robbins at h.robbins@chi.ac.uk
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