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It’s less than a week before our collaboration with the Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and we are so excited! 1/2

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Happy Friday! We have so many wonderful talks at our symposium in April. Here are Panels 1A + 1B (appearing simultaneously). We know it will be hard to choose but don’t forget, there’s also Panels 2A + 2B AND our Keynote from Frances Hardinge AND a roundtable at the end of the day! Phew! 😆 1/3

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Don't forget, you can still book your free tickets to our Publishing Fantasy for Young Readers Symposium this April: www.eventbrite.com/e/publishing... #Fantasy #ChildrensLit #LiteratureAcademia #Authors #Publishing

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SUBMISSIONS - University of Glasgow’s first fantasy fiction publication Elsewhere, is calling for submissions! ‘We are interested in all forms of fantasy, but especially those with voices and stories historically under-represented in the genre. 1/3

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Who would be your fantasy fiction Valentine?

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We are so excited to have Frances Hardinge as our Keynote Speaker at thenPublishing Fantasy For Young Readers Symposium! Bio below:

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Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day, they want companions who will offer their sword, their bow, and their axe to go on another whirlwind adventure

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The CfP is open for ‘Arda’s Entangled Bodies and Humanities’ 🥳 Send @clarelmoore.bsky.social and I your proposals!

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Join us for this FREE online event, a collab. between @uofgfantasy.bsky.social + the Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: “Fantasy in the Midst of War: Perspectives from Ukraine” www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasy-in...

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🥳EVENT ALERT🥳 We are thrilled to be partnering with @tolkiensociety.org and UofG's Medical Humanities Research Centre to host the upcoming seminar 'Arda's Entangled #Bodies and #Environments'. ✍️ CFP DEADLINE 28th March 🗓️ SAT-SUN, 5-6th July 🎟️ FREE 📍 ONLINE www.tolkiensociety.org/events/semin...

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📢EVENT ALERT📢 Our own @mariettarosetta.bsky.social will be presenting at 'Suspicious Minds: trust and mistrust in #scifi narratives' Thu 6 Mar 2025, 18:30 🗓️ THURSDAY, 6th March (18:30) 🎟️ FREE tickets via @BritishAcademy_ (link below!) 📍 HYBRID! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

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We are excited it’s February because it means our collaboration with the Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is finally here! 1/4

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Thrilled to be presenting at this symposium alongside the fabulous @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social among others! My talk, you may be unsurprised to learn, draws from my PhD research on The Lord of the Rings fan to reflect on how the stories we read and reread when young shape our lifelong identities.

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Really excited for this symposium in April! I'll be sharing some juicy archival tidbits about the editorial process for Ursula K. Le Guin's novel POWERS, & what it can tell us about YA publishing trends in the 2000s. Thrilled to be on a panel with Marita Arvaniti & @amandalandegren.bsky.social!

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She doesn’t want flowers, she wants unlimited tea and time to read

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It's here! Registration is now open for our Publishing Fantasy for Young Readers Symposium this April! Book your tickets to our FREE in-person event on Eventbrite: shorturl.at/5Awu8 Visit our website for the full schedule: shorturl.at/yjghx Fantasy #FantasyLiterature #ChildrensLit #Publishing

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It’s February! Offically the month of our next event, have you got your tickets yet?

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We are delighted to be collaborating with the Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: “Fantasy in the Midst of War: Perspectives from Ukraine”, an online event, on Wednesday 26th Feb, 6pm

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We’re going to hear a talk by Edward James’s at 2pm this Friday to celebrate his collection of genre fiction magazines being housed at the Weatherwax Room at the university. Join us to discover more about this treasure trove 👽 1/2

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📢GIFCON 2025 ANNOUNCEMENT📢 We are excited to launch the call for papers for #GIFCon 2025! Theme: Queering the Fantastic Dates: 7-9th May 2025 Place: Online Read our CfP and propose your paper, workshop, or roundtable by visiting our blog: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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Check out this great queer-focused CFP and online event! CFP deadline is Jan 6th, so there's still over a week to submit.

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🎄Merry Christmas🎄from us at The Centre for Fantasy & The Fantastic! We hope that Santa brings you many a good cheer and more books in your stockings and under your trees 🤶🎁📚

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Congratulations to the Peregrines!

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We can’t wait to watch this! Watch here: shorturl.at/f92iL 🏷️ #LOTR #Fantasy #FantasyLiterature #FantasyAcademia #LiteratureStudies #TolkienStudies #TolkienFan #LordOfTheRings #FantasyWriters #FantasyBooks #Bookish #FantasyandtheFantastic #TolkienGuide #thetruestoryoftherings

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6 December on the #fantasyadvent: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man! A great one to read leading up to #Christmas as the story starts in the spring and ends on Christmas Eve, following the adventures of Stick Man trying to return to his Family Tree! 🎄🎅 @uofgfantasy.bsky.social

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5 December on the #fantasyadvent: Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express. A beautiful, dreamy #Christmas fantasy, interweaving the idea of the Romantic child with pure Christmas magic! That bell! 🎄🎅 🚂🔔 @uofgfantasy.bsky.social

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We’re delighted that our co-director, @dimitrafimi.bsky.social, features in a brand new #Tolkien documentary! It’s now online for all to watch.

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The Call for Papers for GIFcon 2025 is here! Our theme is Queering the Fantastic, and I'm really looking forward to chairing. Please do consider submitting an abstract!

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Always a great conference!

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📢GIFCON 2025 ANNOUNCEMENT📢 We are excited to launch the call for papers for #GIFCon 2025! Theme: Queering the Fantastic Dates: 7-9th May 2025 Place: Online Read our CfP and propose your paper, workshop, or roundtable by visiting our blog: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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4 December on the #fantasyadvent: Dr. Seuss’ classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The grinch's heart may be two sizes too small, and he may have tried his best to destroy #Christmas, but it came anyway! "Maybe Christmas" he thought "doesn't come from a store"! @uofgfantasy.bsky.social 🎄

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3 December on the #fantasyadvent: Catherine Fisher’s The Clockwork Crow. A Gothic story featuring a feisty Victorian orphan girl, a lost boy, a haunting manor, scary Welsh fairies (the #tylwythteg) and snow, all coming together at Christmas! @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛❄️🎄

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1 Dec on the #fantasyadvent: “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816), by E.T.A. Hoffmann. A Christmas classic! Full text: archive.org/details/nutc... LibriVox recording: librivox.org/nutcracker-a... @uofgfantasy.bsky.social 🎄🐁 🧁

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We come with great news! There is still time to send in your proposal for our upcoming symposium on ‘Publishing #Fantasy for Younger Readers’ with a #keynote by @franceshardinge.bsky.social! Find out how to submit on our blog: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk

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