More on the Mervyn Peake Conference

The University of Chichester Department of English and Creative Writing in conjunction with the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy present a weekend of events on the 15th, 16th and 17th July 2011.

A conference will run for the entire weekend and keynote speakers include; Peter Winnington, Joanne Harris, Sebastian Peake, Colin Manlove, Farah Mendlesohn and Brian Sibley.

If you cannot attend for the entire weekend then you can come for individual public events. Speakers will be:

Joanne Harris - The Inspirational Mervyn Peake
Katherine Langrish - Exchanging Certainty for Uncertainty: Mervyn Peake Explores the Realms of Children's Fiction
Brian Sibley - Titus Aloud
A play written by Tim Franklin, directed by Kim Pearce titled ‘Boy In Darkness’

If you would like to attend for either the conference or any of the public events, please contact Jane Caroll on 01243 816479 or j.carroll@chi.ac.uk