Registration is open for the 2025 AFTS conference, Over Water, Under Water, Magical Waters of Fairy Tales!

When: June 14-15, 2025
Where: Little Bay, Sydney
Book: tinyurl.com/afts-conference

Join us at the Prince Henry Centre, Little Bay, Sydney, on 14-15 June for two amazing days exploring fairy tales from an Australian perspective. Our keynote speaker, internationally celebrated author Demelza Carlton, will make her only Sydney appearance, and she'll be joined by acclaimed fairy tale writers Kate Forsyth and Kell Woods, and an enchanting range of artists, authors, storytellers, musicians, psychologists, academics and fairy tale enthusiasts from around the country, at a beautiful ocean-facing site in the water-based city of Sydney.

There will be fun storytelling performances, fascinating talks, magical panels and sea shanty singalongs. Here are just a few of the sessions:

Generations of Mermaids: From Little Mermaid to Little Whale
The Magic of Tears in Fairy Tales
The Tragic Story of Unrequited Love Behind The Little Mermaid
Aquatic Reinvention: From Selkies to Homo Aquaticus
The Adventurer’s Guide to Folklore Waterways
The Faithful Fisherman of Burano
Here Be Mermaids
A Monstrous Voyage: Melusine’s Travels in Colonial Australia
Fairy Tale Water Crossings
The Salt Maiden short film
The Hidden Magic Behind Water Animation

For more information: australianfairytalesociety.org/2025-sydney-conference

Email: afts.conference@gmail.com