Gossip & Tales, Dec 2016-Jan 2017

The Newsletter of the

Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Dec 2016 - Jan 2017

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Contents

Events at the Sussex Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Events around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 International calls for submissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Gramarye issue 10 available to pre-order now. . . . . . . . . . 11

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Events at the Sussex Centre

CfP:Arthur Rackham in Sussex on his 150th birthday Deadline 31 March 2017 Symposium Saturday 16 September 2017 at the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tale and Fantasy, University of Chichester. ‘I can only say that I firmly believe in the greatest, stimulating and educative power of imaginative, fantastic, and playful pictures and writings for children in their most impressionable years.’ (Rackham, 1934)

Arthur Rackham, 'The River Arun at Amberley'.

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19 September 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Arthur Rackham’s birth. A few days before, on 16 September 2017, the University of Chichester and the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy will host a one-day symposium devoted to Arthur Rackham’s extraordinary legacy.

Arthur Rackham was one of the leading illustrators in Britain’s ‘golden age’ of illustration, producing over 3,300 individual book illustrations and decorations. He was at the forefront of new printing technologies, with his pen, ink and watercolour illustrations ideally suited for the new techniques of reproducing illustrations as photographic plates rather than engravings.What’s more, his iconic depictions of fairies, goblins, witches and anthropomorphic trees created an unsurpassed landscape of the fantastic, which influenced the likes of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. His illustrations for many of our best-loved fairy tales and fables have become definitive.

As well as being interested in Rackham’s contribution to imaginative literature, we are also interested in his connection with Sussex, especially his time spent at Houghton House in the 1920s. Rackham is also linked to Bateman’s, Rudyard Kipling’s home in Burwash, East Sussex, through his illustrations of Puck of Pook’s Hill, a tale Kipling based on the house and gardens. This one-day symposium will celebrate Rackham’s connection with Sussex as well 4

as his international renown as a leading figure of fantasy illustration and children’s literature.

Possible topics include but are not restricted to: • Rackham’s life in Sussex • Rackham’s illustrations of Puck of Pook’s Hill and other work produced in or focused on Sussex and the surrounding area.

• The artistic techniques employed by Rackham and the printing technology of the early 20th century • Rackham’s vision of fairyland, the construction of fantasy realms and his impact on fantasy illustration and children’s literature • The impact of war on Rackham’s work and reception • Rackham’s engagement with musical themes and depictions of musical tales, such as Wagner’s Ring series and Some British Ballads • Contemporary engagement with his work, Rackham’s echoes in the 21st century.

Please send abstracts of 200 words along with a brief biography of 50-100 words to VLESLIE1@stu.chi.ac.uk and H.Robbins@chi.ac.uk.

The conference will belong to a wider series of events organised by the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy, including an exhibition of original Rackham works in collaboration with the National Trust at Bateman’s, 5

as well as a series of creative, innovative and research-led responses by the Fine Art, Music and English and Creative Writing departments of the University of Chichester. Our 2016 events schedule is now finished.

Arthur Rackam, Puck of Pook's Hill (1906).

Other events at the Sussex Centre For up-to-date information on upcoming events, please subscribe to our mailing list, or follow our Facebook or Twitter feeds.

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Other events around the world

Strange Worlds:The Visions of Angela Carter 10 December 2016 - 19 March 2017, RWA Gallery (Bristol) A major exhibition that celebrates the life, work and influences of Angela Carter twenty five years after her death. http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/strange-worlds-visionangela-carter Deeper than Swords: Fear and Loathing in Fantasy and Folklore 19-20 January 2017, University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh’s Fantasy and Folklore Reading Group's first, interdisciplinary postgraduate student conference. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deeper-than-swords-fearand-loathing-in-fantasy-and-folklore-tickets-30027463953 Conference on ‘Folk Belief ’ & ‘The Supernatural in Literature and Film’ 20-23 January 2017, Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Norway) This interdisciplinary conference explores the supernatural in literature and film as well as folk belief from around the globe. http://www.islanddynamics.org/supernaturalconference.html 7

Reorienting the Fairy Tale 29-30 March 2017, Kanagawa University, Japan This international conference seeks to re-orient the fairy tale and to advance comparative fairy-tale studies on a global scale. h t t p : / / w w w . i s f n r. o r g / f i l e s / a r c h i v / C f P _ R e OrientingtheFairyTale.pdf Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings 7-8 April and Saturday 2017, Queen’s University, Belfast https://www.facebook.com/events/949101051853840/ Transcreation through text and image: The case of Perrault’s and Grimm’s tales 11-14 July 2017 Studying illustrated editions of Perrault’s and Grimms’ tales to find transcreation across languages and cultures. h t t p : / / w p. u n i l . c h / re p ro d u c t i o n 2 0 1 7 / p ro g r a m m e / panels/?lang=fr#Cyrille_François Harry Potter: A History of Magic 20 October 2017 to 28 February 2018 Items from the British Library collection structured around subjects from Hogwarts. https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2016/december/2017-atthe-british-library 8

International Calls for Submissions

CfP Cinderella Conference University of Bedfordshire Deadline 9 December 2016 Inspired by the University of Bedfordshire’s collection of scripts, books, theatrical memorabilia, designs, ephemera on Cinderella. http://www.beds.ac.uk/cinderella/conference-overview CfP A Wizard of Their Age 2: Critical Essays from the Harry Potter Generation Deadline 31 December 2016 Seeking critical essays for a volume of papers that will expand our understanding of the Harry Potter universe and characters. http://www.fantastic-arts.org/2016/cfp-a-wizard-of-theirage-2-critical-essays-from-the-harry-potter-generation/ CfP The Folklore Society's AGM Conference 2017 Deadline 5 January 2017 31 March - 2 April 2017, Scottish Storytelling Centre http://www.tracscotland.org/tracs/news/call-for-papers-thefolklore-societys-agm-conference-2017 9

CfP:Thinking with Stories in Times of Conflict: A Conference in Fairy-Tale Studies Deadline 10 January 2017 Conference 2-5 August 2017, Wayne State University, Michigan (USA) With plenary talks, workshops, panels and roundtables. http://clas.wayne.edu/languages/Thinking-with-Stories-inTimes-of-Conflict CFP So Many Mattresses:Truth, Reality, Fiction on a European Bed Deadline 27 January 2017 24 June 2017, Melbourne (Australia) h t t p s : / / a u s t r a l i a n f a i r y t a l e s o c i e t y. w o r d p r e s s . c o m / 2 0 1 6 / 1 2 / 1 2 / 2 0 1 7 - a f t s - c o n f e re n c e - c a l l - f o rpresentations/ CfP International Vampire Film and Arts Festival Deadline 1 February 2017 25-8 May 2017, Sighisoara, Transylvania http://ivfaf.com/academic-conference CfP George Macdonald's Scotland 2017 Deadline 1 March 2017 Conference 19-21 July 2017, University of Aberdeen https://gmdscotland.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ 10

Gramarye issue 10 e-book

Gramarye issue 10 is now available as an e-book from our online store. This issue’s contents include: • Dr Paul Quinn, Introduction • ‘Merlin’s Isle of Gramarye’, Diane Purkiss • ‘How authentic is “authentic”?’, Rosalind Kerven • ‘The Persecuted History of Cinderella: A Case for Oral Tradition in Western Europe’, Julie Lauren-Jacokes Koehler • ‘On Fairy Tales’, Katherine Langrish • Interview with Juliet Marillier, by Ceri Houlbrook • An excerpt from Raven Flight, Juliet Marillier • ‘My Favourite Story When I Was Young, or:The Boy Who Went Forth to Unlearn What Fear Was’, Donald Haase • A review of Kate Forsyth's The Rebirth of Rapunzel: A Mythic Biography of the Maiden in the Tower, Jack Zipes • A review of Martine Hennard Dutheil de la Rochère, Gillian Lathey and Monika Wozniak (eds)Cinderella across Cultures: New Directions and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, D.L. Ashliman 11

• A review of Jack Zipes' Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney, Rose Williamson • A review of Katherine Langrish's Seven Miles of Steel Thistles, Sara Cleto • A review of Mark Norman's Black Dog Folklore, Jacqueline Simpson • A review of Erica Wagner's First Light, Maureen Kincaid Speller • A review of Ralph C. Wood's (ed.) Tolkien Among The Moderns, Siddharth Pandey • Correspondence from Judith Woolf The printed edition of Gramarye is only available to pre-ordering customers and subscribers. To guarantee your printed copy of future issues, please subscribe here.

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The printed edition of Gramarye may still be ordered from: • Atlantis Books (London) • Kims (Chichester) • Treadwells (London) 12

If you have any queries or feedback about this newsletter, please contact Heather Robbins at h.robbins@chi.ac.uk

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