Bristol Day Conference 2008:-

The Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Saturday, 16th August 2008

10:30 am - 7 pm

£45.00 per delegate including lunch

Supported by GGBP, Folly & Friends of the Chalet School

Over the last fifteen years, author appreciation societies and publications such as Folly Magazine and the GGBP reprints have contributed to the appreciation and study of Girls' School Stories and enabled their adult readers to 'come out of the closet'! This conference is a celebration.

Provisional Timetable

10:30 a.m. Registration; Coffee and biscuits

11:00 Welcome Sue Sims (Editor of Folly Magazine) and Hilary Clare on "Folly and The Respectability of Girls' School Stories".

12:30 p.m. Panel presentation and discussion; The Schools of EBD, EJO and DFB

1:30 Buffet Lunch

2:30-3:45 Book Sale and Craft Sale, also…

2:30-4:30 Quizzes and Activities

4:30 Tea and cake

5:00 Talks/Demonstrations/Discussions Session 1

5:45 Talks/Demonstrations/Discussions Session 2

6:45 Final plenary session; farewells

The talks/demonstrations/discussions (probably 3 parallel sessions each time) are expected to include;

Sally Dore on "Girls' School Stories and Real Life"

Ruth Jolly and Adrianne Fitzpatrick talking about editing the Chalet books for GGBP

A talk by Ann Mackie Hunter on a Chalet or Abbey topic

A practical demonstration of book repair by Betula O'Neill

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