Category Archives: Anti-tales

The Fairy Tale Vanguard

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

The programme for The Fairy Tale Vanguard has recently been announced. This conference will include many of the contributors from the Anti-Tales project (the organiser Stijn Praet, Laura Martin, Mayako Murai, Jessica Tiffin, María Casado Villanueva, and Michelle Ryan-Sautour). The conference will take … Continue reading →

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Review: Postmodern Reinterpretations of Fairy Tales

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Nice review of Anna Kérchy’s Postmodern Reinterpretations of Fairy Tales: How Applying New Methods Generates New Meanings by Larisa Kocic-Zambo entitled ‘Abundance Rather Than Lack’ in the latest issue of Americana E-journal.  Kérchy’s edited collection of 26 essays was published earlier this year by Edwin Mellen … Continue reading →

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The Fairy Tale Vanguard

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Many thanks to Stijn Praet for sending me this exciting call for papers: The Fairy Tale Vanguard Ghent University in collaboration with University of Antwerp St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent, Belgium Monday 20 – Wednesday 22 August 2012 Confirmed keynote speakers: … Continue reading →

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Tessa Farmer: The Coming of the Fairies

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

Tessa Farmer’s latest exhibition, The Coming of the Fairies, opened last night at Viktor Wynd Fine Art (a.k.a Little Shop of Horrors), 11 Mare St, Hackney, London. I am extremely excited about this exhibition and the related symposium devoted to her … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Burning Lands

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

Under the auspices of Yellowback Productions, Robert Powell has new work in the labyrinthine Bone Library of the Dissection Room Bar in Summerhall, formerly the Royal Dick Veterinary School, which seems more than appropriate for his current imagery. (Hopefully this will be the site of a … Continue reading →

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Anti-Tales in Fallen Princesses

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

David Calvin and I have a citation in Dina Goldstein’s wonderful new book Fallen Princesses! Goldstein is a Vancouver-based, commercial photographer whose piece Rapunzel we were delighted to reproduce in the editorial introduction to Anti-Tales. Essays which appear in Goldstein’s … Continue reading →

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Anti-Tales in Berfrois

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

I’ve recently been asked to write a short review and brief history of the Anti-Tales project for the online magazine Berfrois: Intellectual Jousting in the Republic of Letters.

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Tessa Farmer: Nymphidia

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Tessa Farmer has a solo show opening tonight at Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, 123 Kennington Road, Vauxhall, London.  Entitled Nymphidia, this exhibition takes its name from Michael Drayton’s poem ‘Nymphidia: The Court of Fairy’ of 1627. I was delighted to be asked … Continue reading →

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Scottish Ballet: Alice

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Went to a wonderful production of Alice in Wonderland by the Scottish Ballet at the Theatre Royal last night. This is the world première with choreography by Ashley Page and music composed by Robert Moran. Some of my ballet-expert friends were less … Continue reading →

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Anti-papers, Myths and Fairy Tales

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Just got back from a two-day conference at the University of York, Myths and Fairy Tales in Film and Literature post-1900, where myself and two colleagues were promoting the forthcoming Anti-Tales publication (see left). I very much enjoyed meeting scholars from all … Continue reading →

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