I spent last weekend at FaerieCon, three splendid days, filled to the brim with lovely people, lively conversations and art of the fantastic in every size, shape and kind. I was hosted, wined and dined by Kim and Mary (and Mike too, of course!), two living and very real Queens of the May who produce Faerie Magazine and introduced to the lovely Be and Drew of ‘I Do Believe’ in the UK, all of them passionate advocates of the practical benefits of art and magic in all of our lives. As the days ran too quickly forward I discovered a large and ever-growing population of similarly passionate people who dance under the fairy hills every day of their lives. I felt very much at home amongst a tribe of people that shared so many of the aesthetic sensibilities that I myself value. Brian and Wendy Froud made for excellent hosts of the event and the gathering of other artists, performers and writers was amazing to say the least: Linda Ravenscroft, Delia Sherman, Ellen Kushner, Michael Hague, Holly Black, John and Caitlin Matthews, Ari Berk, Josephine Wall, Jessica Galbreth and my new extended family just goes on and on.
A very big thank you goes out to Robert, Emilio and Kelly for putting in all the enormous amount of hard work that it takes to organize an event like this. I will be there next year for sure.
That’s me with Jo Wall and Linda Ravenscroft (Hello sweetie!) just in front of the Faerie Magazine booth.
All that fae energy certainly helped to make the four-square gray convention walls that surrounded us disappear from time to time. Least you think that events like this only happen once a year they don’t. All over the country and the the UK they are springing up more and more often. The Faerieworld Festivals in Portland are going very strong and I’m planning to sit down at the May Day Faerie festival held each spring (for the last 15 years) at the Spoutwood Farm in Glenn Rock PA over the May day weekend next year.
www.fairiefestival.net
See you all there,
Charles
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At the good faeries ball, I oh-so-rudely interupted your conversation with Ari Berk to introduce myself…I do hope you’ll accept my appollogies. Faerie Con was wonderful! It was great to meet you and in the future hopfully I’ll be less star-struck and can talk to you a bit more. Have fun at World Fantasy and I hope to see you at Sproutwood and next year at the Con.
Cheers!
Autumn Dae