05.03.07
University College Falmouth's Authorial Illustration MA presents annual open forum on graphic literature

Each year University College Falmouth presents a one-day Open Forum on a theme related to authorial illustration, which encourages illustrators to develop their own personal voice and to author their own concepts.

This year the Forum, which will take place on Friday 16 March 2007, is on the theme of publishers talking about publishing graphic literature, a term which covers illustrated books, graphic novels, comics and independent/self-published books.

The Forum will be presented by leading comics historian, Paul Gravett (www.paulgravett.com), and features presentations by an international line up of guest speakers including Dan Franklin from Jonathan Cape/Random House UK (www.randomhouse.co.uk), Gita Wolf from Tara Publishing in India (www.tarabooks.com), Yvan Alagbe from Fremok in France (www.fremok.org), and Chris Oliveros from Drawn & Quarterly (www.drawnandquarterly.com) in Canada.

The Forum will also provide the audience with an opportunity to participate in discussions with the guest speakers during the day.

"This is a unique event and we are delighted to have the opportunity of presenting such a high profile group of guest speakers from the world of publishing," commented MA Illustration Authorial Practice Course Leader and organiser of the event, Steve Braund. "The event promises to generate widespread interest and debate in the field of graphic literature, and we are offering complimentary tickets to publishers, illustrators and related organisations who we feel would find the day of particular interest," he added.

The Forum will take place at University College Falmouth's sub-tropical garden campus at Woodlane in Falmouth between 10am and 4pm on Friday 16 March 2007. If you would like to receive complimentary tickets, please email steve.braund@falmouth.ac.uk.

University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall, a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through higher education. The CUC is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.

For further information about MA Illustration Authorial Practice at University College Falmouth, please visit www.falmouth.ac.uk/authorialillustration, email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or contact Admissions on 01326 214372 (for the full-time option) or 01326 214373 (for the part-time route).

For further information contact Jilly Easterby at Univeristy College Falmouth on 01326 213792 or email: jilly.easterby@falmouth.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). University College Falmouth is a partner of the CUC.

Editor's notes:

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