THE LEWIS CARROLL SOCIETY
54th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Friday 24 November 2023 5pm (GMT) on Zoom only
Please register for the AGM ( secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk )
The Lewis Carroll Society News
Barmy in Wonderland:
when the Cheshire Cat met the Newt
In this talk Sarah looks at the similarities, parallels and coincidences that link PG Wodehouse and Lewis Carroll. Expect surprising arrivals and departures, MI5, and mass poisonings!
A talk by Sarah Stanfield
(Past Chairman of The Lewis Carroll Society and member
of The PG Wodehouse Society UK)
4pm to 6.30pm Friday 13 October 2023
The Gradidge Room, The Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Square,
London WC1N 3AT.
Talk followed by Plum Wodehouse cake and tea.
Members, free; non-members, £5 (cash only)
Alice in Cartoonland
Video recording of the talk of 8 September 2023.
Taking his title from a comment made to Alice by the Looking-Glass Gnat, Brian Sibley explores the comic universe of Carrollian cartoons, chronicling their history from Dodgson’s original illustrations for Alice’s Adventures Under Ground via those for Wonderland and Looking-Glass by legendary cartoonist and political satirist, Sir John Tenniel, through to the work of his modern-day counterparts.
Alice in Cartoonland
Friday 8 September 2023 on Zoom
Talk starts at 6pm
ZOOM Link: CLICK HERE
Taking his title from a comment made to Alice by the Looking-Glass Gnat, Brian Sibley explores the comic universe of Carrollian cartoons, chronicling their history from Dodgson’s original illustrations for Alice’s Adventures Under Ground via those for Wonderland and Looking-Glass by legendary cartoonist and political satirist, Sir John Tenniel, through to the work of his modern-day counterparts.
Alice's Day 2023
Alice's Day, Oxford, 1 July 2023
Clickable links for the above:
Weston Library Lecture Theatre www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/weston
Walk led by Mark Davies oxfordtowpathpress@gmail.com
The Hunting of the Snark film tickets: https://artsfestivaloxford.org/events/the-hunting-of-the-snark
"ALL IN THE GOLDEN AFTERNOON ..."
Join us at 12noon on Tuesday 23 May on the Folly Bridge in Oxford (Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4LB)
when Gyles Brandreth will unveil a decorative plaque, marking the place where, on 4 July 1862, The Revd Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), The Revd Robinson Duckworth, and the three Liddell sisters set off on a boating trip that would change literary history. For, as you all know, it was on this outing that the first version of Alice’s Adventures Underground (later entitled Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) was told to the children.
Annual General Meeting
Friday 16 December UK (online) 6pm
followed by 'Which one of Lewis Carroll's acquaintances I'd most like to invite to Christmas lunch and why' (Alice not permitted)
Everybody welcome to participate
For Zoom link and Agenda please register with secretary@lewiscarrollsociety.org.uk
The Roger Lancelyn Green
Memorial Lecture 2022
Thoughts on Scholarship
Charlie Lovett
chaired by Brian Sibley
Friday 28 October at 7.30pm UK
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89819029818
After more than a decade of researching and writing his new book Lewis Carroll: Formed by Faith, Charlie Lovett shares his thoughts about scholarship and research. Using examples from the book, a biography of Charles Dodgson that examines in depth his religious upbringing and beliefs and the ways in which they shaped his work, Charlie will focus on the place of context, research, and vision in contemporary Carrollian scholarship.
Charlie Lovett is a New York Times bestselling novelist and playwright,
whose plays for children have been seen in over 5000 productions worldwide.
New in 2022: Lewis Carroll:Formed by Faith
Through the Looking-Glass:
Creative Writing and Bibliotherapy
from the University of Sunderland
Being creative, focussed and getting the writing finished are challenges facing a writer. A course developed by Professor Angela Smith, Dr Alison Younger and Colin Younger.
They will discuss the ideas behind the course which includes journalling, and relaxation techniques.
