Hold the date!

From Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 June, 2025 – a week after the International Storytelling Conference, and a week before Supanova Comic Con – the Australian Fairy Tale Society will host its eleventh conference.

This inspiration to see the world in fresh new ways comes with an opportunity for members and new friends to gather and share old stories, and new ideas, performances, academic talks, panel discussions and workshops, plus sales of book and art.

To celebrate the character of Sydney as a water city, where harbour and rivers form shared spaces, thoroughfares, and barriers as well, our theme is:

Over Water, Under Water, Magical Waters of Fairy Tales

Over Water: Voyages in fairy tales, and voyages of fairy tales – how fairy tales have travelled across the seas from other parts of the world to make their home here.

Under Water: The many meanings that lie beneath fairy tales, and the underwater portals to other worlds that exist within the stories, as well as how we experience them.

Magical and Healing Waters: Water of Life and Water of Death, Rapunzel’s tears and three drops of blood, watermills and bridges, bathing pools and wishing wells, and the sweat of effort to reach the hero’s destiny.

Our venue will be Prince Henry Centre, Little Bay, Sydney. See you there!