Join the Katherine Mansfield Society
Patron: Dame Jacqueline Wilson
Annual membership starts from date of joining and includes the following benefits:
- Free copy of Katherine Mansfield Studies, the Society’s prestigious annual yearbook published by Edinburgh University Press, including free on-line access (worth £25).
- Three on-line newsletters per year, packed with information, news, reviews and much more.
- Regular email bulletins with the latest news on anything related to KM and/or the Society (over 100 sent in 2012)
- Reduced price fees for all KMS conferences.
- 20% discount on all books published by Edinburgh University Press
- Special member offers.
- In addition, your membership fee goes to support the work of the KMS, a charitable organisation, which aims to promote worldwide awareness of Katherine Mansfield and her work. We have many projects in the pipeline, including collaboration on a Mansfield sculpture in her home town of Wellington, the setting up of international scholarships, and the continuing enhancement of our website, making it the world’s most comprehensive on-line information hub on anything and everything to do with Katherine Mansfield. If you enjoy browsing through our website, the result of hundreds of hours of work by volunteers, please show your support by becoming a member.
Latest News
"La fiction de Katherine Mansfield: nouvelle édition, nouvelles approches" / 'Katherine Mansfield's
17 April 2013
To mark the 90th anniversary of Katherine Mansfield’s death and the publication of her Collected Fiction edited by Gerri Kimber and Vincent O'Sullivan (Edinburgh University Press), we invite scholars to offer papers on all aspects of Katherine Mansfield’s fiction for a one-day conference to be held at Paris-Ouest University on Friday 21 June 2013. Gerri Kimber will introduce and discuss the new edition of the stories.
Two plays based on KM Stories by Kevin Boon
27 March 2013
Plays based on either KM's life or stories continue to fascinate. We are fortunate to have been given two more for our website resources, by KMS committee member Kevin Boon.
Announcement: New Postgraduate KM Research Blog
23 February 2013
The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce the launch of its new blog, Revelations:Postgraduate Research in Mansfield Studies.
Newly discovered KM story in Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
17 February 2013
A previously unknown story by Katherine Mansfield has been discovered in papers recently made available by the Alexander Turnbull Library.
THE SUNDAY TIMES OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL: ‘Katherine Mansfield 90 Years On’
16 February 2013
Kathleen Jones and Gerri Kimber in conversation: ‘Katherine Mansfield 90 Years On’
Birthday Lecture 2013
31 January 2013
The Katherine Mansfield Society is delighted to announce details of its annual Birthday Lecture for 2013:
Author talk - KM and Virginia Woolf: Writing, Music and Modernity - 3 February, Southbank Centre
28 January 2013
On Sunday 3rd February authors Kirsty Gunn and Gabriel Josipovici, join Delia da Sousa Correa from The Open University in the first of a series of OU events taking place at London’s Southbank Centre as part of the The Rest is Noise Festival.
In memoriam Katherine Mansfield
9 January 2013
who died from a hemorrhage at eleven o'clock on the night of 9 January 1923, 90 years ago today. This year, 2013, also celebrates the 125th anniversary of her birth.
(Image by Jan Riemenschneider-Kemp)
More images from Fontainebleau are available in the resource section of our website:
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/fontainebleau-avon/
KATHERINE MANSFIELD SOCIETY FOURTH ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION WINNER
6 January 2013
The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce the winner of its fourth international essay competition, on the theme of ‘Katherine Mansfield and the (Post)colonial’. The judges, Professor Elleke Boehmer (Professor of World Literature, University of Oxford), Dr Simone Oettli (Chargée d'enseignement, University of Geneva) and Professor Janet Wilson (Vice Chair, KMS, Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies, University of Northampton), agreed on the winner unanimously from a wide field of excellent entries.
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: KATHERINE MANSFIELD: MASKED AND UNMASKED
6 January 2013
Find further details here
Katherine Mansfield: Masked and Unmasked
February 8-11, 2013
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
KMS Birthday Lecture 2012 Photos
17 October 2012
The lecture was presented to a packed audience by internationally acclaimed authors Sally Vickers, Ali Smith and Susan Sellers and the title of the lecture was ‘The Legacy of Katherine Mansfield’. It was a perfect afternoon from start to finish, held in Gordon Square in the heart of Bloomsbury, in the former library of John Maynard Keynes. Three huge paintings by Vanessa Bell still hang on the walls. The sun shone through the trees in the garden square outside as the audience were captivated by the three speakers! There was even the spontaneous popping of champagne corks as the talks reached their conclusion and we all agreed that KM’s sense of humour is still going strong! Click here for Photos. Copies of the lecture booklet are available from our shop.
KMS Journal Volume 4 available now
11 October 2012
Katherine Mansfield Studies Journal volume 4, published in October 2012, is on the theme of 'Katherine Mansfield and the Fantastic', available now at the online shop.
Cathy Downes’s The Case of Katherine Mansfield
9 September 2012
New Zealand has given us the Haka, an odd prehistoric earth-bound bird, and thankfully, Katherine Mansfield.
Crans-Montana 2012 Symposium registration now open
30 July 2012
Registration and payment option are now open for the Crans-Montana 2012 International Symposium. Please visit the Symposium page for details.
'In the Footsteps of Katherine Mansfield' Symposium
10 July 2012
CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND, 22-23 SEPTEMBER 2012
The organisers are delighted to announce that registration for this exciting symposium will open soon, and the programme will be put together shortly. We are offering latecomers the chance to submit abstracts up to July 15th. Please forward any late abstracts to Simone Oettli simone.oettli@unige.ch as soon as possible. Thank you.
KMS official partner of sculpture documentary
31 May 2012
The KMS is now an officially recognised partner and sponsor of the sculpture documentary to be produced by Pearl Button Productions in NZ. The documentary charting the creation of Virginia King’s sculpture of KM will be premiered at the Wellington KM conference in February next year.
KM Birthday Lecture 2012 Tickets now available
26 April 2012
Tickets for the 2012 Katherine Mansfield Birthday Lecture are available for purchase. More details can be found at the KM Birthday Lecture event page.
Fourth Essay Competition: KM and the (Post)colonial
12 April 2012
The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce its fourth essay competition, open to all, on the subject of:
KATHERINE MANSFIELD THIRD ESSAY PRIZE COMPETITION RESULTS
2 April 2012
The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce the winner of its third international essay prize competition, on the theme of ‘Katherine Mansfield and the Fantastic’. The judges, Professor Susan Sellers and Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts, chaired by Professor Gina Wisker, were unanimous in their view that one of the essays submitted was outstanding in the originality of its approach and in the subtlety of its expression.
Kevin Boon Novella Kezia now available to purchase
30 March 2012
Kevin Boon Novella Kezia is now available to purchase through the KMS Shop
CFP: KMS International Symposium, Crans-Montana, Switzerland
22 March 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF KATHERINE MANSFIELD
Hosted by the British Residents Association and the English Department of the University of Geneva, together with the Katherine Mansfield Society
CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND
22-23 SEPTEMBER 2012
To be introduced by the New Zealand Ambassador
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Witi Ihimaera, Angela Smith, Gerri Kimber
REGISTRATION FOR KATHERINE MANSFIELD AND EUROPE NOW LIVE
21 March 2012
Please find a link below to the dedicated website for the ‘Katherine Mansfield in Europe’ conference to be held on 27-29 June in Ruzomberok, Slovakia.
Kevin Boon's dramatisation of ‘The Garden Party’
17 November 2011
Kevin Boon has very kindly made available to Society members his dramatisation of ‘The Garden Party’. The Eastbourne Drama Group recently staged a production of this adaptation, directed by John Marwick (who has previously directed and performed at the 'Old Vic').
Katherine Mansfield Studies Journal Vol. 3
7 October 2011
Katherine Mansfield Studies Journal Vol 3, October 2011 is now available for purchase via our online shop.
New book announcement by Gerardo Rodríguez Salas and Isabel-Maria Andres-Cuevas
7 October 2011
We are delighted to announce a new book publication by KMS member Gerardo Rodríguez Salas and Isabel-Maria Andres-Cuevas, with a foreword by KMS President, Vincent O’Sullivan:
http://mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=8448&pc=9
Invitation: Garden Party Book Launch
22 September 2011
You are cordially invited to the launch of Kevin Boon’s novella: Kezia (Based on Katherine Mansfield’s childhood in New Zealand)
When? Friday, December 2 at 5 p.m.
Where? Katherine Mansfield’s Birthplace, 25 Tinakori Road, Thorndon
Dress? A colourful sunhat and whatever else you wish.
KMS Newsletter 9 now available
2 September 2011
The latest KMS Newsletter is now available for memers to view online.
Katherine Mansfield on New Zealand Television
26 August 2011
This feature can be watched online, by following the "watch on demand" link at the webpage available at the link provided below. This may not be available for viewing outside NZ.
Woman of Words: Katherine Mansfield by Virginia King
16 June 2011
October Gallery Club Room, 24 Old Gloucester St., London WC1N 3AL
Saturday 25th June, 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm
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