GRIMMS' FAIRY TALES STUDY DAY

The Children’s Books History Society is staging a Study Day on Saturday 13 October 2012 to celebrate Two Hundred Years of the Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales.  The venue is the Church Hall of the Great Crown Court Church of Scotland in London’s Covent Garden.

The speakers will be:

Brian Alderson on The Making of the Kinder–und Hausmärchen

Neil Philips on The Influence of the Grimms

Geoff Fox on “There’s Game in the Wind”

Nick Tucker on “How grim are the Grimms’ fairy-tale parents?”

David Blaimres on The Role of the Forest in Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Susan Bailes on The Illustrators of Grimms’ Fairy Tales

The cost of the day is £20, which includes all refreshments including lunch.

Further details and a booking form are available from:

Robert Kirkpatrick

6 Osterley Park View Road

Hanwell

LONDON W7 2HH

tel.  020 8567 4521       
Rkirkpatrick.molesworth@virgin.net