The Newsletter of the
Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
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Contents
Events at the Sussex Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dr Steven O'Brien, 'Midwinter Myths' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Events around the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Gramarye issue 12 e-book out now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Events at the Sussex Centre
Dr Steven O’Brien, 'Midwinter Myths' Tuesday 5 December 2017, 5.30-7 p.m., Cloisters Steven O’Brien will read an unpublished new tale inspired by Yuletide mythology, as well as reading from his latest book Britannic Myths, a collection of creative retellings of British and Irish myths illustrated by Joe Machine. Steven is the editor of the London Magazine (Britain’s oldest literary journal), and is well known for his fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. Free and open to all. Contact h.robbins@chi.ac.uk to reserve your ticket.
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Other events around the world
Terry Pratchett: HisWorld 16 September 2017 to 13 January 2018, Salisbury Museum An exhibition based on the life of Sir Terry Pratchett, including over forty original illustrations by Paul Kidby.
Between Worlds: Folklore and Fairy Tales from Northern Britain Palace Green Library, Durham. 14 October 2017 - 25 February 2018. This new temporary exhibition takes its inspiration from medieval romance, ballads, and collections of folklore compiled between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, which tell of encounters with otherworldly creatures and journeys into mysterious worlds. It presents a forgotten type of fairy tale, very different to those that we are familiar with in today’s popular culture. h t t p s : / / w w w . d u r. a c . u k / l i b r a r y / a s c / e v e n t s / exhibitions/?eventno=36250 4
Wonderland Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne 5 April - 7 October 2018 Wonderland explores how filmmaking, special effects and technology have reimagined one of the world’s most beloved characters. h t t p s : / / w w w. a c m i . n e t . a u / eve n t s / wonderland/ Harry Potter: A History of Magic 20 October 2017 to 28 February 2018, British Library Unveiling rare books, manuscripts and magical objects from the British Library’s collection, capturing the traditions of folklore and magic which are at the heart of the Harry Potter stories. https://www.bl.uk/events/harry-potter-a-history-of-magic William Blake in Sussex: Visions of Albion 13 January - 25 March 2018, Petworth (West Sussex) A rare opportunity to see original works by Blake inspired by the Sussex coast and countryside re-united for the first time. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth-house-and-park/ features/william-blake-in-sussex---visions-of-albion-exhibition 5
Secret Tunnels - Underground Folklore of England Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries (London) Thu 15 February 2018, 6.30-7.45 p.m. In this illustrated talk Antony Clayton will uncover various examples of unusual underground folklore across England, including the mysterious Green Children of Woolpit, the Knockers of Cornish mining folklore, fiddlers vanishing underground, buried treasure and treacle mines. h t t p s : / / w w w. e ve n t b r i t e . c o. u k / e / s e c re t - t u n n e l s underground-folklore-of-england-tickets-40051766913 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
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'Mervyn Peake in Sussex', Miles Leeson, 4 April 2018, 2 p.m. Boxgrove Village Hall, Chichester https://www.chichesterliterarysociety.co.uk/events/ Hidden Charms 2: The magical protection of buildings Saturday 21st April 2018, Salisbury 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 Contributions are invited from scholars across the fields of folklore studies, anthropology, cultural studies, ethnology and other related disciplines. http://folklore-society.com/events/working-life-beliefcustom-ritual-narrative 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 Accepting proposals for creative readings, academic papers, music performance, displays, dance or other modes. https://australianfair ytalesociety.files.wordpress. com/2017/11/2017-conference-call-out-for-members-2-pages.pdf 7
Gramarye issue 12 e-book out now
Gramarye issue 12 is now available as an e-book (pdf or Kindle file) from our online store. This issue’s contents include: • ‘A Walk through Rackham Land’, Steven O’Brien • ‘On Putting Arthur Rackham’s The Sleeping Beauty into Verse’, William Wootten • ‘“That was Sussex – seely Sussex for everlastin’!” Arthur Rackham and H.R. Millar’s illustrations to Rudyard Kipling’s Puck of Pook’s Hill’, Simon Poë • ‘Dollhouse Architecture: Leonora Carrington and Children’s Literature’, Catriona McAra • ‘“Maid Maleen”: A fairy-tale study of trauma’, Katherine Langrish • ‘Herne, the Windsor Bogey’, Simon Young • ‘A Signing Wife’, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by Simon Hughes • ‘My Favourite Story when I was Young’, Diane Purkiss 8
• A review of Thom Burgess and Barney Bodoano's The Eyrie, Emily Jessica Turner • A review of Anna Kerchy's Alice in Transmedia Wonderland, Ida Yoshinaga • A review of Carol Mavor's Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Mouth of the Fairy Tale, Rose Williamson • A review of Gretchen Schultz and Lewis Seifert (eds), Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition, Victoria Leslie 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. 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 10