Kimber, G. (2015) Running a literary society: the Katherine Mansfield Society. Seminar Presentation presented to: Running a Literary Society: the Katherine Mansfield Society, School of the Arts, The University of Northampton, 27 January 2015. (Unpublished)
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Seminar Presentation) |
|---|---|
| Abstract: | If you have a favourite author, you may like to consider getting together with other like-minded people in order to establish a literary society, if one does not already exist. This is exactly what happened in 2008 with a group of KM scholars coming together, frustrated that there was no literary society to join. A literary society opens up all sorts of exciting collaborative opportunities for its members, and particularly the steering committee. Our first venture was to set up a website so we could start advertising ourselves - it is now the world’s largest hub for information on KM, attracting $NZ 20 000 of funding to date. We set up an annual literary journal, taken up by Edinburgh University Press in 2009, together with a newsletter, sent out to members 3 times a year. The committee is involved in all aspects of editing these publications and many of our members contribute regularly. We discovered that Dame Jacqueline Wilson, the children’s author, was a KM devotee; we contacted her and she is now our President, attending as many society events as she can. A literary society offers many different potential avenues for publication and for enhancing your CV, as we shall be demonstrating in this session! |
| Additional Information: | Presented as part of Subject Futures Week 2015 |
| Subjects: |
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN20 Societies P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR8309 English literature: Provincial, local, etc. > PR9639.3 New Zealand literature |
| Creators: | Kimber, Gerri |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing |
| Date: | 27 January 2015 |
| Date Type: | Presentation |
| Event Title: | Running a Literary Society: the Katherine Mansfield Society |
| Event Dates: | 27 January 2015 |
| Event Location: | School of the Arts, The University of Northampton |
| Event Type: | Other |
| Language: | English |
| Status: | Unpublished |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/7401 |
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