18th October 2023 by

Page Breaks: Fandoms and Fanfiction (1pm, Mon 6 Nov)

Photo illustration by Liz Coulbourn, Teen Vogue

Next, we are talking about fandoms and fanfiction at Page Breaks: what they are, what they mean for the people who are apart of fandoms and those that read fanfiction, and what happens to literature through fanfiction.

Thank you to Georgie Rowe and Kit Richards for taking the helm this week with the reading suggestions, they will also be leading the session. We’ll watch one short video essay and read one article to open up the topic. See you there.

When and Where

1pm, Monday 6th November, Arts 250 (Fage Room)

The room is on the second floor of the Arts building

Text(s)

  • Casey Fiesler’s article for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University blog, Toward a Better Internet, titled ‘Gift Logic: Labors of love flourish online under fandom’s social norms’, giving an overview of the history of fanfiction (Read here)
  • Verity Ritchie’s video essay ‘Taking Back Harry Potter‘ which looks at online fandom, fanfiction, and copyright through the case study of Harry Potter (Watch here)