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Patron: Professor Kirsty Gunn

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  • Free copy of Katherine Mansfield Studies, the Society’s prestigious annual yearbook published by Edinburgh University Press, including free on-line access to vols 1-4 (worth £25).
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  • 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. 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

Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize Announcement 2020

4 October 2020

The co-editors of Katherine Mansfield Studies are pleased to announce that the 2020 Essay Prize for a scholarly essay on the theme of Katherine Mansfield and Childhood has been awarded to Dr Tracy Miao. Click to read more.

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2019 Essay Prize Winner Announced

5 November 2019

The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce the winner of this year's prize for a scholarly essay on the theme of the centenary of the publication of Katherine Mansfield's Bliss and Other Stories. This has been awarded to Richard Cappuccio for his essay,  ‘The Well-Tempered Story: Experiments with Sound in "The Man Without a Temperament”’. Read more.

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Tinakori issue 4 CFP

3 June 2019

Tinakori, the Critical Journal of the Katherine Mansfield Society, is now seekng contributions for its next issue. The CFP can be downloaded from this page.

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Heron issue 2 published

15 May 2019

We are delighted to be able to share issue 2 of Heron, our online journal for creative writing.  Editor Lesley Sharpe has been working on this magnificent issue for the past year, and it is truly a delight to see so much creativity generated from the life and work of KM. We hope you will enjoy reading it! Huge thanks go to Lesley for this incredible effort.

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New KM poem discovery

20 February 2019

Whilst researching for their new edition of Katherine Mansfield's letters for Edinburgh University Press, Professor Claire Davison (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3) and Gerri Kimber (KMS Chair) have discovered a new Katherine Mansfield poem! You can read about it at this link.

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Save the date! Krakow 2019, 5-7 July

17 September 2018

We are delighted to let you know that next year’s conference will be held in Krakow, Poland, from 5-7 July, at the world famous Jagiellonian University, founded in 1364, the second oldest university in Europe. Click here to see the Event page and keep checking for more information.

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KM Birthday Lecture 2018!

7 February 2018

‘Nearer than anyone else’: Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence, and the ‘modern’ short story on Saturday 13 October 2018 at Senate House, University of London Click for more information

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Katherine Mansfield Society Postgraduate Day, 27 March 2018. DEADLINE EXTENDED

5 February 2018

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED BY ONE WEEK ONLY,  TO WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2018.  Click for more information.

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Katherine Mansfield: New Directions, Birkbeck, University of London, 28-29 June 2018

14 September 2017

Click here for details of next year's London KM event, including call for abstracts.

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KM and Elizabeth von Armin conference registration now live

19 April 2017

Registration is now live for the Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Armin conference to be held in California this July. For more information, and to register, see the event page: http://katherinemansfieldsociety.org/huntington-usa-2017/

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KMS 2017 Birthday Lecture details

19 April 2017

We are delighted to announce details of this year's Katherine Mansfield Society Annual Birthday Lecture, which will take place at the Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London, on Saturday 14 October, at 2pm. More information can be found on the event page - http://katherinemansfieldsociety.org/birthday-lecture-2017/.

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Call for Submissions for Volume 10 of Katherine Mansfield Studies

16 January 2017

Submissions are now open for the next volume of the KMS Yearbook, Katherine Mansfield Studies. To see more, and for information on how to submit, please see the Yearbook page.

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2017 KMS Essay Prize Competition Announced

16 January 2017

The Katherine Mansfield Society is pleased to announce its annual essay prize competition for 2017, open to all, on the subject of: KM and Virginia Woolf. For more information, see the Essay Prize page.

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KMS Postgraduate Day 2017 announced

12 December 2016

‘Katherine Mansfield and her Contemporaries’: 10 April 2017 - Click here for details

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Avon Birthday Lecture 2016

5 October 2016

Bernard Bosque has organised two unmissable events for French KMS members, both on Thursday 13 October.

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Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield Conference, Huntington Library, California, 19-20 July 2017, Call for Abstracts

5 October 2016

The International Elizabeth von Arnim Society and the Katherine Mansfield Society are delighted to announce their first joint conference, which will take place on 19 & 20 July 2017 at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA:

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New Katherine Mansfield Society tote bags available

19 June 2016

 

BUY YOURS NOW
Katherine Mansfield Society cotton tote bag. Support the KMS and use your bag with pride! £6 each including world wide postage and packing. £10 for two bags.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR VOLUME 9 OF Katherine Mansfield Studies

6 June 2016

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR VOLUME 9 OF

Katherine Mansfield Studies

 (THE PEER-REVIEWED YEARBOOK OF THE KATHERINE MANSFIELD SOCIETY)

 KATHERINE MANSFIELD AND RUSSIA

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KM and Elizabeth von Arnim Conference, Huntington, USA

10 April 2016

The Katherine Mansfield Society and the International Elizabeth von Arnim Society are delighted to announce their first joint conference. For details of next year's conference to be held at Huntington, USA, click here.

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KMS Online Series - now with ISSNs

18 March 2016

The Katherine Mansfield Society's Online Essay Series and Online Creative Works Series are each now recognized as an official online series, with their own ISSN numbers.

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Annual Birthday lecture, Saturday 15 October 2016

4 February 2016

This year’s Katherine Mansfield Society Annual Birthday Lecture will be in the form of a dialogue between words and music, as cellist Joseph Spooner and Professor Claire Davison explore the musical setting and musical imagination of Katherine Mansfield during the years of her literary apprenticeship. Click here to find out more!

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Now available in the shop: a biography of KM’s cousin Elizabeth von Arnim

22 January 2016

Over in the shop, we are selling copies of Jennifer Walker's biography of KM's cousin Elizabeth von Arnim, Elizabeth of the German Garden – A Literary Journey

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Conference: ‘Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story’, Bandol, France, 10-12 June 2016

13 October 2015

The Katherine Mansfield Society is delighted to announce details of its next international conference, ‘Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story’, to be held in the town of Bandol on the French Riviera, 10-12 June 2016. The keynote speakers will be Professor Enda Duffy, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and Professor Ailsa Cox, Edge Hill University, UK.

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PRESS RELEASE Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize Competition Winner 2015

4 October 2015

PRESS RELEASE Katherine Mansfield Society Essay Prize Competition Winner 2015

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Elizabeth von Arnim conference at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge on 13 September

20 August 2015

The deadline for registration, accommodation and conference dinner bookings is now 31 August; forms are available on the Lucy Cavendish College website (Events). 

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Traces of Katherine Mansfield, Sierre, Switzerland, 11-16 August 2015

14 July 2015

Traces of Katherine Mansfield, Sierre, Switzerland, 11-16 August 2015

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A huge Macrocarpa with links to KM due to be felled in Karori Wellington

13 April 2015

A huge Macrocarpa on the school grounds above the Katherine Mansfield Courts/Memorial is the last remaining of a strand of conifers that would have been a significant feature of the school when Katherine Mansfield attended. This tree is due to be felled to make way for a cheap transportable classroom which would a tragic loss of such a historically significant tree where generations of our children, including Katherine Mansfield, have, and will continue to, "hold court".

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