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The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction is a research centre within the Department of Humanities at the University of Chichester.
Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Joined February 2012
For those who missed this evening's wonderful talk by @AnneDuggan1, a recording is now available on the Centre's YouTube Channel. You will also find recordings of past talks & conference panels - with more new material to follow.
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Time to go, we think. Thank you to those who made this such a fascinating positive community for so many years. Find us from now on at
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Dr Paul Quinn, director of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, has tried to keep fairy tale exposure to a minimum for his three children – though makes an exception for local pantomime.
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The paradox of Harry Potter, the wizard who celebrates Christmas, the last of the great British myths.
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How I brought a Jewish wartime refugee’s lost fairytale back to life
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A dark fairy tale: The Red Shoes arrives at the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Of course the girls are reading horny fairy books. It’s cheaper than travel and more fun than therapy
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Gramarye 26 is nearly here! Pre-order your copy at
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If you’re an aspiring speculative fiction author or a veteran struggling with writer’s block, this list of craft books with a special focus on science fiction and fantasy will get your draft out of a tough spot.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of Tom Baker’s first appearance as Doctor Who, Paul Quinn discusses the Gothic and its place in Baker’s career in 'Tom Baker’s Gothic Delights'
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CfP: Fairy-Tale Trouble and the Art of Fluidity: Gender, Genre, Media Date: 21–22 March 2025 Location: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge
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We wouldn't normally share articles from 'The World of Interiors' but having a nosey at the beautiful (and OBVIOUSLY haunted) home of Simon Costin, director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, is too much to resist. Enjoy :)
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Swallowed by the Dragon: Monstrous Meanings in Tolkien’s Stories
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Christopher Tolkien at 100: a celebration (Oxford), Monday 18 November 2024, 5.30–7.15pm (GMT) at the Weston Library (but if you go to that, you can't attend our hybrid event 'Tom Baker’s Gothic Delights' choose wisely...)
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Bringing ‘Assassin’s Apprentice’ to life: A visual journey into Robin Hobb’s world
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Judero is a psychedelic trip through Scottish folklore An arts and crafts video game
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The Speculative Literature Foundation is thrilled to announce its Gulliver Travel Grant to assist writers of speculative literature in their non-academic research.
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Bird Reinvigorates Realist Cinema with Fairytale Magic
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Whitby connections to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland are to be celebrated as part of a new literature festival in the town.
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Exhibition features lesser known folklore figures
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The folklore, superstitions and customs of Sussex Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD Date: Tuesday 29 October 2024, 7pm Tickets: £8 in-person, £7 for West Sussex Archives Society members; £5 online Please book at
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