A One Day Symposium on Frances Hardinge
Schedule
Sat Jul 11 2026 at 09:30 am to 05:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
King's College London | London, EN
About this Event
A one day symposium on the work of Frances Hardinge. We have talks, interviews, and workshops.
Guest: Frances Hardinge
Keynote Speaker; Ali Baker Brooks, University of East London
Organised by Farah Mendlesohn (Anglia Ruskin) and Virginia Preston (Kings College)
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Full programme:
10am (coffee/tea served just before)
Ali Baker Brooks’ Keynote
10:45
Virginia Preston: Changing the world – individual and collective action in Frances Hardinge’s work
11:15
Alice Penfold: The Quest to Express: Mixed and Multiple Metaphors in A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
11:45
Farah Mendlesohn: Metaphors We Live By and the political subversions of Frances Hardinge.
12:15
Lunch Workshop: Grab your Lunch and Gather Round: Philippa R. Francis: (workshop): Fragments of Idea'
13:15
Frances Hardinge and Rhiannon Lassiter: On Beta Reading
14:00
Shana Worthen: "Hayfever" and other culinary hazards in the works of Frances Hardinge
14:30
Lisa Bennett and Sean Williams: Just Grrrls: Rage and power in the works of Frances Hardinge and Tamora Pierce (Virtual)
15:00
Will Tattersdill: "Disrupting Victorian Pigeon Holes: The Dinosaurs of The Lie Tree
15:30
Audrey Taylor: "The Monstrous Other is Us: Childhood and Perspective in Cuckoo Song and A Face Like Glass (Virtual)
16:00
Gili Bar-Hilel: Faith and Not-Faith: Dwindling Deities in the works of Frances Hardinge
16:30
Frances Hardinge and Jacqui Collier: Joan Aiken
Close
Where is it happening?
King's College London, Strand, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 6.00 to GBP 50.00



















