For Sale: Alice books signed by Alice Liddell
You can now buy copies of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass”, signed by Alice Hargreaves (Alice Liddell’s name after she married), if you are willing to spend lots of...
View ArticleTalk: Lewis Carroll: Early Transmedial Storyteller
Christ Church in Oxford (UK) is hosting a talk about how Lewis Carroll and illustrator John Tenniel developed foundational visual storytelling techniques together. The speaker, professor Halsall, is a...
View ArticleAlice’s Day 2026
Oxford’s annual Alice’s Day festival will be held on Saturday 4 July. The theme for 2026 is ‘Snarks, Rhymes & Riddles’. During this day, all kinds of family-friendly events will take place,...
View ArticleLewis Carroll’s copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland now digitally viewable
Lewis Carroll’s own copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, that was recently donated to Christ Church, has now been digitised by the Bodleian Library. It concerns Lewis Carroll’s personal copy of...
View ArticleLewis Carroll Visiting Fellowship for research at Bodleian Libraries and...
The Bodleian Libraries and Christ Church in Oxford, UK, are offering a fellowship to conduct Lewis Carroll research using their archival manuscript and printed books collections. Researchers external...
View ArticleCarroll’s copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland donated to Christ Church
Lewis Carroll’s own copy of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was donated to Christ Church, Oxford. The book was donated by Ellen A. Michelson, an American philanthropist and bibliophile, because she...
View ArticleReissue of “The Philosopher’s Alice”
“The Philosopher’s Alice: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass” was published in 1974 and has been out of print for quite some time. It has recently been reissued, with a...
View ArticleVirtual tour: Exhibition of the archives of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
You can attend an online tour through the foyer display and cabinet exhibition of the Surrey History Centre, where parts of their archives of Charles Dodgson are on display. Surrey History Centre has a...
View ArticleSummer school: Lewis Carroll’s Oxford
During this summer you can once more follow a week long course about Lewis Carroll in Oxford, UK. During the course, you will explore Lewis Carroll’s books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through...
View ArticleBook review: “Alice’s Oxford – People and Places that Inspired Wonderland”
On July 4th (not coincidentally, on ‘Alice’s Day’), a new book about Oxford connections to Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’ books will come out. I am grateful to the publisher, Bodleian Library Publishing, for...
View ArticleNew publication: “A Companion to ‘Jabberwocky’ in Translation”
Are you interested in worldwide translations of Carroll’s famous ‘Jabberwocky’ poem? Then this publication is for you! Several language specific studies of ‘Jabberwocky’ in translation have been...
View ArticleCall for papers: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – A Companion”
A follow-up volume to the recently published “Alice through the Looking-Glass: A Companion” is going to be published! It will be called “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – A Companion”. If you want to...
View ArticleDonation and exhibition: the Jon A. Lindseth Lewis Carroll Collection
American scholar and collector Jon Lindseth donated his Lewis Carroll collection to Christ Church. They have started cataloguing and digitising the collection, but you can already see highlights of the...
View ArticleBook review: Alice Through the Looking-Glass: A Companion
An interdisciplinary study of Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there” has just been published! This book consists of many essays by different authors, hoping to shine a...
View ArticleBook review: “Alice Through The Smartphone – How Safe Is The Internet...
Author Russell Jeanes was so kind as to send me a digital copy of his new tale “Alice Through The Smartphone”. I’ve written a review for anyone who may be interested in this book, which is mainly aimed...
View ArticleAlice’s Day 2024
This year’s Alice’s Day will be held on the 6th of July in Oxford – and I have been invited to give one of the talks for the Lewis Carroll Society! Each year around the 4th of July (the day the...
View ArticleExhibition and sale: prints from the original wood blocks
In the UK there is currently an exhibition of Alice in Wonderland illustrations printed directly from the original wood blocks. They are also for sale. To be able to print John Tenniel’s illustrations,...
View Article160th Anniversary Alice in Wonderland Exhibition
For the anniversary of the publication of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, there is an exhibition of both the original illustrations from John Tenniel as well as a collection of illustrations from...
View ArticleSummer course: Lewis Carroll’s Oxford and the Surprising Histories of Alice’s...
The University of Oxford offers a course about Lewis Carroll and his ‘Alice’ books this summer. The course will explore Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the...
View ArticleNew book: “Alice in a World of Wonderlands: The English Language Editions of...
A bibliography of all English language editions of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, “Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice found there”, “Alice’s Adventures under Ground”, and “The Nursery...
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