View the full Sydney program here!

VENUE

Rotary Community Centre
34 North Parade, Campsie, NSW 2194

The Centre is a few minutes’ walk from Campsie railway station, about a 30 minute ride from Central Station.
Transport NSW has all the details for the Bankstown (T3) rail line.

Local accommodation options include the Campsie Hotel, and Oasis on Beamish Hotel;
or to suit your budget, there are hostels to high end hotels near Central Station and the City Circle (train loop).
All are easily searched via Booking.com, Expedia.com, Wotif.com, and via hyperlinks from Google maps.

PROGRAM

Friday, June 23 (Optional)
We’ll gather at 4pm to Transform our Cottage to a Castle!
Our 6pm finish will be followed by a ‘pay as you go’ (PAYG) dinner nearby.

Gather, Mingle and Create!

Saturday, June 24
Conference Day #1
We’ll gather at 9.30am for a 10am start.
Our 6pm finish will be followed by an optional PAYG dinner nearby.

Acknowledgement of Country, with Terry Olsen
Keynote, by Associate Professor Michelle Smith
AFTS 10th Birthday Party
Panel, Performances, and Presenters! (as below)
Included: Morning and Afternoon Tea, Lunch.

Sunday, June 25
Conference Day #2
We’ll gather at 9.30am for a 10am start.
Our 6pm finish will be followed by an optional PAYG dinner nearby.

AFTS Award
Let’s Get Creative Workshops
Panel, Performances, and Presenters! (as below)
Included: Morning and Afternoon Tea, Lunch.

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REGISTRATIONS – Open April 17
Payment details are in the Registration Form

Registration Fees – Full Conference (2 days)

$145 Non-members
$125 Conference fee, plus AFTS membership (1 year)
$100 AFTS Member (as at 1 June, 2023)
$ 75 Presenter pass

Registration Fees – Single Day (1 day)

$105 Non-members
$95 Conference fee, plus AFTS membership (1 year)
$70 AFTS Member (as at 1 June, 2023)
$55 Presenter pass

BURSARY for AFTS Member

One AFTS Bursary is on offer to a current member to attend our Sydney conference.
The bursary will cover: a) transport and accommodation costs to $400
b) a ‘fairy godmother/father’ as conference mentor.
Please note that the bursary holder is responsible for their own registration cost.

Applications will open April 24, and close 6pm, May 8, 2023.
The AFTS Executive anticipate a decision by May 14, 2023.
Applications may be made between these dates. Thank you.

MARKETS and MERCHANDISE

Red Bubble: Visit ‘Austfairytales‘ anytime for your AFTS merch!
(2023 Conference specific items coming soon.)
Conference Market: Buy art, books, CDs and more direct from our creative members.

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SESSIONS

Friday, June 23 (Optional, from 4pm)

Workshop: Transform our Cottage to a Castle!
Create fairy tale castles, cauldrons, and cottages from foam core and fluted cardboard with fabric, paint, textas.
We’ll celebrate the transformation with a ‘pay as you go’ dinner

Saturday, June 24
Conference Day #1
(not in chronological order)

Acknowledgement of Country, with Terry Olsen

Keynote, with A/Prof Michelle Smith
Cottage, Cauldron, Castle: Power and Place in Fairy Tales

AFTS 10th Birthday Party
Let us eat cake!

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Adapting fairy and folk tales for modern middle grade fiction
Samantha-Ellen Bound

Album launch: Il était une fois (Once upon a time)
Reilly McCarron

Cottages, Castles and Cauldrons: A geography of the fairy tale
Dr Debra Phillips

Does the power of folklore survive a shift in place?
Erin-Claire Barrow

Eating the Gingerbread Cottage: The rich history of ‘Hansel and Gretel’
Dr Kate Forsyth

From Cottage to Cauldron to Castle
Heather Jones (Performance)

Magical Tales: Book launches
Natasa Xerri, Serene Conneeley, Kathryn Gossow

My miniature enchantress’s mansion: A virtual tour
Rachel Le Rossignol

Rumpelstiltskin
Michael Patterson (Performance)

The Story Space
Panel with Bettina Nissen (MC), Eliane Morel, Erin-Claire Barrow

Sunday, June 25
Conference Day #2
(not in chronological order)

AFTS Award presentation

Betwixt and Between: Enchanted forests
Anne Levitch

Dingo songline from Wollumbin/Mount Warning to Qld’s Mount Cougal
Elizabeth and Jonathon Slottje

Dwarfs and Giants and Changelings: Oh My!
Katy Gerner

Edible Landscapes
Workshop with Jo Henwood

Female-empowered sexuality in 17th century fairy tales
written by Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force
Alyssa Curtayne

Hansel and Gretel: A fairy tale in Auslan
Sue Jo Wright

Jorinda and Jorindel: A retelling set in Mumbai’s underbelly
Priti Modyiyer (Performance)

Lament: A fable, and a poetic activity with art
Lathalia Song

A moveable feast: The kitchen
Laura Fulton

Rumpelstiltskin
Katy Gerner (Performance)

When ‘North is Marked by Ice and Snow’:
The place of Britain and Europe in Australian and Japanese fairy tale texts
Panel with Dr Lucy Fraser, Dr Masafumi Monden, Dr Emerald L. King

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