George MacDonald

Centenary Events during 2005

Saturday May 14th, 2005. Hastings, England

Holy Trinity Church, Hastings starting at 10 am. In the morning there will be talks and a slideshow while in the afternoon a coach tour has been organised visiting places of particular MacDonald/ Lewis Carroll interest in the area. Bookings can be made via:

Edward G Preston
63 Bohemia Road
St. Leonards on Sea
East Sussex
United Kingdom
TN37 6RG

The cost will be £5 plus lunch (i.e. £8 Salad £7 Sandwich) and represents excellent value. UK Cheques should be made payable to the 'George MacDonald Society' and enclosed with booking forms. On receipt of a firm booking a map will be sent giving directions.

I attended a similar event in 2001 (some photographs can be found here) and can thoroughly recommend this as a fascinating opportunity to discover George MacDonald's Hastings and its links to other well known literary figures including Lewis Carroll.

Saturday June 4th, 2005. Vancouver, Canada

Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. is putting on a one day MacDonald Conference. A .pdf brochure is available from their web site. Speakers include Ron Reed and Kirsten Johnson.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005. London

At 2 pm an English Heritage blue plaque will be unveiled at Tudor Lodge, MacDonald's home at Albert Street, London.

Saturday July 23rd, 2005. Worcester, England

George MacDonald Centenary Conference. University College Worcester, England. International Centre for Research in Primary English and Childrens Literature. Keynote speakers Prof. Rod McGillis (Calgary), Prof. Maria Nikolajeva (Stockholm), Prof. David Neuhouser (Indiana). A one day conference: £50 including lunch.

Friday & Saturday July 29th & 30th, 2005. London, England

A two day academic conference on "George MacDonald and Today's World" at Temple Lodge, Hammersmith, chaired by MacDonald Society President, Professor Stephen Prickett. For further details contact John Docherty at www.macdonaldsociety.org

11-15th August 2005
2005 Mythcon of the Mythopoeic Society. Birmingham, England

It is hoped that the 2005 Mythcon of the Mythopoeic Society hosted by the Tolkien Society in Birmingham, England will include a session on MacDonald.

Saturday & Sunday September 17th & 18th, 2005. Baylor University, Texas

MacDonald Conference at Baylor University, Baylor, Texas, USA. Organised by Professor Stephen Prickett.

September, 2005. London, England

Date to be announced. Unveiling of plaque to 'The Boy on a Dolphin' (for which Greville MacDonald was the model) in Hyde Park, London.

Saturday October 8th or 15th, 2005. Aberdeen, Scotland

Exhibition in Aberdeen and MacDonald Society's Annual General Meeting with guest speaker (dates to be confirmed).

Details to Follow

The proposed American 2005 East and West Coast Workshops will probably be on Phantastes. The tentantive title is "How to (mis)understand Phantastes: Escaping from the Nonsense of the Introductions in the Everyman and Erdmans Editions of Phantastes." Contact Nancy Mellon.

Please let us know if you are aware of other events and we will be happy to publicise them here.

Last modified: May 15, 2005 12:50 PM