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- Images in Catriona McAra’s piece, Gramarye issue 12
- Puck of Pook’s Hill Art Competition
- CfP: Arthur Rackham in Sussex on his 150th birthday
- Where do fairy tales begin? A new book from Prof. Bill Gray explores their origins.
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A graph of folktales in Sussex and the South Downs
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
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June-July newsletter
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.
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The Folklore Map of Sussex and the South Downs
UPDATE: The final version of the map can now be found at www.chi.ac.uk/folklore-map . The Folklore Map of Sussex and the South Downs Click on the above link to download a free interactive map (pdf) of folklore in Sussex and … Continue reading
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Jack Zipes on the ‘rediscovered’ Schönwerth fairy tales
There has been considerable media attention given to the discovery of new folktales by German scholar Franz Xaver von Schönwerth. A selection of Schönwerth’s folktales has been published in German under the title of Prinz Roßwifl (‘Roßwifl’ is a local … Continue reading
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Tom Shippey to speak on ‘The American Fantasy Tradition’
The American Fantasy Tradition Tuesday 25 February, Cloisters University of Chichester 5.15 – 6.30pm: Prof Tom Shippey, leading expert on Tolkien and modern fantasy (The Road to Middle-earth, J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century and The Oxford Book … Continue reading
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Talking of Grimm Girls: An illustrated talk
An illustrated talk by Dr Anne Anderson, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Chichester, in conversation with Professor Bill Gray, Director of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy. Hear how the gallery’s exhibition Grimm Girls: Picturing … Continue reading
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Sussex Centre assistant during Heather Robbins’s maternity leave
I am delighted to announce that the Sussex Centre assistant during Heather Robbins’s maternity leave will be Kathryn Seal. I am grateful to all the applicants for their interest in the Sussex Centre post, and especially to the six short-listed … Continue reading
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Grimm Girls: Picturing the ‘Princess’
Grimm Girls: Picturing the ‘Princess’ Exhibition, Otter Gallery, 23 November 2013 – 26 January 2014 This exhibition will feature the illustrations of six familiar and much-loved fairy-tales – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Snow White’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Rapunzel’ and ‘Beauty … Continue reading
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Assistant for Sussex Centre sought
Assistant for The Sussex Centre Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover – up to 6 months) Variable hours, averaging 11 hours per week Fuller details available on Chichester University website under ‘Jobs’ Whilst situated in Sussex, the Centre brings together writers … Continue reading
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Mother Goose’s British Afterlife
Read about MOTHER GOOSE’S FRENCH BIRTH (1697) AND BRITISH AFTERLIFE (1729)here
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The Centre’s latest newsletter
The Centre’s latest newsletter is available here
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Issue 3 of Gramarye out now
Issue 3 of Gramarye is now available to buy here This issue’s contents include: ‘Hans Christian Andersen: It’s Me The Story’s About’, Neil Philip ‘The Well of D’yerree-in-Dowan’, Patrick Ryan ‘Dragons of East and West’, Rosalind Kerven ‘Death and a … Continue reading
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STEAMPUNK TALK CANCELLED
The talk on ‘Steampunk’ by Frauke Matz on Tuesday 5 March has had to be cancelled due to illness. We wish Frauke a speedy recovery.
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February/March 2013 Newsletter now online
The February/March 2013 Sussex Centre Newsletter is now online here
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Storytelling, storywriting, storyprinting: Telling tales and the origins of children’s books
Storytelling, storywriting, storyprinting: Telling tales and the origins of children’s books Monday 11 March 2013 5.15 – 7 pm in the Mitre Lecture Theatre, Bishop Otter Campus, University of Chichester Ruth Bottigheimer and Matthew Grenby, Professors at New York and … Continue reading
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