British Library major fantasy exhibition

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For those of you in or in the vicinity of London, The British Library is holding an exhibition named Fantasy – Realms of Imagination since the end of October until February 25th 2024.

I'm a member of the BL so will be going at some point (theoretically I can take someone in but this might be difficult to organise). There are some related events taking place involving Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman and a board games festival day. Some of these might be viewable online if you book. They had an interview with Susan Cooper (of The Dark is Rising) which I watched.

vimeo.com/878622696?utm_campaign=FantasyOpenNow_Exhibitions_20231027_1516966

(Apologies if this is wrong section for this but it seemed too specific for 'General' and 'Stage' seemed the closest.)

This is the link to the event on the British Library website: www.bl.uk/events/fantasy

but be aware that at time of posting they are still suffering the effects of a devastating 'cyber incident' which has disabled their website and much besides for a week (making it impossible to book tickets – you can turn up and buy them at the moment but only with cash!)

Anyway here are reviews of the exhibition in The Guardian and The Londonist.

Explanation of artwork references:

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Those of you nowhere near London mind you don't miss out on online events which might be of interest.

Actually there was a writing for roleplay masterclass this weekend which perhaps I should have flagged up but it was a stonking £185.

There are some more reasonably priced online events coming up:

Monday 20 November
Why We Need Fantasy: Neil Gaiman in conversation.

Tuesday 21 November
The Worlds of Terry Pratchett: Neil Gaiman and Rob Wilkins.

Saturday 9 December

Fantasy Worlds: A Day of Talks. This includes:

11:00 - 12:00 Fantasy Worlds: Fantasy Maps
Cartographies of the imagination. With speakers including Charles Vess in conversation with Travis Elborough.

12:30 - 13:30 Fantasy Worlds: Mary Shelley, uprisings and rebellions
How Frankenstein paved the way for generations of marginalised voices in fiction

14:00 - 15:00 Fantasy Worlds: Visualising Fantasy
Brian and Wendy Froud and Alan Lee in conversation with Terri Windling

15:30 - 16:30 Fantasy Worlds: Rebecca F. Kuang in conversation
The award-winning author of The Poppy War trilogy, Babel and Yellowface in conversation with Saara El-Arifi

17:00 - 18:15 Fantasy Worlds: World Building in Fantasy
Aliette de Bodard and Adrian Tchaikovsky with Matthew Sangster

I've just picked out some which look to be most of interest. NB If you book but can't watch live you can catch up on most of them for 48 hours.

The BL continues to be crippled by a ransomware attack, but you can book here:

britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/living-knowledge/2023/11/british-library-events-.html