As a member, you’ll receive far more benefits than simply being involved through our public access!

Member Benefits

As a member, you receive:

• Exclusive access to the members-only section^* of the AFTS website
• Exclusive access to all the Fairy Tale Ring Reference Reading & Points to Ponder lists
• An invitation to attend Fairy Tale Ring meetings currently operating in Adelaide, Brisbane, Illawarra, Melbourne, Sydney, and online
• Discount rates to annual conferences
• Exclusive access to all conference audio recordings
• Vote for annual AFTS Award winner
• Discount rates for other AFTS events such as exhibitions, concerts or seminars
• Networking opportunities with AFTS members across the nation
• Networking opportunities with artistic and academic professionals, performers and skilled artisans working with fairy tales
• The exclusive opportunity to have your fairy tale themed work / writing / art published in the AFTS ezine
• Opportunities to have personal, independent and/or professional fairy tale related work promoted via the ezine and social media
• Exclusive free access to the AFTS eZine
• The right to vote on AFTS constitutional amendments that may arise at the Annual General Meeting
• The right to nominate and vote for AFTS committee members at the AGM

*Password changes yearly with renewing memberships

The public can:

• Attend the annual conference (with entry fee)
• Attend a local Fairy Tale Ring (with entry fee) and network with local members
• Follow the AFTS on all social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
• Attend public AFTS events
• Read the public AFTS website posts and announcements
• View/listen to inaugural conference recordings via the AFTS YouTube channel
• Read and download a preview PDF of Issue No. 1 of the members exclusive ezine
• Access two samples of our thematic Reading Lists

Two (public) samples of our private Reading Lists

Jack and the Beanstalk J & B reading list

The Little Mermaid little-mermaid-reading list

(You can access our other lists, e.g. for Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Bluebeard, Thumbelina, Rapunzel and more, by joining The Australian Fairy Tale Society!)

Preview of the e-zine

PUBLIC PREVIEW AFTS EZINE ISSUE