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The Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy 1 April 2011 April 2011 THE SUSSEX CENTRE FOR FOLKLORE, FAIRY TALES AND FANTASY Let us know if you have any upcoming events, talks or Insidepubli this-cations issue you would like us to mention in our June issue Email Jane Carroll at Welcome to the April issue of our newslet- [email protected] ter! WeWelcome have lots to ofthe exciting April issue news of but our best news- 2 Evening Lecture of all,letter! registration We have for lots the of Mervyn exciting Peake news but 3 Mervyn Peake and thebest Fantasy of all, registrationTradition Conference for the Mervyn is Centenary Peake and the Fantasy Tradition Confer- now open! To book your place now go to: Celebrations ence is now open! To book your place 6 http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/ Conference now go to: Programme conference/mervyn.cfm http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/ 9 Inside this issue, you’ll find the programme Other Events conference/mervyn.cfm INSIDE THIS ISSUE:14 for the Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tra- New Publica- tions Evening Lec- 2 dition Conference, details of our next eve- ture ning Insidelecture, this upcoming issue, you’ll events, find conferences the pro- gramme for the Mervyn Peake and the Mervyn Peake 3 and publications, news from the British Centenary FolkloreFantasy Society, Tradition the IPCLN Conference, and much details of Celebrations more!our next evening lecture, upcoming Conference 4 If youevents, missed conferences out on our andlast publications,evening lec- Let us knowProgramme if you have ture, newsyou’ll from be pleased the British to know Folklore that theSociety, pod- any upcomingOther Eventsevents, 7 cast ofthe Nick IPCLN Tucker’s and much lecture more! has just gone talks or publications you New Publica- 11 would like us to mention live on our website! tions If you missed out on our last evening in our June issue lecture, you’ll be pleased to know that Email Jane Carroll at the pod-cast of Nick Tucker’s lecture [email protected] will soon be available on our website! Public Lecture The Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy presents Michael Hattaway Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Sheffield, editor of A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Cul-ture; The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s History Plays and co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama and Shakespeare in the New Europe, presents his British Academy Lecture “Enter Caelia, the Fairy Queen in her night attire”: Shakespeare and the Fairies Tuesday May 24th, 5:15pm, Mitre Lecture Theatre, University of Chichester, Bishop Otter Campus Admission: £5/£3 To book your ticket email [email protected] Mervyn Peake: A Centenary Celebration 9 April – 17 July 2011 Most famous for his best-selling Gormenghast series of Gothic fantasies, Mervyn Peake was one of the most multi-talented artists of the twentieth century. Painter, novelist, author, war artist, poet and dramatist, he also illustrated classic works such as Treasure Island and Grimm's Fairy Tales. To mark the centenary of his birth, the Sussex Centre for Folklore Fairy Tales and Fantasy will hold an international conference July 15th-17th 2011. The Con- ference will be accompanied by art exhibitions, talks and other events in Chichester. Pallant House Gallery presents a display of Peake‟s most famous illustrations. A related ex- hibition runs at the Otter Gallery from 26 May to 17 July. Pallant House Events TALK: The Life & Work of Mervyn Peake Thursday 14 April, 6pm An illustrated talk by Sebastian Peake, son of Meryn Peake, charting the evolution of his father's life as an art- ist, from his birth in China, to his emergence as an illus- trator and writer. £8 (£7 students, £6.50 Friends) includes a glass of wine Exhibition Tour: Mervyn Peake: A Centen- ary Celebration Thursday 30 June, 11am Professor Bill Gray, Professor of Literary History at the Uni-versity of Chichester, and Director of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy, provides his perspective on Peake's iconic illustrations and prints. £8 (students £4) THEMED WORKSHOPS A programme of children's story-making and young artists' illustration workshops accompanies the exhibition. For more details contact Pallant House Gallery on 01243 774557 Otter Gallery Events Mervyn Peake Centenary Celebration Otter Gallery, 26 May–17 July A complementary exhibition at the Otter Gallery, University of Chichester, focusing on Peake's nonsense and poetry illustrations including 'The Hunting of the Snark' and 'Rhymes without Rea- son'. Free Mervyn Peake Tour Thursday 30 June, 2pm Bill Gray will lead a free public tour of the Otter Gallery exhibition. Please book on 01243 816098. Creative Writing Workshop, 26th May 2011, 12:00-13:30 Stephanie Norgate will host a creative writing workshop based on responses to Mervyn Peake’s il- lustrative work in the Otter Gallery. Participants will work with Peake’s absurd figures to create in- ner narratives and voices. Produce poems, microficions, monologues and surreal stories...whatever takes your fancy. Total be-ginners and experienced writers welcome. For further details or to book your place, email Laura Kidner, the curator of the Otter Gallery at [email protected]. £3 Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition July 15th-17th 2011 University of Chichester The conference will celebrate, explore and discuss the many facets of Peake’s rich creativity, including his work as fantasy novelist, children’s writer, playwright, poet, writer of nonsense verse, artist and illustrator (both of his own books and classics such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Hunting of the Snark, the Alice books, Treasure Island and the Grimms’ Household Tales). Programme highlights include exhibitions of Peake’s illustra- tive work, an exhibition of rare books, creative responses to Peake’s work, performances, readings, the award-winning Boy in Darkness by Curious Directive, and a walking tour of Bur- pham where Peake lived led by Sebastian Peake. Keynote Speakers include Joanne Harris, Peter Winnington, Colin Manlove, Farah Mendlesohn and Sebastian Peake. Day tickets and weekend tickets are now available from http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/conference/mervyn.cfm The conference blog can be found at www.mervynpeakeconference2011.blogspot.com Register Now! Book your place for the international conference on the life, work and in- fluences of Mervyn Peake hosted by the University of Chichester in collaboration with the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition A Centenary Conference July 15th-17th 2011 - University of Chichester Keynote speakers include: Joanne Harris, Peter Winnington, Colin Manlove, Farah Mendlesohn & Sebastian Peake To reserve your ticket now go to: http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/conference/mervyn.cfm Conference Programme *please note this programme may be subject to minor changes* Thursday, July 14th 19:00 – Reception in Council Chambers for Early Bird Delegates. Friday, July 15th 9:30 – 10:30 – Registration, tea & coffee, opportunity to visit the Otter Gallery 10:30 – 11:30 – Keynote Lecture One, Peter Winnington 11:30-12:00 – Break 12:00-13:30 – Parallel Session A Panel One: The Fantastic and the Gothic · Charlie White: “„O little revolution in great shades!‟ Peake and the Gothic” · Nahid Shahbazi Moghadam and Arbaayah ali Termizi: “The Grotesque in 'Danse Macabre'” · Pierre François: “Success and failure of the mythopoeic element in the Ti- tus books” Panel Two: Madness and Otherness · Sophie Aymes-Stokes: “I‟m on a piece of floating ice the size of Kent”: eccentricity in Mervyn Peake‟s work” · Matthew Sangster: “Peake and Vulnerability” · Jeremy Sampson: “Towards a Hermeneutics of Otherness: A comparative study of “The Hall of Bright Carvings” in Mervyn Peake‟s Titus Groan and Samuel Beckett‟s Waiting for Godot” 13:30-15:00 – Lunch 15:00- 16:00 – Keynote Lecture Two: Colin Manlove 16:00-17:30 – Parallel Session B Panel One: Genre · Katherine Langrish: “Pirates and Explorers: Mervyn Peake‟s adventures in the realms of children‟s fiction.” · Larisa Prokhorova: “Algorithm of Disenchantment: Anti-Tale” · Joseph Rex Young: “But Are They Fantasy?: Peake‟s Titus Novels and Modern Fantasy Theory” Panel Two: Drawings and Illustrations · Francesca Bell: “The Fleeting Line” · Zoë Wilcox: “The Imagination at Work: A Study of the Drawings in the Gormenghast Manuscripts” 17:30- 18:30 – Tours of the Otter Gallery 18:30-20:00 – Dinner 20:00 – 21:00- Keynote Lecture Three: Joanne Harris ticketed event open to public Saturday, July 16th 9:00-9:30 – Tea & coffee 9:30-11:00 Parallel Session C: Panel One: Landscape/Space · Simon Eckstein: “There‟s No Place like Home” · Edward Carey: “Architecture and Space” · Irene Martyniuk: “(In)visible Black Holes: The Aporias of Mervyn Peake‟s Gormenghast Trilogy” Panel Two: Poetry · Robert Maslen: “Peake and Nonsense Poetry” · Sara Wasson: “Sentient Ruins and the Ventriloquised Dead: Mervyn Peake‟s Wartime Poetry” · John Bachelor: “Peake and Tennyson” 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-12:30 – Keynote Lecture Four: Farah Mendelssohn 12:30-15:30 – Lunch & Tour of Burpham with Sebastian Peake 16:00-17:30 – Parallel Session D: Panel One: Peake and the Canon · Mark Andersen: “A Painter‟s Ecstasy” · Gaby Steinke, “Pirates and Explorers: Mervyn Peake in and beyond the „Boys‟ Own‟ tradition” · John Vernon Lord, “A Tutorial with Mervyn Peake” Panel Two: Performing Peake ·Kim Pearce, Curious Directive Theatre Company: “Adapting Boy in Darkness” ·Vikki Weston, Blackshaw Theatre: “Adapting Titus Groan: creating the 'sublime character' through collaborative writing.” · Aaron Paterson, Blue Elephant Theatre: “Performing Peake” 17:30-18:30- Keynote Lecture Six: TBC 18:30-20:00 – Dinner 20:00 –Performance: Curious Directive, Boy In Darkness Sunday, July 17th 10:30 – 12:30 Roundtable: Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition 12:30- 13:00 Performances · Stuart Olesker: “Adhesive Smiles: Nonsense and a Taste for Language in Peake‟s Poetry.
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