AFTS Anthology South of the Sun was featured in a radio interview for RTR-FM in Perth, when contributor Melissa Min Harvey chatted with Myke Bartlett on Artbeat on 8 October 2021.
To hear the interview, go to https://rtrfm.com.au/story/south-of-the-sun-australian-fairy-tales-for-the-21st-century/#.
AFTS is delighted to announce that eZine #10 is available for members.
Our guest editor Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario says that
“You’ll find plenty of great reading material, from essays and articles to art, tales, poems, and songs. The theme has certainly inspired our members to shimmering brilliance!”
Exclusive to AFTS members, look out for the link in your inboxes.
When: 10th June 2018
Where: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Full details via link above.
Spike Deane
Dear fey folk,
Wondering how far to swing that genie lamp? Where to hang that lantern? When to swish that flying carpet? Chances are, the answers to your questions are here, in our new Submission Guidelines for AFTS Ezine August 2017
In particular, please note our new word limits for a sleek flight, and our gleaming, glowing submission due date of 28th August 2017 for issue #5 of our Ezine, themed on ‘Aladdin’.
Celebrate the warmth of intercultural life. Let ancient stories spring forth, rekindle magic, and weave new patterns of smoke and silk.
Enchanted regards,
The Editorial Troupe
A warm welcome to Australian Fairy Tale Society’s new Ezine Editor, Claudia Barnett, who is doing her Masters thesis in fairy tales.
Sub-Editors are Erin Hallowell-Gartlan, Louisa John-Krol and Spike Deane.
Other members of our Editorial Troupe are Patricia Poppenbeek, Lorena Carrington, Georgina Ballantine, Marianna Shek, Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario, Debra Phillips, Pat Simmons, Tegan Webb and Sue Clancy.
Our next issue, #5, carries the theme of Aladdin.
Submission due date is 28th August 2017.
Revised Submission Guidelines will beam here in a few days.
We hope you enjoy a sense of enchantment as we ride this magic carpet together!
As per our Events page, we’re just reminding you of tomorrow’s little show at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library, 188 Collins St, Thursday 20th July at 6pm. A twirl of a thing, only 90min, with our signature diversity of modes, genres and backgrounds! Revel in faerie arts & conversation with light refreshments at an iconic venue that’s a paradox of accessibility and seclusion. Several of our renowned presenters are performing, including bewitching storyteller Roslyn Quin, pictured here with Wordsworth at our recent AFTS conference. 
Now for yet another delight, the first quilting workshop ever to feature in our annual conference adventure. At first, a bunch of us wondered how responsive members might be to something more kinaesthetic than our usual fare; would the scholars and writers slip out for a cuppa? But no! Jo Henwood’s imaginative, compelling facilitation, and the conviviality of attendees, combined to form a magical interlude. From the top of the theatrette, glancing down to the stage, all one could see was a carpet of bodies, moving like sea-fronds, kneeling, cross-legged, arching over each other for a snippet of this, a patch of that… and whilst I don’t have a photo of Jo herself at the workshop, there’s a spectacular glimpse of her (thanks Jackie Kerin!) on stage telling a story that same day. Just scroll down through the quilts and gorgeous fairy tale folk here. Can you spot Aladdin’s lamp? A frog, anyone? Or toadstools spun from Australian wool?
Lorena Carrington from Castlemaine provided insights into her artistic approaches, and previewed her illustrations for a forthcoming book “Vasilisa the Wise” with acclaimed author Kate Forsyth (it’s great when our members collaborate!), while Erin McCuskey from Ballarat, founding producer of Yum Studio, introduced us to her fabulist realm of Luxville by way of film, photography and her book “Luxville Dolls”.
Courtesy of Spike Deane, we’re beaming a photo of her superb glass sculpture for our inaugural Australian Fairy Tale Society Award. Each year, awardees’ names will be inscribed onto this piece, as part of our permanent national fairy tale collection. The frog is designed so that light beams through his eyes, carrying the magic of glass, like a golden ball through a well.
Australian Fairy Tale Society 