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on anthologies, anthologists and anthologising: Edge Hill, Ormskirk (north of Liverpool); Friday July 16 1999. This conference, which I have had a hand in, might of interest to listmembers. Here is the provisional programme in summary form. Send for fuller details. Thursday Night July 15: A launch for OTHER: British and Irish Poetry Since 1970: a reading by Ric Caddel, Maggie O'Sullivan, Ken Edwards, and minimally: me. Friday 16 July 10.00 Anthologies and the canon Robert Martin: The Anthology and its Canons Linda Lang-Peralta: Anthologies and World Literature Alan Golding on Poetry Anthologies and the Canon. Rothenberg and Joris' Millennium 12.00 Session A: Anthologising Periodicals and Newspapers Kay Boardman and Margaret Beetham: Victorian women's periodicals Clare Horrocks: Anthologising Suffrage Reports 12.00 Session B: Literary Politics and Anthologies of 20C Poetry Michael Whitworth: Michael Roberts' Faber book (1935) Robert Sheppard: an overview of anthologies (allmentioned during the day) 2.00 Session A: C20 Popular Fiction Nickianne Moody: Cyberpunk and Chermical Generation Peter Wright: SciFi anthologies 2.00 Session B: Strategies of Anthologising Ken Edwards: Canon fodder: anthologising to infiltrate Ric Caddel: anthologies that present, not repreasent 2.00 Session C; Heahter Larmour: 18C anthologising Janet Lewison: 20C short stories 3.30. Session A: Women and Writing Margaret Forsyth: working class women poets of the C19 . Gail Chester: anthology as a medium for feminist debate 3.30 Session B: Anthologising contemporary poetry Wolfgang Gortschacher: Little mags and anthologies of poetry Lawrence Upton: Word Score Utterance Choreography. 4.40-6.00 Round table discussion: Anthologies and Romanticism Duncan Wu and Harriet Jump. Conference fee: 18 pounds waged 14 pounds unwaged. Accommodation available Thursday and Friday night. Sorry about my shorthand. But if you want fuller details e mail and I'll send booking form etc. (please feel free to crosspost) Robert Sheppard Emma Liggins Margaret Forsyth Edge Hill Ormskirk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%