People might be interested in Out of the Attic, a collection of essays about some 'neglected' children's authors, including, natch, a chapter on Antonia Forest, by Hilary Clare based on her talk at the Forest London Day. Other authors discussed include Kitty Barne, Cynthia Harnett and Mary Treadgold. It's published by Pied Piper Publishing and the ( Read more... )

The first discussion group at the AF Conference featured a debate on the eternal problem of how all the birthdays fit in (as we know, they don't).

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We were discussing the fact that, given the author's note at the beginning of Marlows and the Traitor, which says that Peter must be 14 when it starts (Easter holidays), and the fact that ( Read more... )

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I really enjoyed

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This is my first post (I joined Trennels after talking to people at the conference) so I apologise in advance if I am breaking protocol or anything.

( Report on the AF conference )

If anyone was at the conference and feels like writing a report, please do!

This isn't a report, but it is a description of some of the cut bits of Run Away Home that we were given in a booklet at the conference. There was a discussion on Sunday of whether the cuts were a good thing, which I haven't gone into much - perhaps people can add to this ( Read more... )

The Antonia Forest Conference is rapidly approaching ... and as this is my very first non-work-related, non-professional, purely-voluntary conference EVER, I am starting to get slightly nervous. It occurs to me that I have no idea what sort of people go to such things. Will everyone there know one another except for me? Will they all be madly ( Read more... )

Because my info packet came yesterday and I am excited -

Who's going to the Antonia Forest Conference?

A reminder was posted to the Girlsown mailing list recently to say that there are still some places left on the Antonia Forest Conference in Bournemouth next summer (30 June - 2 July) - but how long there will be is another matter. So if you haven't booked - don't leave it too long or you may be disappointed ( Read more... )

Antonia Forest Conference 2006

Friday 30 June - Sunday 2 July 2006
Carrington House Hotel
Bournemouth

• Walk the Antonia Forest walk
• Hilary Clare: The Antonia Forest I have known
• Reading of unpublished chapters of Run Away Home, revealing just what Nicola and Patrick were doing under the stage ( Read more... )