Have you ever heard of Narrate Conferences? I hadn’t, but I just learned today about this remarkable nonprofit, which describes their mission as presenting
innovative conferences and events for teens and adults. The mission of our organization is to provide unique opportunities for scholars, students, professionals and readers to discuss books, television, films, other media and popular culture. We aim to challenge and inspire a wide range of individuals, from the seasoned academic to the literary enthusiast, and our events combine aspects of academic conferences, professional retreats and fan conventions.
Their past events include Harry Potter conferences, but perhaps even more exciting is an upcoming conference on the theme Sirens, dedicated to women in fantasy literature. It’s an annual event, and this year’s topic is “monsters.” Guests include Justine Larbalestier, Nnedi Okorafor, and Laini Taylor, and the conference will take place October 6–9, 2011 in Vail, Colorado. Presentation proposals will be accepted until May 7, 2011. It’s a pretty reasonably-priced conference, too…ahem, fantasy fans! Hopefully it won’t overlap with the Kidlitcon…
I found out about this intriguing event thanks to fellow Cybils Fantasy/Sci-Fi judge Hallie Tibbetts of Undusty New Books–a fun perk of being Cybils blog editor is getting to cruise around the kidlitosphere and get acquainted with new (to me) blogs.
Thanks for the plug! 🙂 We've also been working on a YA-focused event (for readers, teachers, authors, librarians, scholars, etc.) for a while, but the economy hasn't been very kind.
I would love to go…