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The Get Angela Carter festival celebrates Angela Carter’s Bristol connections around the 25th anniversary of her death and draws together various…
Pyrotechnics
Representing a shift in Carter studies for the 21st century, this book critically explores her legacy and showcases the current…
Angela Carter Society
The Angela Carter Society seeks to celebrate and promote the study and appreciation of the life and work of Angela…
Special Issue on Angela Carter and Japan
Dr Charlotte Crofts co-edited this special issue of the journal of Contemporary Women’s Writing with Professor Natsumi Ikoma which is…
BOOK: The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities
The Arts of Angela Carter: A Cabinet of Curiosities, edited by Marie Mulvey-Roberts is published by Manchester University Press. This…
ANGELA CARTER’S FOLKSONG AND MUSIC SESSION
“Authentic Magic”: Angela Carter’s Folksong and Music Session Sunday 5 MarchTHIS EVENT HAS NOW HAPPENED We are delighted to present a video…
Truly It Felt Like Year One: A Tour of Angela Carter’s 1960s Bristol
Join author Dr Stephen Hunt (Angela Carter’s Provincial Bohemia) on a virtual tour of Angela Carter’s 1960s Bristol, followed by Q&A…
Ludics and Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic: Angela Carter at Play
Angela Carter’s provocations to laughter and her enchantment with ludic narrative strategies are two key aspects of her aesthetic practice,…
PUSSY and THE RUBY CHOKER
Renato’s Theatre Presents Pussy and The Ruby Choker Double Bill Saturday 26th January, 8-10pm Bristol Improv Theatre, 50 St Paul’s Rd, Bristol…
PUSSY
THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED 10-13 Oct 2017 “The best story in [The Bloody Chamber], “Puss-in-Boots” deserves to be included in…
STRANGE WORLDS EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter “The artwork for the book is exquisite, and the essays do justice to Angela….
STRANGE WORLDS POETRY
IMAGE: The Old Maids by Leonora Carrington | 1947 | Oil on board 582 x 738 mm | Robert and Lisa Sainsbury…
Marie Mulvey-Roberts Radio Interview on Miranda the Word, Ujima FM
Marie Mulvey-Roberts was interviewed about Angela Carter, Literary Bristol and the RWA Strange Worlds Exhibition on Ujima Radio on The…
CALL FOR MOVING IMAGES
Call for Moving Images Inspired by the Life and Work of Angela Carter Angela Carter loved “anything that flickers” and…
ANGELA CARTER INSPIRED MOVING IMAGES
Angela Carter Inspired Moving Images We invited filmmakers to submit film or moving image works inspired by any aspect of…
ANGELA CARTER AND FOLK MUSIC
Angela’s jotted music manuscript notes, along with the only known tape-recordings of her singing and playing her English concertina in…
ANGELA CARTER AS ARTIST
After graduating from Bristol University, Angela Carter enrolled in evening classes at the West of England College of Art at…
STRANGE WORLD UWE POSTERS
To mark the exhibition Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter at the Royal West of England Academy (opening 10 December 2016), BA…
READINGS AT RWA
Throughout the RWA Strange Worlds Exhibition Dec – March 2017 there were free short readings from Angela Carter’s work in the…
BBC RADIO 4 FRONT ROW
Marie Mulvey-Roberts, co-curator of the Strange Worlds Exhbition and co-organiser of the Fireworks Conference was interviewed on BBC Radio 4,…
FIREWORKS CONFERENCE
Fireworks: The Visual Imagination of Angela Carter 9-10 January 2017 PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED UWE and the…
EDMUND GORDON IN CONVERSATION WITH SIR CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING
Edmund Gordon in Conversation with Sir Christopher Frayling Wednesday 15 March 2017, 7-8PM Bookshop, The Galleries, Bristol THIS EVEN HAS…
STRANGE WORLDS EXHIBITION
Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter 10 Dec 16 – 19 Mar 17 THIS EXHIBITION HAS NOW FINISHED Strange…
Strange Worlds Poetry Competition THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Winners were announced – and the winning poem read out – on…
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES SCREENING
The Company of Wolves Sunday 12 March 2017, doors 15.15; film start 15.20 RWA THIS EVENT HAS HAPPENED Bristol Film…
WITHIN THE REALM OF THE FAIRY TALE: DRAWING MASTER CLASS
Within the realm of the Fairy Tale: Drawing – Master Class RWA Saturday 11 March 2017, 10.30am – 4.30pm Sunday…
IMAGE WRITES: CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
Image Writes: Creative Writing Course RWA, 18 January, 22 February, 15 March 2017 10.30am – 12.30pm each day £45/£40 concessions for…
THE SNOW, THE CROW, THE BLOOK EXHIBITION
The Snow, The Crow and The Blood is an exhibition of work by illustrator Layla Holzer, inspired by the enchanting and…
SHADOW DANCE PUPPET WORKSHOP
Shadow Dance: Angela Carter and Shadow Puppets On Saturday 18 February, the RWA hosted creative puppet-making workshops for children and…
STRANGE WORLDS: THE CONCERTS
Strange Worlds: The Concerts – The Sound of Angela Carter Two performances of a haunting programme inspired by RWA’s stunning Strange Worlds:…
ART HISTORY IN THE PUB
Art History in the Pub ‘Unpicking the Layers of Strange Worlds: the Vision of Angela Carter’ with Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts,…
IMAGE AND MAGIC
Image and Magic Workshop with Ros Cuthbert Friday 3 February, 10am – 4pm RWA THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED This 1…
STRANGE REWRITINGS AT THE RWA
Strange Rewritings at the RWA THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED On Monday 30 January the RWA hosted an event for students…
ANGELA CARTER’S FLEAPIT
Angela Carter’s Fleapit Exhibited at the Fireworks Conference flea·pit n. Chiefly British Slang. A cheap or squalid theatre. flea cir·cus n. A…
FAIRY TALE MISFITS COLLAGE WORKSHOPS
Fairy Tale Misfits: Angela Carter Collage Workshops THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED On 14 February (half-term) the RWA hosted children’s collage…
SHAKING A LEG
Shaking a Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings Jenny Uglow (ed.) Chatto & Windus, 1997 One of contemporary literature’s most original…
ANAGRAMS OF DESIRE
Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film and Television Charlotte Crofts Manchester University Press, 2003 Angela Carter is…
THE CURIOUS ROOM
The Curious Room: Collected Dramatic Writings Jenny Uglow (ed.) Chatto & Windus, 1996 Although best known for her novels and…
THE HOLY FAMILY ALBUM
The Holy Family Album (1991) “a searing critique of Christian imagery” The Holy Family Album, Angela Carter’s sacrilegious take on Christian iconography,…
LITERARY BRISTOL
Literary Bristol: Writers and the City Marie Mulvey-Roberts (ed.) Redcliffe Press, 2015 “Consider the nature of a city. It is…
INSIDE THE BLOODY CHAMBER
Inside the Bloody Chamber: On Angela Carter, the Gothic, and other Weird Tales Christoper Frayling Oberon Books, 2015 Inside the…
SISTERHOODS
Sisterhoods Across the Literature Media Divide Deborah Cartmell, I.Q. Hunter, Heidi Kaye, Imelda Whelehan (eds) Pluto Press, 1998 This volume concentrates on…
RE-VISITING ANGELA CARTER
Re-Visiting Angela Carter: Texts, Contexts, Intertexts Rebecca Munford (ed.) Palgrave, 2006 Focusing on questions of intertextuality, authorship and representation, Re-visiting…
THE FEMALE GOTHIC
The Female Gothic: New Directions Diane Wallace and Andrew Smith (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 This rich and varied collection of…
WOMEN AND THE GOTHIC
Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion Avril Horner, Sue Zlosnik (eds) Edinburgh University Press, 2016 A re-assessment of the…
RWA CURATOR EVENTS
RWA Curator Events with Exhibition Organisers Fiona Robinson (RWA) and Marie Mulvey-Roberts (UWE) THESE EVENTS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED Join us for…
ANGELA CARTER SUNDAY BRUNCH SCREENINGS
THIE EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED Sundays in December, Watershed and Bristol Festival of Ideas present a season of sophisticated fairytales,…
ANGELA AND ME CHRISTOPHER FRAYLING KEYNOTE
Angela and Me: A Bath Literary Friendship Christoper Frayling Keynote THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY HAPPPENED Leading cultural historian and broadcaster…
MARIE MULVEY-ROBERTS
Marie Mulvey-Roberts is an Associate Professor in English literature and Reader in Literary Studies at the University of the West…
CHARLOTTE CROFTS
Charlotte Crofts is an Associate Professor in Filmmaking at the University of the West of England, UWE Bristol. She is…