Seminar on Appalachian folk and fairy tales at WVU
An exciting opportunity will be taking place at West Virginia University this coming June. Folklorist and literary scholar Carl Lindahl will be leading the WVU English Department’s annual Summer Seminar in Literary and Cultural Studies from June 9-12, 2011 on[...]
read moreDiana Wynne Jones 1934-2011
We are deeply saddened to lose respected author and friend Diana Wynne Jones to cancer.[...]
read more*Deadline Extended* CfP: SFRA 2010
Proposal and Regular (non-late) registration deadlines have been extended to May 15. And in case you haven’t seen it yet, visit the conference website at www.sfra2010.ning.com. Rather than a static site, this year’s conference web presence is a social network[...]
read moreChesley Awards to be announced at Renovation!
Chesley Awards to be announced at Renovation! Renovation The 69th World Science Fiction Convention RCFI PO Box 13278 Portland, OR 97213-0278 press@renovationsf.org www.renovationsf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, August 9, 2009 Reno – Renovation is pleased to announce that the 2011[...]
read moreCharles N. Brown, 1937-2009
A good friend to the IAFA and ICFA, Charles N. Brown has passed away. Here is the link to his obituary on Locus.[...]
read moreA Loss to the Association
On Saturday, June 27, ICFA founder, Bob Collins, passed away in his home at age 80 after an incredibly swift-moving battle with cancer. Thirty years ago, Bob, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, gambled that a mass mailing to university[...]
read moreGuy Gavriel Kay Interview
Guy Gavriel Kay is a Guest of Honor at our upcoming ICFA-30; so, it is fortunate timing that Alaya Dawn Johnson has conducted a recent interview. The link is here.[...]
read moreCFP: Queering the Fantastic
Update: Queering the Fantastic Edited by Robin Anne Reid and Jes Battis New deadline for essays on specified topics (listed below) We have received a number of excellent proposals for this volume but would now like to solicit proposals for[...]
read moreThe Fantastic and MLA
For those of you attending MLA in ’07, this might be of interest: Modern Language Association — national conference in Chicago, December 2007 Panel number and title: #458. Science Fiction in the “Third” World Saturday, 29 December, 10:15–11:30 a.m., Michigan[...]
read moreDoris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize
The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) is delighted that Doris Lessing, Guest of Honor at the 1989 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts and longtime IAFA friend, has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize[...]
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