Join us for our two-day conference on Lying in Legend and Tradition, to be held on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September as the nineteenth Legendary Weekend of the Folklore Society, at Tullie House in Castle Street, Carlisle CA3 8TP. Whether you’re into forgers or fantasists, deception or disguise, we’d like to hear from you. Contributions are welcome on conspiracy theories, confidence tricks, false prophets, fake mediums, tall tales, tricksters, and topsy-turvy land: the imposter and the conjuror, the pseudonymous and the shapeshifter, Iolo Morganwg and Idries Shah. Anyone can join us – folklorists, professors of legerdemain, psychologists, fact-checkers and storytellers. Presentations, which should be 20 minutes long, can take the form of talks, performances, or film. No, really. For more information, see https://folklore-society.com/event/lying-in-legend-and-tradition-call-for-papers/.

The conference fee is £35 for speakers, £70 for others attending, and no nine-pound notes please. If you would like to attend or to present a paper or performance, please contact the organisers, Jeremy Harte and Sophia Kingshill by 1 July: jrmharte@gmail.com and skingshill@gmail.com at Folklore Society, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT, 020 3915 3034.