Author Archives: bgray

The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction seeks articles, book reviews and creative writing relating to literary and historical approaches to fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic, magic realism, science fiction and speculative fiction for Gramarye, its peer-reviewed journal … Continue reading →

Prof. Maria Nikolajeva has retired from our Advisory Board and all other academic activities. We are very grateful for her work with us, and wish her a long and happy retirement. Maria Nikolajeva was Professor of Education at Homerton College … Continue reading →

Colin Manlove (4 May 1942 – 1 June 2020) was an Falkirk-born writer and literary critic with a particular interest in fantasy works. From not having read any fantasy literature before undertaking his postgraduate degree, Manlove became a pre-eminent scholar … Continue reading →

The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction is looking for volunteer reviewers for poetry and fiction submissions to Gramarye. Reviewers would only review as many pieces as they were comfortable with – from one to eight pieces … Continue reading →

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The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tale, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction seeks articles, book reviews and creative writing relating to literary and historical approaches to folklore, fairy tales, fantasy, Gothic, magic realism, science fiction and speculative fiction for a special issue … Continue reading →

‘Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald: An Influential Friendship’Saturday, 1 September 2018 “While Dodgson, the … mathematician who hated inaccuracy, loved to question the very multiplication table’s veracity, my father, the poet, who hated any touch of irreverence, could laugh till … Continue reading →

Sisters of the Moon at ArtFacts.net Max Ernst’s Alice Child. Max Ernst, Two Children are threatened by a Nightingale at WikiArt. Grandmother Moorhead’s Aromatic Kitchen at Artstack. And Then We Saw The Daughter of the Minotaur at Artstack. How Doth … Continue reading →

Part of Arthur Rackham in Sussex: A 150th Birthday Celebration About the competition The Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy will present an exhibition of Arthur Rackham’s works in Sussex for his 150th birthday at the National Trust’s … Continue reading →

Deadline 31 March 2017 Symposium Saturday 16/9/2017 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 … Continue reading →

The World Treasury of Fairy Tales and Folklore is a stunning collection of fairy tales from around the world, compiled by Prof. William Gray, founding director of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy here at the University … Continue reading →

The Sussex Centre’s map of folktales in Sussex and the South Downs has been converted into a graph. Ghost stories are the most popular folktale across Sussex and the South Downs. Sunken bell stories make a close second, although this … Continue reading →

All our newsletters are available on Issuu.com. Click on the Jun-Jul 2015 newsletter to find out about our upcoming events, links to videos of all the Wonderlands symposium panels, and a breakdown of statistics from our map of folklore.